Hannah (Moore) Clark (abt. 1802 - 1893)

Born about 1802 in Fayette County, PA

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Clark Jr — married about 1823 in Fayette County, PA

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1893 at about age 91 in Champaign County, IL

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Biography

Hannah was born about 1802 in Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John Moore and Mary (Rayl) Moore. Hannah Moore married Thomas Clark in about 1823. Hannah and her husband raised a family of at least nine children, several of the older ones born in Fayette County, PA, and the four youngest born after the family moved to Perry County, Ohio in about 1835. After the death of her husband in about 1854, Hannah moved with several of her children to Champaign County, Illinois.

Sources

• Will of John Moore, registered in Fayette County, PA on 19 May 1828 names: wife Mary, children at home: Elizabeth Moore, Sarah Moore, John Moore, Mary Moore, Colvin Moore and Sarah's daughter Orpa. Also names daughters Hannah Clark. Margaret Funk and son, William Clark[1] Author: Fayette County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Fayette, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, database on-line. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts.
• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch [2] Thos Clark, Madison, Perry, Ohio, United States; citing family 735, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch [3] Hannah Clark, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch [4] Hannah Clark in household of William D Clark, Sidney, Champaign, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 23, sheet 314B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0180; FHL microfilm 1,254,180.
• Portrait and biographical album of Champaign County, Ill. : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Illinois, and of the presidents of the United States, Chapman Brothers, 1887, Biography of William D. Clark pgs 505-506[5]
• Perry County, Ohio Will Book Vol 2, pg 68[6]
• Mount Hope Cemetery, Sidney, Champaign County, Illinois, USA - Findagrave Memorial #204564561[7]