Descendants of William CLARK

 1   William CLARK b: 1819 in Bellefonte, Centre Co., PA   d: Aft. 1880; Burial: Nickleville Presbyterian, Venango Co., PA
..  +Mary Catherine HEFFNER b: February 05, 1833 in Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania  m: Abt. 1848 in Pennsylvania d: Abt. 1868 in Ashland Twp., Clarion Co., PA; Burial: Nickleville Presbyterian, Venango Co., PA
..... 2   Mariah Jane CLARK b: January 14, 1849 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania   d: September 06, 1912 in Logan Co., OH
.........  +William Thomas MATTOX b: April 10, 1848 in Logan Co., OH  m: September 03, 1867 in Pennsylvania d: April 14, 1922
............. 3   Thomas Jefferson MATTOX b: September 13, 1868 in Logan Co., OH   d: September 17, 1900
.................  +Clara Maud GAMES   m: October 28, 1894
............. 3   William James MATTOX b: January 07, 1870   d: July 27, 1904
.................  +Alice GAMES   m: July 19, 1891
............. 3   Samuel Edwin MATTOX b: October 12, 1877   d: August 06, 1879
..... 2   John CLARK b: 1850 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania
..... 2   Mary CLARK b: 1852 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania
..... 2   Nancy CLARK b: 1855 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania
..... 2   James CLARK b: 1855 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania
..... 2   William Henry CLARK b: July 18, 1857 in Venango Co., PA   d: October 21, 1920 in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY Burial: St. Ann's Cem., Hornell, Steuben Co., NY
.........  +Elizabeth Jane HAGGERTY b: 1861 in Farmington Twp., Clarion Co., PA  m: May 12, 1886 in Warren, Warren Co., PA d: February 09, 1931 in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY Burial: St. Ann's Cem., Hornell, NY
............. 3   Leo CLARK b: February 22, 1887   d: September 20, 1894 in Pulaski Co., IN Burial: Pulaski Co., IN
............. 3   Rosa CLARK b: July 05, 1889 in Lima, Allen Co., Ohio   d: August 02, 1984 in Niagara Falls, Niagara Co., New York Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Erie Co., NY
.................  +Patrick PAPUCH b: April 18, 1889 in Italy  m: Abt. 1913 d: December 1973 in LaSalle, Niagara Co., NY Burial: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Erie Co., NY
............. 3   Cecilia Isabel CLARK b: December 12, 1892 in Lima, Allen Co., Ohio   d: May 01, 1987 in Watkins Glen, Schuyler Co., New York Burial: Watkins Glen, Schuyler Co., New York
.................  +Horace "Hod" POTTER b: November 23, 1897 in Springfield, Bradford Co., PA  m: June 20, 1927 d: May 30, 1990 in Horseheads, Chemung Co., NY
............. 3   Esther Jane CLARK b: March 16, 1894 in Beaver Twp., Pulaski Co., Indiana   d: September 23, 1971 in Hornell, Steuben Co., New York Burial: September 27, 1971 St. Ann's Cem. Hornell, Steuben Co., New York
............. 3   Marie Grace CLARK b: August 09, 1897 in Marion Co., Indiana Baptism: St. Joseph's, Pulaski Co. IN  d: February 09, 1986 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida Burial: Calvary Cem., Clearwater, FL
.................  +Robert Hugh FUREY b: February 19, 1900 in Cornwall, Orange Co., NY  m: November 23, 1926 in St Mary's Church, Staten Island, NY d: July 03, 1987 in Jacksonville Beach, Florida Burial: Calvary Cem., Clearwater, FL
............. 3  Roland Joseph CLARK b: September 16, 1899 in Beaver Twp., Pulaski Co., IN Baptism: April 28, 1900 St. Joseph Ch., Pulaski Co., IN  d: December 20, 1971 in Jackson, Jackson Co., MI Burial: St. John's Cem., Jackson, MI
.................  +Eva Mae COLLINS b: October 25, 1898 in South Lebanon, Warren Co., OH  m: November 16, 1927 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio d: October 19, 1991 in Roslyn, Montgomery Co., PA Burial: St. John's Cem., Jackson, MI
............. 3   Josephine Kathryn CLARK b: June 02, 1902 in Pulaski Co., IN   d: September 19, 1985 in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY Burial: Hornell, Steuben Co., NY
.................  +Norris K. PECK b: August 30, 1899 in Avoca, Steuben Co., NY  m: July 29, 1920 d: May 23, 1941 in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY
............. 3   Paul Jeremiah CLARK b: September 07, 1904 in Indiana   d: November 03, 1987 in Hornell, Steuben Co., New York Burial: Hornell, steuben Co., NY
..... 2   Sarah A. CLARK b: 1860 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania
..... 2   Jane CLARK b: 1860 in Venango Co., Pennsylvania
..... 2   Charles CLARK b: 1861 in Ashland Twp., Clarion Co., Pennsylvania
..... 2   Margaret CLARK b: July 15, 1864 in Ashland Twp., Clarion Co., Pennsylvania
..... 2   Susan Abba CLARK b: July 15, 1864 in Ashland Twp., Clarion Co., Pennsylvania   d: April 17, 1930 in Urbana, Champaign Co., OH
.........  +Franklin Pierce WARD b: October 16, 1850 in Madriver Twp., Champaign Co., OH  m: September 04, 1881 in Logan Co., OH d: June 28, 1930 in Champaign Co., OH
............. 3   Edgar Francis WARD b: May 31, 1881   d: June 28, 1903 in Champaign Co., OH
............. 3   Myrtle Agnus WARD b: January 15, 1887   d: June 1961 in Bellfontaine, Logan Co., OH
.................  +John Pearl COLEMAN b: December 20, 1883  m: February 08, 1905 in Mad River Twp., Champaign Co., OH d: 1979 in Middleburg, Logan  Co., OH
............. 3   James R. WARD b: November 06, 1896 in Champaign Co., OH   d: June 1982

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Wife is a descendant of William Clark and Mary Heffner through Susan A. Clark

The 1830 census for Walker Twp., Centre Co., PA shows James Clark with a younger wife, four males and a female.  These would be Henry, John, William, Sarah and Thomas and wife Mary.

The 1840 census for Venango (Clarion) Co., PA shows James Clark, his wife, sons Henry, John and William from the first marriage, 3 younger sons and 3 young daughters.  Sarah was married before 1839.

The 1850 census for Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA shows William Clark 30; Mary (Heffner) 25 (actually 17); Maria 2; John ½

The 1860 census for Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA shows William Clark 40; Mary 35 (should be 27); Maria 11; John 10; Mary 8; James (twin) 5; Nancy (twin) 5; William 3; Sarah (twin) ½; Jane (twin) ½

The 1870 census for Ashland Twp., Clarion Co., PA shows William Clark 50; no wife; John 19; James 14; Nancy 14, Henry 13, Charles 8; Margaret (twin) 6; Abba [Susan Abigail] (twin) 6.

William is documented many times in the property tax records starting with 1840 in Richland Twp., Venango Co., PA.  In 1849 he had a new house added to the tax list. In 1879 he lived on a lot owned by his brother Henry in Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA.  In 1880 he bought 5 acres from Henry and in the same year sold the land to John Roads (Rhodes).

Several documents show William buying or selling land.  On some of these his wife Mary also is a signatory.

William is on a court document in 1880 when the property bequeathed by James Clark in his 1868 will to his wife Mary and to his sons Henry and Josiah is divided.   Oddly enough I could not find William on the 1880 census even though these two documents show that he was there.  He was probably living with a relative or boarding alone.  His children had gone, and his two youngest were living with uncles on the 1880 census.

Mary Heffner Clark and William Clark are  mentioned on a list of those buried at the Nickleville Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Richland County, Venango County, Pennsylvania, although there is no gravestone for her or William.

My grandfather, William Henry Clark, son of William and Mary Heffner Clark, died October 22, 1920, and on his death certificate it names his mother’s maiden name as Mary Heffner.  It gave her birthplace as Pennsylvania.

The death certificate for Susan A. Clark Ward gave her parents as William Clark and Mary Heffner.

According to the History of Venango County Pennsylvania by Charles A. Babcock, J.H.Beers & Company 1919, "James Clark, was the father of William Clark who married Mary Heffner."

Mary was the oldest child in her family and must have had to help her mother with the younger children.  When she was 15 there were already seven younger children with more on the way.  She may have married at that age in order to get away from taking care of younger siblings, but she soon had eleven children of her own including three sets of twins.  William was fourteen years older than Mary, but on the censuses of 1850 and 1860 they misinformed the census taker to make her seem older.  By the time her oldest daughter, Mariah Jane, died in 1912 only 5 of her children were still living, and one was my grandfather William Henry, who died in 1920.