DIED At her home two miles southeast of Downers Grove, Mrs. Wm. Clark, at the ripe old age of four score years. Mrs. Clark was a resident of this county for nearly half a century. She was twice married, her first husband dying soon after coming to the state. In 1852 she was married to Wm. Clark and they moved out on the farm where she has ever since resided. After the death of Mr. Clark, which occurred several years ago, she has lived alone, her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Oldfield, living near by, and her sister, Mrs. John T. Oldfield, also lives on an adjoining farm. The funeral occurred from the house this morning. Thus the pioneers are passing one by one.
Downers Grove Reporter, 5 Dec 1895, p. 1
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Mrs. Almira Clark, farmer, P. O. Downer's Grove, was born December 4, 1815. Her parents David and Abigail (Taylor) Wellman, natives of Connecticut, settled in Lee Co., Ill., in 1847, where they died; they had 10 children. Mrs. Clark attended school but very little, and spent her younger days spinning flax. She was married in 1836 to Ephraim Holley; by their marriage she had four children, one living, viz., James L., who married Rhoda Gibson, (now deceased); he was in Company K, Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry as was his brother Franklin, who was wounded at the Battle of Chickasaw and died in a hospital at St Louis, Mo. Mr. Holley died in 1849, and was buried in Downer's Grove. Subject was married in 1852, to William H. Clark, and from this union was born one child, now Mrs. Joseph Oldfield. Mrs. Clark settled on the present farm of forty acres when it was mostly raw prairie, on which stood a little cabin which had been formerly used for a schoolhouse. She now lives with her only surviving son. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which she has belonged over thirty years.
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Known children with first husband Ephraim Holley:
Franklin L Holley 1838–1863
James L Holley 1841–1909
Daughter with William H Clark:
Isadore Clark Oldfield 1854–1902
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Oak Hill Cemetery Listing - Lot 137
Grave 2 Ephraim Holley 2/28/49
Grave 3 William Clark 9/21/72
Grave 4 Almira Clark 12/3/95
Downers Grove Reporter, 5 Dec 1895, p. 1
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Mrs. Almira Clark, farmer, P. O. Downer's Grove, was born December 4, 1815. Her parents David and Abigail (Taylor) Wellman, natives of Connecticut, settled in Lee Co., Ill., in 1847, where they died; they had 10 children. Mrs. Clark attended school but very little, and spent her younger days spinning flax. She was married in 1836 to Ephraim Holley; by their marriage she had four children, one living, viz., James L., who married Rhoda Gibson, (now deceased); he was in Company K, Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry as was his brother Franklin, who was wounded at the Battle of Chickasaw and died in a hospital at St Louis, Mo. Mr. Holley died in 1849, and was buried in Downer's Grove. Subject was married in 1852, to William H. Clark, and from this union was born one child, now Mrs. Joseph Oldfield. Mrs. Clark settled on the present farm of forty acres when it was mostly raw prairie, on which stood a little cabin which had been formerly used for a schoolhouse. She now lives with her only surviving son. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which she has belonged over thirty years.
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Known children with first husband Ephraim Holley:
Franklin L Holley 1838–1863
James L Holley 1841–1909
Daughter with William H Clark:
Isadore Clark Oldfield 1854–1902
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Oak Hill Cemetery Listing - Lot 137
Grave 2 Ephraim Holley 2/28/49
Grave 3 William Clark 9/21/72
Grave 4 Almira Clark 12/3/95
DIED At her home two miles southeast of Downers Grove, Mrs. Wm. Clark, at the ripe old age of four score years. Mrs. Clark was a resident of this county for nearly half a century. She was twice married, her first husband dying soon after coming to the state. In 1852 she was married to Wm. Clark and they moved out on the farm where she has ever since resided. After the death of Mr. Clark, which occurred several years ago, she has lived alone, her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Oldfield, living near by, and her sister, Mrs. John T. Oldfield, also lives on an adjoining farm. The funeral occurred from the house this morning. Thus the pioneers are passing one by one.
Downers Grove Reporter, 5 Dec 1895, p. 1
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Mrs. Almira Clark, farmer, P. O. Downer's Grove, was born December 4, 1815. Her parents David and Abigail (Taylor) Wellman, natives of Connecticut, settled in Lee Co., Ill., in 1847, where they died; they had 10 children. Mrs. Clark attended school but very little, and spent her younger days spinning flax. She was married in 1836 to Ephraim Holley; by their marriage she had four children, one living, viz., James L., who married Rhoda Gibson, (now deceased); he was in Company K, Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry as was his brother Franklin, who was wounded at the Battle of Chickasaw and died in a hospital at St Louis, Mo. Mr. Holley died in 1849, and was buried in Downer's Grove. Subject was married in 1852, to William H. Clark, and from this union was born one child, now Mrs. Joseph Oldfield. Mrs. Clark settled on the present farm of forty acres when it was mostly raw prairie, on which stood a little cabin which had been formerly used for a schoolhouse. She now lives with her only surviving son. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which she has belonged over thirty years.
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Known children with first husband Ephraim Holley:
Franklin L Holley 1838–1863
James L Holley 1841–1909
Daughter with William H Clark:
Isadore Clark Oldfield 1854–1902
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Oak Hill Cemetery Listing - Lot 137
Grave 2 Ephraim Holley 2/28/49
Grave 3 William Clark 9/21/72
Grave 4 Almira Clark 12/3/95
Downers Grove Reporter, 5 Dec 1895, p. 1
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Mrs. Almira Clark, farmer, P. O. Downer's Grove, was born December 4, 1815. Her parents David and Abigail (Taylor) Wellman, natives of Connecticut, settled in Lee Co., Ill., in 1847, where they died; they had 10 children. Mrs. Clark attended school but very little, and spent her younger days spinning flax. She was married in 1836 to Ephraim Holley; by their marriage she had four children, one living, viz., James L., who married Rhoda Gibson, (now deceased); he was in Company K, Thirteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry as was his brother Franklin, who was wounded at the Battle of Chickasaw and died in a hospital at St Louis, Mo. Mr. Holley died in 1849, and was buried in Downer's Grove. Subject was married in 1852, to William H. Clark, and from this union was born one child, now Mrs. Joseph Oldfield. Mrs. Clark settled on the present farm of forty acres when it was mostly raw prairie, on which stood a little cabin which had been formerly used for a schoolhouse. She now lives with her only surviving son. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which she has belonged over thirty years.
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Known children with first husband Ephraim Holley:
Franklin L Holley 1838–1863
James L Holley 1841–1909
Daughter with William H Clark:
Isadore Clark Oldfield 1854–1902
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Oak Hill Cemetery Listing - Lot 137
Grave 2 Ephraim Holley 2/28/49
Grave 3 William Clark 9/21/72
Grave 4 Almira Clark 12/3/95
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