PLEASE NOTE: The date on the headstone is in error. Sarah Jane Webb Clark died November 15th, 1897.
Sally was born into a true pioneer family. Her father, William, born in 1762 in North Carolina, and mother Nancy, born in 1775, continued right into their 80s to push into new frontiers as land opened up. The family lived in Kentucky through about 1810 and then went into Indiana, where Sally was born in about 1815, before returning to Kentucky for a while. By 1830 they had moved into Illinois.
The first recorded evidence of Sally was at the time of her marriage to Jacob Clark on November 30, 1833 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. Her entire family - parents William and Nancy and brother Tom - all appear to have been living in Peoria at this time. Tom and his parents then moved north, first into Jo Daviss County, where he and his father engaged in mining, before moving on to Grant County, Wisconsin by 1838.
Sally and her husband Jake remained in Peoria for the next five years 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, Sally, who was pregnant with their third child, travelled with husband Jake, five-year-old Nancy and three-year-old John, and their neighbor, Rebecca Anderson and her children, north to Grant County, Wisconsin where Sally's parents lived, along with brother Tom and some of the older Anderson boys, who had built cabins and established farms in the mining community of Jamestown. In the winter of 1840 in Grant County, Sally gave birth to her second daughter Sarah Ann.
Sally and Jake and their three young children left the Webbs and Andersons and moved down to Iowa, arriving at Yankee Settlement on the Delaware/Clayton county border in 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, so it is likely this was behind the move south.
They 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 while Sally kept house 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.
Sally was a deeply committed member of the Methodist Church and was remembered fondly for her "many acts of Christian kindness." The day she died, the bell at the local Methodist Church tolled 82 times - once for every year of her life.
Daughter of William Webb 1762-abt 1853 and Nancy 1775 - abt 1851
Sister to Thomas J. Webb 1810-1893
Findagrave #70602998
Mother of:
Nancy Jane Clark Rose 1835-1923
John Clark 1837-1917
Sarah Ann Clark 1841-aft 1915
Married 64 years to her husband Jacob Clark.
Sally was born into a true pioneer family. Her father, William, born in 1762 in North Carolina, and mother Nancy, born in 1775, continued right into their 80s to push into new frontiers as land opened up. The family lived in Kentucky through about 1810 and then went into Indiana, where Sally was born in about 1815, before returning to Kentucky for a while. By 1830 they had moved into Illinois.
The first recorded evidence of Sally was at the time of her marriage to Jacob Clark on November 30, 1833 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. Her entire family - parents William and Nancy and brother Tom - all appear to have been living in Peoria at this time. Tom and his parents then moved north, first into Jo Daviss County, where he and his father engaged in mining, before moving on to Grant County, Wisconsin by 1838.
Sally and her husband Jake remained in Peoria for the next five years 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, Sally, who was pregnant with their third child, travelled with husband Jake, five-year-old Nancy and three-year-old John, and their neighbor, Rebecca Anderson and her children, north to Grant County, Wisconsin where Sally's parents lived, along with brother Tom and some of the older Anderson boys, who had built cabins and established farms in the mining community of Jamestown. In the winter of 1840 in Grant County, Sally gave birth to her second daughter Sarah Ann.
Sally and Jake and their three young children left the Webbs and Andersons and moved down to Iowa, arriving at Yankee Settlement on the Delaware/Clayton county border in 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, so it is likely this was behind the move south.
They 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 while Sally kept house 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.
Sally was a deeply committed member of the Methodist Church and was remembered fondly for her "many acts of Christian kindness." The day she died, the bell at the local Methodist Church tolled 82 times - once for every year of her life.
Daughter of William Webb 1762-abt 1853 and Nancy 1775 - abt 1851
Sister to Thomas J. Webb 1810-1893
Findagrave #70602998
Mother of:
Nancy Jane Clark Rose 1835-1923
John Clark 1837-1917
Sarah Ann Clark 1841-aft 1915
Married 64 years to her husband Jacob Clark.
PLEASE NOTE: The date on the headstone is in error. Sarah Jane Webb Clark died November 15th, 1897.
Sally was born into a true pioneer family. Her father, William, born in 1762 in North Carolina, and mother Nancy, born in 1775, continued right into their 80s to push into new frontiers as land opened up. The family lived in Kentucky through about 1810 and then went into Indiana, where Sally was born in about 1815, before returning to Kentucky for a while. By 1830 they had moved into Illinois.
The first recorded evidence of Sally was at the time of her marriage to Jacob Clark on November 30, 1833 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. Her entire family - parents William and Nancy and brother Tom - all appear to have been living in Peoria at this time. Tom and his parents then moved north, first into Jo Daviss County, where he and his father engaged in mining, before moving on to Grant County, Wisconsin by 1838.
Sally and her husband Jake remained in Peoria for the next five years 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, Sally, who was pregnant with their third child, travelled with husband Jake, five-year-old Nancy and three-year-old John, and their neighbor, Rebecca Anderson and her children, north to Grant County, Wisconsin where Sally's parents lived, along with brother Tom and some of the older Anderson boys, who had built cabins and established farms in the mining community of Jamestown. In the winter of 1840 in Grant County, Sally gave birth to her second daughter Sarah Ann.
Sally and Jake and their three young children left the Webbs and Andersons and moved down to Iowa, arriving at Yankee Settlement on the Delaware/Clayton county border in 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, so it is likely this was behind the move south.
They 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 while Sally kept house 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.
Sally was a deeply committed member of the Methodist Church and was remembered fondly for her "many acts of Christian kindness." The day she died, the bell at the local Methodist Church tolled 82 times - once for every year of her life.
Daughter of William Webb 1762-abt 1853 and Nancy 1775 - abt 1851
Sister to Thomas J. Webb 1810-1893
Findagrave #70602998
Mother of:
Nancy Jane Clark Rose 1835-1923
John Clark 1837-1917
Sarah Ann Clark 1841-aft 1915
Married 64 years to her husband Jacob Clark.
Sally was born into a true pioneer family. Her father, William, born in 1762 in North Carolina, and mother Nancy, born in 1775, continued right into their 80s to push into new frontiers as land opened up. The family lived in Kentucky through about 1810 and then went into Indiana, where Sally was born in about 1815, before returning to Kentucky for a while. By 1830 they had moved into Illinois.
The first recorded evidence of Sally was at the time of her marriage to Jacob Clark on November 30, 1833 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois. Her entire family - parents William and Nancy and brother Tom - all appear to have been living in Peoria at this time. Tom and his parents then moved north, first into Jo Daviss County, where he and his father engaged in mining, before moving on to Grant County, Wisconsin by 1838.
Sally and her husband Jake remained in Peoria for the next five years 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, Sally, who was pregnant with their third child, travelled with husband Jake, five-year-old Nancy and three-year-old John, and their neighbor, Rebecca Anderson and her children, north to Grant County, Wisconsin where Sally's parents lived, along with brother Tom and some of the older Anderson boys, who had built cabins and established farms in the mining community of Jamestown. In the winter of 1840 in Grant County, Sally gave birth to her second daughter Sarah Ann.
Sally and Jake and their three young children left the Webbs and Andersons and moved down to Iowa, arriving at Yankee Settlement on the Delaware/Clayton county border in 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, so it is likely this was behind the move south.
They 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 while Sally kept house 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.
Sally was a deeply committed member of the Methodist Church and was remembered fondly for her "many acts of Christian kindness." The day she died, the bell at the local Methodist Church tolled 82 times - once for every year of her life.
Daughter of William Webb 1762-abt 1853 and Nancy 1775 - abt 1851
Sister to Thomas J. Webb 1810-1893
Findagrave #70602998
Mother of:
Nancy Jane Clark Rose 1835-1923
John Clark 1837-1917
Sarah Ann Clark 1841-aft 1915
Married 64 years to her husband Jacob Clark.
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