Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Capt. James Clark and Barbara Sanderson


Husband Capt. James Clark 1 2 3 4 5 

           Born: 1742 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 4 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 1824 4 6
         Buried:  - Idaho, Indiana Co, PA


         Father: Joseph Clark (      -      ) 4 6
         Mother: Margaret [Unk] (      -      ) 4 6


       Marriage:

Wife Barbara Sanderson 4 5 6 

           Born:  - on the Atlantic Ocean
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           Died: 
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Children
1 F Margaret Clark 7 8 

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         Spouse: Gen. Charles Campbell (1742-1828) 7 8 9

2 F Jane Clark 5 10 11 12 

           Born: 15 Mar 1766 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Nov 1852 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Gen. Alexander Craig (1755-1832) 10 11 12 14
           Marr: Abt 1783

3 M William Clark 15 16 17 

           Born: 1778 18
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           Died: 1823 1 18
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Woodward (1786-1821) 15 18

4 M Joseph Clark 6 

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         Spouse: Nancy Todd (      -      ) 6

5 F [Unk] Clark 

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         Spouse: David Todd (      -      ) 19

6 M [Unk] Clark 

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         Spouse: [Unk] Todd (      -      )

General Notes: Husband - Capt. James Clark


He established this family in western Pennsylvania.
He was an officer in the Revolutionary war, taking part in a number of battles. He came into western Pennsylvania from the Cumberland valley, where the family occupied an honorable position in the early days of the Commonwealth. Settling in Westmoreland County, about the time (1782) of the burning of Hannastown, he was one of those who sought refuge in the fort near by and prepared to defend it against the expected attack. The Indians under the famous Seneca chief had invaded the settlement, burned the town and massacred a large part of the population, but after plundering the town and reducing it to ashes they withdrew. Soon after this event Captain Clark removed to South Bend, Armstrong County, where he resided many years, and died leaving a numerous and respected progeny.
He died in South Bend Township, Armstrong County. [HAC 1914, 970]

He was captain of a company of militia of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and a block house located at South Bend in that county was named Fort Clark. With a small garrison he successfully defended this fort from numerous attacks by the Indians. He was in command of the fort at Hannastown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, when it was attacked by an overwhelming force of Indians. Realizing that stratagem was the only means by which the fort could be saved, and to conceal from the Indians the weak and almost defenceless condition of the fort, Captain Clark had his few men mount and ride across the lower bridge, disappear and then reappear, thus forming a continuous line of mounted armed men and completely deceiving the Indians, who fled in terror before this formidable display of strength. Captain Clark was in command of a fort at Crooked Creek in Armstrong County, at the time of an attack by the Indians. His military services were chiefly in defending the settlers on the frontier front the attacks of the Indians. [CRFP, 1557]

He brought his family to Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1771, and when Hannasown was attacked by the Indians, July 13, 1782, he went to assist in the defense of the Fort, while his family, a few miles away, could hear the yells of the natives, and every shot that was fired.

General Notes: Wife - Barbara Sanderson


She was born on the ocean as her parents\emdash a Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson\emdash were coming from Ireland to America, and the Captain of the vessel suggested that she should be named Mary Ann, for the vessel, but she was named Barbara.

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Sources

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 338.

2 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315, 463, 970.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 81.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1556.

5 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 47.

6 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 463.

7 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 441.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 968.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 79.

10 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 588.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 409.

12 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.

13 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 54.

14 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 45.

15 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 338, 413.

16 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 393, 971.

17 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1557.

18 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 971.

19 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 48.

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