Jacob was born into a true pioneer family. His father George spent so much time in the wilderness that he missed several censuses and has proved almost impossible to track. It is known that George went from Virginia to Kentucky by the time Jacob was born in 1814, then back to Virginia, where son John was born, then back to the frontier again. George turned up in Indiana in the mid-1820s and then Kentucky again. He is assumed to have been in Illinois by the time of Jacob's marriage to Sally Webb. One historical reference places him in Peoria in 1837 and a biography of his grandson places him in the Galena minefields in the mid-1830s. All that is known for certain about George is that he managed to live to 92. Where and when is not known. In the midst of all this moving around, George's wife died as a result of an Indian attack, leaving him with two known children in tow - Jacob and his younger brother John - and possibly a sister, Phoebe, born about 1820.
Nothing is known about Jake's early life. First documentation of his life is at the time of his marriage to Sally on Nov. 30, 1833 in Peoria, Peoria County, IL when he was 19.
Jake and Sally remained in Peoria for five years after their marriage during which time daughter Nancy and son John were born. Nancy recalled these as very happy times in what was a small frontier town growing up around the former Fort Clark.
In the latter half of 1840, Jake and Sally, who was pregnant with their third child, along with Nancy and John and neighbor, Rebecca Anderson and her children, went north to Grant County, WI where Sally's parents, William and Nancy Webb and her brother Tom Webb lived in the mining community of Jamestown, Tom having built the first permanent cabin there. Jake's daughter Sarah Ann was born in March 1841 in Grant County.
Jake and his family then moved on to Iowa, arriving at Yankee Settlement on the Delaware/Clayton county border in the summer of 1841. Recent DNA testing confirms that Jake was the brother of John Clark, who had arrived in the same general area in 1838 and was living nearby in Ead's Wood before purchasing his farm in Milo Township a few years later.
Jake settled on a rented farm in Oneida Township. Twelve years later, Sally's brother Tom left Wisconsin with his now sizable family and bought the farm next door.
In 1858, the family abruptly left Delaware County, Iowa and returned to Illinois, settling in Ogle County. It is not known why this move took place, although it well may be related to the economic Panic of 1857, as the owner of Jacob's farm appears to have gone bust. Son John and son-in-law Lawrence Rose, who had also moved with the family, both joined the Civil War from this Illinois location and younger daughter Sarah met and married her husband, William A. Chase, there.
By 1868, Jake and Sally left Illinois and returned to the Delaware/Clayton county border area in Iowa. Again, it is not known why they returned but both son John and daughter Nancy and her husband Lawrence Rose had already returned to Iowa, so the move was probably simply to be nearer family. Daughter Sarah remained behind in Ogle County with her husband and young family but also returned to Iowa during the following decade.
In 1875 Nancy's husband Lawrence died of complications from his Civil War injuries, leaving her with six young children, so she moved in with Jake and Sally in Manchester, Delaware County. They all remained together, Nancy working as a washerwoman and Jake working as a basketweaver until early in the 1890s when Nancy was finally granted a Civil War pension. This enabled her and her eldest son, William, who always remained at home, to move to Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa.
Jake and Sally remained in Delaware County. They moved to a small farm two miles east of Edgewood on the Delaware/Clayton county line to live with Sally's nephew, Lafayette Webb, son of Tom Webb. There they remained until Sally's death at age 82. She died only three days short of Jake's and her 64th wedding anniversary.
After Sally's death, Jake, also in his 80s, went to live with Nancy and her son William in Independence and remained there for almost ten years until his own death, age 93.
Jake's strong Christian beliefs and commitment to the ideals of the United Brethern Church, of which he had been a member since he was a young man, formed the centerpiece of his life. He and Sally were esteemed in the communities of Edgewood, Oneida and Manchester for their "many acts of Christian kindness."
Son of George Clark of Virginia
Brother of John Clark (1817-1891) of Milo Twp, Delaware County, IA
Findagrave #35430153
Father of:
Nancy Jane Clark Rose 1835-1923
John Clark 1837-1917
Sarah Ann Clark 1841-aft 1915
Married 64 years to his wife, Sally Webb Clark.
Nothing is known about Jake's early life. First documentation of his life is at the time of his marriage to Sally on Nov. 30, 1833 in Peoria, Peoria County, IL when he was 19.
Jake and Sally remained in Peoria for five years after their marriage during which time daughter Nancy and son John were born. Nancy recalled these as very happy times in what was a small frontier town growing up around the former Fort Clark.
In the latter half of 1840, Jake and Sally, who was pregnant with their third child, along with Nancy and John and neighbor, Rebecca Anderson and her children, went north to Grant County, WI where Sally's parents, William and Nancy Webb and her brother Tom Webb lived in the mining community of Jamestown, Tom having built the first permanent cabin there. Jake's daughter Sarah Ann was born in March 1841 in Grant County.
Jake and his family then moved on to Iowa, arriving at Yankee Settlement on the Delaware/Clayton county border in the summer of 1841. Recent DNA testing confirms that Jake was the brother of John Clark, who had arrived in the same general area in 1838 and was living nearby in Ead's Wood before purchasing his farm in Milo Township a few years later.
Jake settled on a rented farm in Oneida Township. Twelve years later, Sally's brother Tom left Wisconsin with his now sizable family and bought the farm next door.
In 1858, the family abruptly left Delaware County, Iowa and returned to Illinois, settling in Ogle County. It is not known why this move took place, although it well may be related to the economic Panic of 1857, as the owner of Jacob's farm appears to have gone bust. Son John and son-in-law Lawrence Rose, who had also moved with the family, both joined the Civil War from this Illinois location and younger daughter Sarah met and married her husband, William A. Chase, there.
By 1868, Jake and Sally left Illinois and returned to the Delaware/Clayton county border area in Iowa. Again, it is not known why they returned but both son John and daughter Nancy and her husband Lawrence Rose had already returned to Iowa, so the move was probably simply to be nearer family. Daughter Sarah remained behind in Ogle County with her husband and young family but also returned to Iowa during the following decade.
In 1875 Nancy's husband Lawrence died of complications from his Civil War injuries, leaving her with six young children, so she moved in with Jake and Sally in Manchester, Delaware County. They all remained together, Nancy working as a washerwoman and Jake working as a basketweaver until early in the 1890s when Nancy was finally granted a Civil War pension. This enabled her and her eldest son, William, who always remained at home, to move to Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa.
Jake and Sally remained in Delaware County. They moved to a small farm two miles east of Edgewood on the Delaware/Clayton county line to live with Sally's nephew, Lafayette Webb, son of Tom Webb. There they remained until Sally's death at age 82. She died only three days short of Jake's and her 64th wedding anniversary.
After Sally's death, Jake, also in his 80s, went to live with Nancy and her son William in Independence and remained there for almost ten years until his own death, age 93.
Jake's strong Christian beliefs and commitment to the ideals of the United Brethern Church, of which he had been a member since he was a young man, formed the centerpiece of his life. He and Sally were esteemed in the communities of Edgewood, Oneida and Manchester for their "many acts of Christian kindness."
Son of George Clark of Virginia
Brother of John Clark (1817-1891) of Milo Twp, Delaware County, IA
Findagrave #35430153
Father of:
Nancy Jane Clark Rose 1835-1923
John Clark 1837-1917
Sarah Ann Clark 1841-aft 1915
Married 64 years to his wife, Sally Webb Clark.
Jacob was born into a true pioneer family. His father George spent so much time in the wilderness that he missed several censuses and has proved almost impossible to track. It is known that George went from Virginia to Kentucky by the time Jacob was born in 1814, then back to Virginia, where son John was born, then back to the frontier again. George turned up in Indiana in the mid-1820s and then Kentucky again. He is assumed to have been in Illinois by the time of Jacob's marriage to Sally Webb. One historical reference places him in Peoria in 1837 and a biography of his grandson places him in the Galena minefields in the mid-1830s. All that is known for certain about George is that he managed to live to 92. Where and when is not known. In the midst of all this moving around, George's wife died as a result of an Indian attack, leaving him with two known children in tow - Jacob and his younger brother John - and possibly a sister, Phoebe, born about 1820.
Nothing is known about Jake's early life. First documentation of his life is at the time of his marriage to Sally on Nov. 30, 1833 in Peoria, Peoria County, IL when he was 19.
Jake and Sally remained in Peoria for five years after their marriage during which time daughter Nancy and son John were born. Nancy recalled these as very happy times in what was a small frontier town growing up around the former Fort Clark.
In the latter half of 1840, Jake and Sally, who was pregnant with their third child, along with Nancy and John and neighbor, Rebecca Anderson and her children, went north to Grant County, WI where Sally's parents, William and Nancy Webb and her brother Tom Webb lived in the mining community of Jamestown, Tom having built the first permanent cabin there. Jake's daughter Sarah Ann was born in March 1841 in Grant County.
Jake and his family then moved on to Iowa, arriving at Yankee Settlement on the Delaware/Clayton county border in the summer of 1841. Recent DNA testing confirms that Jake was the brother of John Clark, who had arrived in the same general area in 1838 and was living nearby in Ead's Wood before purchasing his farm in Milo Township a few years later.
Jake settled on a rented farm in Oneida Township. Twelve years later, Sally's brother Tom left Wisconsin with his now sizable family and bought the farm next door.
In 1858, the family abruptly left Delaware County, Iowa and returned to Illinois, settling in Ogle County. It is not known why this move took place, although it well may be related to the economic Panic of 1857, as the owner of Jacob's farm appears to have gone bust. Son John and son-in-law Lawrence Rose, who had also moved with the family, both joined the Civil War from this Illinois location and younger daughter Sarah met and married her husband, William A. Chase, there.
By 1868, Jake and Sally left Illinois and returned to the Delaware/Clayton county border area in Iowa. Again, it is not known why they returned but both son John and daughter Nancy and her husband Lawrence Rose had already returned to Iowa, so the move was probably simply to be nearer family. Daughter Sarah remained behind in Ogle County with her husband and young family but also returned to Iowa during the following decade.
In 1875 Nancy's husband Lawrence died of complications from his Civil War injuries, leaving her with six young children, so she moved in with Jake and Sally in Manchester, Delaware County. They all remained together, Nancy working as a washerwoman and Jake working as a basketweaver until early in the 1890s when Nancy was finally granted a Civil War pension. This enabled her and her eldest son, William, who always remained at home, to move to Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa.
Jake and Sally remained in Delaware County. They moved to a small farm two miles east of Edgewood on the Delaware/Clayton county line to live with Sally's nephew, Lafayette Webb, son of Tom Webb. There they remained until Sally's death at age 82. She died only three days short of Jake's and her 64th wedding anniversary.
After Sally's death, Jake, also in his 80s, went to live with Nancy and her son William in Independence and remained there for almost ten years until his own death, age 93.
Jake's strong Christian beliefs and commitment to the ideals of the United Brethern Church, of which he had been a member since he was a young man, formed the centerpiece of his life. He and Sally were esteemed in the communities of Edgewood, Oneida and Manchester for their "many acts of Christian kindness."
Son of George Clark of Virginia
Brother of John Clark (1817-1891) of Milo Twp, Delaware County, IA
Findagrave #35430153
Father of:
Nancy Jane Clark Rose 1835-1923
John Clark 1837-1917
Sarah Ann Clark 1841-aft 1915
Married 64 years to his wife, Sally Webb Clark.
Nothing is known about Jake's early life. First documentation of his life is at the time of his marriage to Sally on Nov. 30, 1833 in Peoria, Peoria County, IL when he was 19.
Jake and Sally remained in Peoria for five years after their marriage during which time daughter Nancy and son John were born. Nancy recalled these as very happy times in what was a small frontier town growing up around the former Fort Clark.
In the latter half of 1840, Jake and Sally, who was pregnant with their third child, along with Nancy and John and neighbor, Rebecca Anderson and her children, went north to Grant County, WI where Sally's parents, William and Nancy Webb and her brother Tom Webb lived in the mining community of Jamestown, Tom having built the first permanent cabin there. Jake's daughter Sarah Ann was born in March 1841 in Grant County.
Jake and his family then moved on to Iowa, arriving at Yankee Settlement on the Delaware/Clayton county border in the summer of 1841. Recent DNA testing confirms that Jake was the brother of John Clark, who had arrived in the same general area in 1838 and was living nearby in Ead's Wood before purchasing his farm in Milo Township a few years later.
Jake settled on a rented farm in Oneida Township. Twelve years later, Sally's brother Tom left Wisconsin with his now sizable family and bought the farm next door.
In 1858, the family abruptly left Delaware County, Iowa and returned to Illinois, settling in Ogle County. It is not known why this move took place, although it well may be related to the economic Panic of 1857, as the owner of Jacob's farm appears to have gone bust. Son John and son-in-law Lawrence Rose, who had also moved with the family, both joined the Civil War from this Illinois location and younger daughter Sarah met and married her husband, William A. Chase, there.
By 1868, Jake and Sally left Illinois and returned to the Delaware/Clayton county border area in Iowa. Again, it is not known why they returned but both son John and daughter Nancy and her husband Lawrence Rose had already returned to Iowa, so the move was probably simply to be nearer family. Daughter Sarah remained behind in Ogle County with her husband and young family but also returned to Iowa during the following decade.
In 1875 Nancy's husband Lawrence died of complications from his Civil War injuries, leaving her with six young children, so she moved in with Jake and Sally in Manchester, Delaware County. They all remained together, Nancy working as a washerwoman and Jake working as a basketweaver until early in the 1890s when Nancy was finally granted a Civil War pension. This enabled her and her eldest son, William, who always remained at home, to move to Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa.
Jake and Sally remained in Delaware County. They moved to a small farm two miles east of Edgewood on the Delaware/Clayton county line to live with Sally's nephew, Lafayette Webb, son of Tom Webb. There they remained until Sally's death at age 82. She died only three days short of Jake's and her 64th wedding anniversary.
After Sally's death, Jake, also in his 80s, went to live with Nancy and her son William in Independence and remained there for almost ten years until his own death, age 93.
Jake's strong Christian beliefs and commitment to the ideals of the United Brethern Church, of which he had been a member since he was a young man, formed the centerpiece of his life. He and Sally were esteemed in the communities of Edgewood, Oneida and Manchester for their "many acts of Christian kindness."
Son of George Clark of Virginia
Brother of John Clark (1817-1891) of Milo Twp, Delaware County, IA
Findagrave #35430153
Father of:
Nancy Jane Clark Rose 1835-1923
John Clark 1837-1917
Sarah Ann Clark 1841-aft 1915
Married 64 years to his wife, Sally Webb Clark.
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