The Elias Clark Family Cemetery is located on private land at 1460 650N Ave., Versailles, IL 62378 in Cooperstown Township, Brown County, Illinois. Twenty two members of the family are buried here, including eight tiny stones which we assume are babies. The following family members are buried here: Elias Clark and wife, Elizabeth; their four sons, James W. Clark and his son, Elias M. Clark; Franklin Clark and wife Charity Tolle Clark and three daughters Serena, Alvira, Lucretia, and son James F. Clark; Jonah Clark; Moses Clark; Eugene Clark and Ida Clark, children of Elias & Elizabeth's son Martin & wife Sarah who are buried in Mt. Sterling City Cemetery; and the eight tiny infant stones E.M.C., E.F.C., M.C., J.F.C, ?.C., Blank stone #1, Blank stone #2, and Blank stone #3. The 22 stones were seen and documented during the cemetery clean-ups and restoration in 2021 & 2022 by Elias & Elizabeth Clark's 4th great grandchildren, Lisa (Damarin) Wood and Charles Shoup.

The following information was taken from the book, "Cemeteries of Brown County, Illinois 1825-1972", with additional information gathered from the books "Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties", and "History of Brown County, Illinois 1880-1970":

"Elias Clark, a native of Culpepper, VA (born to Josias Clark and Jane Adams) came by way of Ohio and Edgar County, Illinois to Brown County, Illinois in 1850, (accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth Tompkins, and their eight children, including 6 sons and two daughters) where he carved a farm from a forest and built a beautiful home. (Children of Elias and Elizabeth were Joseph W., Elias, Jonah, Moses, Martin, Franklin, Tabitha, and Massy J.)
In 1859, four members of the family were buried on an open hill top to the north of Little Creek in Section 33, Cooperstown Township. A son, James W. (age 29 yrs.), and his son Elias (aged 7 yrs.). An infant grandchild, son of Charles Clark. A son, Jonah (aged 21 yrs.), who was stabbed by Henry Parish while attending a dance near Cooperstown.
In 1877, a son, Martin Clark, a Civil War Soldier and wife Sarah Upchurch buried a son, Eugene (aged 1 mo.) and in 1885 a daughter, Ida (aged 9 mos.).
In 1868 a son Franklin Clark and wife Charity Tolle buried Alvira (aged 10 days), James (aged 16 yrs.) in 1877, and Serena (aged 26 yrs.) in 1885. All were victims of T.B. Franklin died in 1890 at the age of 55 yrs and Charity was the last recorded burial in 1918 at the age of 84 yrs.
In 1871, Moses Clark, a Civil War soldier, Co. E 116th Ill. Reg. was buried at the age of 28 yrs. His mother was buried two years later at the age of 69 yrs. and pioneer Elias lived to be 81 years, dying in 1893.
The Clark family were capable and meticulous. They built a good fence around this burial place with iron posts set in concrete expecting it to last a long time. But the posts have rusted out and the burial ground is grassy and unkept with stones flattened so that inscriptions are hard to read. In 1973 all these stones are down in a brushy area overgrown with weeds and over-shadowed by a large wild cherry tree."

In the year 2000, Find-A-Grave volunteers took photos of the stones that could be photographed and memorials were made of those. This year, 2021, information has been verified by a 4th great granddaughter who has visited this address and spoke with the current owner of the property.

Update: Sunday, 19 Oct 2021 Family members and land owners met at the location of the Elias Clark Family Cemetery and carried out a cleanup day. Much of the overgrowth of vines, bushes and low tree branches were removed. Gravestones of the Clark family (from the list of names from the Brown County, IL cemetery book) that had sunk into the ground after years of rains, etc. were located and carefully replaced upright where they were found. Family members Lisa (Damarin) Wood, Richard K. Wood, Charles Shoup, and land owners Danny and Connie Barrows completed the ground cleanup. Cleaning of stones and general maintenance of the cemetery area will continue yearly by the family.