Samuel Clark, Jr. and Mary McDowell

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Husband Samuel Clark, Jr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Aug 1796 - Sussex Co, NJ 1 2
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           Died: 6 Oct 1878 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Samuel Clark, Sr. (1770-1860) 4
         Mother: Mary Custer (1771-1863) 5

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Susan Patterson (1811-Abt 1898) 2 3 - 1844 3

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Wife Mary McDowell ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1841 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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Children

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1 M John Clark ³

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           Born:  - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1888
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2 F Mary Clark ³

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           Born:  - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1888
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3 M Samuel B. Clark ³

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           Born:  - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Clark, Jr.

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He grew up in Mercer County, PA, and learned the carpenter and millwright trade. About two years after their marriage, he and his wife removed to Sharon from Clarksville, and he spent the rest of his life in that town. He was a contractor on the Sandy & Beaver Canal, was one of the pioneer boatsmen on the Beaver & Erie Canal, and is said to have brought the first load of Lake Superior ore to Sharpsville. Mr. Clark was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In early life he was a Whig and afterward a Republican. [HMC 1888, 714]
He died Sept 6. [HMC 1909, 862]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary McDowell

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from Pymatuning Twp, Mercer Co, PA

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 714, 905.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 662.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 714.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 904.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905.