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John Breckenridge Clark

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John Breckenridge Clark

Birth
Washington County, Virginia, USA
Death
9 Dec 1919 (aged 83)
Washington County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Aged 83 years, 8 months, 12 days

Son of John Clark Sr. & Mary (Beattie) Clark

MARRIED: Dorthula "Dollie" M. Williams b. Jun 1848, d. 1931

private in the Glade Spring Rifles (Co. F, 37th VA Infantry) during the Civil War. He enlisted at Glade Spring on April 25, 1861 and was detailed as a teamster for most of the war. John was captured July 3, 1863 near Fairfield, Pennsylvania (an encounter associated with the fighting at Gettysburg) after being shot in the hip.
John was sent to the Union prison at Ft. Delaware. His name appeared on a muster roll of paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee (near Richmond, VA) dated March 1, 1865.
The bullet was never removed.

CHILDREN:
John H. "Jack" Clark 1870
Sally V. Clark 1871
David Diggs Clark 1874-1948
Mary Beattie Clark 1875-1924
William Armstrong Clark 1877
Tobias S. Clark 1879
Annie Clark 1882
Ella P. Clark 1884-1978
Dixie Clark 1887
Ben Allison Clark 1889
Aged 83 years, 8 months, 12 days

Son of John Clark Sr. & Mary (Beattie) Clark

MARRIED: Dorthula "Dollie" M. Williams b. Jun 1848, d. 1931

private in the Glade Spring Rifles (Co. F, 37th VA Infantry) during the Civil War. He enlisted at Glade Spring on April 25, 1861 and was detailed as a teamster for most of the war. John was captured July 3, 1863 near Fairfield, Pennsylvania (an encounter associated with the fighting at Gettysburg) after being shot in the hip.
John was sent to the Union prison at Ft. Delaware. His name appeared on a muster roll of paroled and exchanged prisoners at Camp Lee (near Richmond, VA) dated March 1, 1865.
The bullet was never removed.

CHILDREN:
John H. "Jack" Clark 1870
Sally V. Clark 1871
David Diggs Clark 1874-1948
Mary Beattie Clark 1875-1924
William Armstrong Clark 1877
Tobias S. Clark 1879
Annie Clark 1882
Ella P. Clark 1884-1978
Dixie Clark 1887
Ben Allison Clark 1889

Bio by: Victoria Taylor-True



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