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Samuel O. Clark

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Samuel O. Clark

Birth
USA
Death
12 Jan 1843 (aged 68–69)
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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White limestone reads:
"SAMUEL O. CLARK
departed this life
Jan. 12, 1843.
AE 68 y'rs., 10 mo. & 16 d's."
Samuel O. Clark was the first
pioneer to settle that region
of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
now known as Jackson Township.
He established the short lived
town of Clarks Point which he
renamed Clarksburg, in 1836.
The area also was known as
Point Pleasant for a time.
And He established Pinhook
Cemetery with the interment
of his first wife, Rachel
Clark, in 1828.


PINHOOK CEMETERY, AN
ILLUSTRATED GARDEN OF STONES
Copyright 1989 David R. Cheesman
White limestone reads:
"SAMUEL O. CLARK
departed this life
Jan. 12, 1843.
AE 68 y'rs., 10 mo. & 16 d's."
Samuel O. Clark was the first
pioneer to settle that region
of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
now known as Jackson Township.
He established the short lived
town of Clarks Point which he
renamed Clarksburg, in 1836.
The area also was known as
Point Pleasant for a time.
And He established Pinhook
Cemetery with the interment
of his first wife, Rachel
Clark, in 1828.


PINHOOK CEMETERY, AN
ILLUSTRATED GARDEN OF STONES
Copyright 1989 David R. Cheesman


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