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Born 1813, Tuscarawas township
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
CLARK WILLIAM W., Franklin township; farmer; born in Tuscarawas township, April 18, 1813; son of William and Nancy (Valentine) Clark. His father, born in 1776, came to Tuscarawas township from Virginia before 1809, was a soldier in 1812, and died May 11, 1842. His family consisted of Margaret (McCleeary), Hugh, James, Nancy (Bainter), John, Ehzabeth (Preston) William W. (the subject of this sketch), and Samuel. Only the youngest three now survive. Mr. Clark married Dorotha N., daughter of Sylvester and Hannah (Snyder) Preston. Her father emigrated with his family from New York in 1838. She was the youngest of eleven children, viz: Sarah (Bouton), Zerah, Robert W., Zachariah S., Lewis B., Otis A., Joseph W., Harriet ( Wilcox),Mary J. (Wilcox), Julia A. and Dorotha, Mr. Clark has had eight children, four of whom survive, viz: _ James P., Elizabeth P., Hannah, Jane (McCpllough), of Guernsey county, Mary Catharine (Emler).
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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