George Clark and Anne Kearney

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Husband George Clark ¹

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           Born: 1797 - County Donegal, Ireland 2
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           Died: Jan 1875 - Holmesburg, Philadelphia Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Cedar Hill Cemetery, near Frankford, Philadelphia Co, PA

       Marriage: 1821 - County Donegal, Ireland 2

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Wife Anne Kearney ¹

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Children

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1 M Lt.-Col. John Clark ³

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           Died: 30 May 1872 - Holmesburg, Philadelphia Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Emmanuel Church, Holmesburg, Philadelphia Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth M. Stephenson (      -      ) 3

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2 M William Clark ¹

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         Spouse: Catharine M. Crispin (      -      ) 1

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3 M George Clark, Jr. ²

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           Died: 1862 - Virginia 2
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General Notes: Husband - George Clark

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In 1822 he and his wife came to America settling first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but soon afterward removing to Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Clark began his active career as a constructor of public works; being one of the first to engage in railroad contracting in Pennsylvania, an occupation he pursued with much energy and success for many years. In 1840 Mr. Clark returned with his family to Philadelphia, and that year purchased of Joseph Gillingham the old Crispin homestead on the Welsh road, known as "Bellevue," about one mile above Holmesburg. This was part of the original tract taken up by Thomas Holmes, from whom it had descended through six generations to Hon. Benjamin Crispin, who sold it to Joseph Gillingham, who erected a mansion thereon in 1828. Here George Clark resided until his death. The homestead "Bellevue" was purchased from the other heirs, in 1879, by his grandson, George S. Clark, who had married Sarah Frances Crispin, whose ancestors had owned and occupied it for nearly a century and a half.

George Clark Sr. was one of the constructors of the Welland Canal, Canada; the Boston Water Works; the Croton Water Works (New York); the Pennsylvania Railroad; the Chestnut Street Bridge, Philadelphia; the Pennsylvania & Delaware Railroad; the Peach Bottom Railroad; the Frankford & Holmesburg Railroad, and many other important works.

He belonged to the Presbyterian church, and was a liberal contributor toward the erection of the Presbyterian church at Holmesburg, where he was a communicant and regular attendant.

He had five sons in the Union Army during the Civil War.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 367.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 370.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 371.