Henry R. Clark
TOWN OF HAMPDEN
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY R. CLARK, farmer, Secs. 8 and 9; P. O. Hampden; was born in the town of Springport, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1819; his parents, Henry R. and Sally (Craft) Clark, were also natives of New York. Mr. Clark is the third of a family of seven children, and with his oldest brother, Albert, came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Darien, Walworth Co., where his brother died in 1847 or 1848. In June, 1846, he came to the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., and purchased a claim to some land on Secs. 6 and 7, where he made his home for a few years; then removed to his present home on Secs. 7, 8 and 9, where he now owns 600 acres. Mr. Clark has been for several terms and is at present a member of the Town Board. He was married, Sept. 28, 1850, to Miss Lucy J., daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Ives, a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., born March 19, 1832, and came with her parents to the town of Milton, Rock Co., Wis., in 1845, and to Columbia Co. in 1850; they now live at Leeds Center. Mr. and Mrs. Clark's children are De Witt C, born May 6, 1852, died Sept. 8, 1862; Harriet P., born May 12, 1854, died Nov. 24, 1854; Elias H., born April 26, 1858, now married and lives on Sec. 8 of this town; Hattie M., born June 1, 1863; Albert J., born April 2, 1866; Lucius I., born March 27, 1868; Ezra A., born Aug. 17, 1872.
Contributor: Jami Hayes
TOWN OF HAMPDEN
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY R. CLARK, farmer, Secs. 8 and 9; P. O. Hampden; was born in the town of Springport, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1819; his parents, Henry R. and Sally (Craft) Clark, were also natives of New York. Mr. Clark is the third of a family of seven children, and with his oldest brother, Albert, came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Darien, Walworth Co., where his brother died in 1847 or 1848. In June, 1846, he came to the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., and purchased a claim to some land on Secs. 6 and 7, where he made his home for a few years; then removed to his present home on Secs. 7, 8 and 9, where he now owns 600 acres. Mr. Clark has been for several terms and is at present a member of the Town Board. He was married, Sept. 28, 1850, to Miss Lucy J., daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Ives, a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., born March 19, 1832, and came with her parents to the town of Milton, Rock Co., Wis., in 1845, and to Columbia Co. in 1850; they now live at Leeds Center. Mr. and Mrs. Clark's children are De Witt C, born May 6, 1852, died Sept. 8, 1862; Harriet P., born May 12, 1854, died Nov. 24, 1854; Elias H., born April 26, 1858, now married and lives on Sec. 8 of this town; Hattie M., born June 1, 1863; Albert J., born April 2, 1866; Lucius I., born March 27, 1868; Ezra A., born Aug. 17, 1872.
Contributor: Jami Hayes
Henry R. Clark
TOWN OF HAMPDEN
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY R. CLARK, farmer, Secs. 8 and 9; P. O. Hampden; was born in the town of Springport, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1819; his parents, Henry R. and Sally (Craft) Clark, were also natives of New York. Mr. Clark is the third of a family of seven children, and with his oldest brother, Albert, came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Darien, Walworth Co., where his brother died in 1847 or 1848. In June, 1846, he came to the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., and purchased a claim to some land on Secs. 6 and 7, where he made his home for a few years; then removed to his present home on Secs. 7, 8 and 9, where he now owns 600 acres. Mr. Clark has been for several terms and is at present a member of the Town Board. He was married, Sept. 28, 1850, to Miss Lucy J., daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Ives, a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., born March 19, 1832, and came with her parents to the town of Milton, Rock Co., Wis., in 1845, and to Columbia Co. in 1850; they now live at Leeds Center. Mr. and Mrs. Clark's children are De Witt C, born May 6, 1852, died Sept. 8, 1862; Harriet P., born May 12, 1854, died Nov. 24, 1854; Elias H., born April 26, 1858, now married and lives on Sec. 8 of this town; Hattie M., born June 1, 1863; Albert J., born April 2, 1866; Lucius I., born March 27, 1868; Ezra A., born Aug. 17, 1872.
Contributor: Jami Hayes
TOWN OF HAMPDEN
Source: The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources (1880) transcribed by Mary Saggio.
HENRY R. CLARK, farmer, Secs. 8 and 9; P. O. Hampden; was born in the town of Springport, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1819; his parents, Henry R. and Sally (Craft) Clark, were also natives of New York. Mr. Clark is the third of a family of seven children, and with his oldest brother, Albert, came to Wisconsin and located in the town of Darien, Walworth Co., where his brother died in 1847 or 1848. In June, 1846, he came to the town of Hampden, Columbia Co., and purchased a claim to some land on Secs. 6 and 7, where he made his home for a few years; then removed to his present home on Secs. 7, 8 and 9, where he now owns 600 acres. Mr. Clark has been for several terms and is at present a member of the Town Board. He was married, Sept. 28, 1850, to Miss Lucy J., daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Ives, a native of Cortland Co., N. Y., born March 19, 1832, and came with her parents to the town of Milton, Rock Co., Wis., in 1845, and to Columbia Co. in 1850; they now live at Leeds Center. Mr. and Mrs. Clark's children are De Witt C, born May 6, 1852, died Sept. 8, 1862; Harriet P., born May 12, 1854, died Nov. 24, 1854; Elias H., born April 26, 1858, now married and lives on Sec. 8 of this town; Hattie M., born June 1, 1863; Albert J., born April 2, 1866; Lucius I., born March 27, 1868; Ezra A., born Aug. 17, 1872.
Contributor: Jami Hayes
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