Joseph P. Clark and Mary Ashton

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Husband Joseph P. Clark ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Aug 1835 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: Thomas Clark (1793-1875/1876) 2 3
         Mother: Nancy Crowder (1809-1896) 3

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       Marriage: 11 Mar 1857 4

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Wife Mary Ashton ⁵

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           Born: 19 Mar 1838 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4
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           Died: 14 Jul 1905 4
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         Father: John Ashton (1811-1897) 4 6
         Mother: Frances Manfull (      -1881) 5

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Children

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1 F Frances L. Clark ⁴

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         Spouse: John Willman (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph P. Clark

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He spent his boyhood days at home attending school and assisting the father in the development of his mill and wool business. After his marriage, at the age of twenty-two, he engaged in more independent ventures, but still followed the general lines of milling and farming up to 1866. In that year he established a contracting business in brick and stone work and remained thus engaged until 1893, when he retired from active work altogether. In politics Mr. Clark was a stanch Democrat, but neither aspired to nor held public office.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 863.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 384.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 710, 863.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 385.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 705.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 704.