Son of William Goding & Elizabeth Whiting (Stevens) Clark.
Civil War Veteran. Served in Company E, First Maine Heavy Artillery.
Married first in Oct 1870 to Ella Augusta Beauchaine at Webster City, IA, and second in Jan 1890 to Jessie Silliman Foote at Washington, DC.
His first wife, Ella, who died in 1887 in DC is buried in Webster City, IA. Their son, Ralph Atherton Clark, is buried in Elkhart, IA (Find A Grave Memorial# 62225490).
Mustered Dec. 24, 1863 at age 21; Promoted Corporal Jan. 31, 1864, Sergeant May 20, 1864, Second Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1864, And First Lieutenant Nov. 8, 1864; Wounded [gunshot, left arm] Oct. 27, 1864 [at Boydton Plank Road, part of the Petersburg Campaign]; Mustered Out Sept. 11, 1865. Brother of Whiting Stevens Clark, original captain and organizer of Company E, and First Lieutenant James William Clark who died in July 1864 of wounds received 18 Jun 1864 at Petersburg; both also of Sangerville. See pages 97, 121, 289, 290, 291, 298, 461, 479 of "The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1862-1865," 1903, by Charles J. House and Horace H. Shaw [Google Books]. See also the The First Maine Heavy Artillery: A Regimental History website at http://cwoodcock.com/firstmaine/search.html
Treasury Department official in the Office of the Second Auditor in Washington, DC from approximately 1883 until his death. Source: Official Register of the United States. The entries show that he was born in Maine and appointed from Iowa.
In addition to the GAR, was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS). Source: Register of the Loyal Legion, published by the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, 1906, page 54. [Google Books]
Obituary "FRANK A. CLARK'S FUNERAL: Treasury Employee Buried at Arlington with Grand Army Honors" in The Washington Post, Page 2, Sep 24, 1903.
Civil War Veteran. Served in Company E, First Maine Heavy Artillery.
Married first in Oct 1870 to Ella Augusta Beauchaine at Webster City, IA, and second in Jan 1890 to Jessie Silliman Foote at Washington, DC.
His first wife, Ella, who died in 1887 in DC is buried in Webster City, IA. Their son, Ralph Atherton Clark, is buried in Elkhart, IA (Find A Grave Memorial# 62225490).
Mustered Dec. 24, 1863 at age 21; Promoted Corporal Jan. 31, 1864, Sergeant May 20, 1864, Second Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1864, And First Lieutenant Nov. 8, 1864; Wounded [gunshot, left arm] Oct. 27, 1864 [at Boydton Plank Road, part of the Petersburg Campaign]; Mustered Out Sept. 11, 1865. Brother of Whiting Stevens Clark, original captain and organizer of Company E, and First Lieutenant James William Clark who died in July 1864 of wounds received 18 Jun 1864 at Petersburg; both also of Sangerville. See pages 97, 121, 289, 290, 291, 298, 461, 479 of "The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1862-1865," 1903, by Charles J. House and Horace H. Shaw [Google Books]. See also the The First Maine Heavy Artillery: A Regimental History website at http://cwoodcock.com/firstmaine/search.html
Treasury Department official in the Office of the Second Auditor in Washington, DC from approximately 1883 until his death. Source: Official Register of the United States. The entries show that he was born in Maine and appointed from Iowa.
In addition to the GAR, was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS). Source: Register of the Loyal Legion, published by the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, 1906, page 54. [Google Books]
Obituary "FRANK A. CLARK'S FUNERAL: Treasury Employee Buried at Arlington with Grand Army Honors" in The Washington Post, Page 2, Sep 24, 1903.
Son of William Goding & Elizabeth Whiting (Stevens) Clark.
Civil War Veteran. Served in Company E, First Maine Heavy Artillery.
Married first in Oct 1870 to Ella Augusta Beauchaine at Webster City, IA, and second in Jan 1890 to Jessie Silliman Foote at Washington, DC.
His first wife, Ella, who died in 1887 in DC is buried in Webster City, IA. Their son, Ralph Atherton Clark, is buried in Elkhart, IA (Find A Grave Memorial# 62225490).
Mustered Dec. 24, 1863 at age 21; Promoted Corporal Jan. 31, 1864, Sergeant May 20, 1864, Second Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1864, And First Lieutenant Nov. 8, 1864; Wounded [gunshot, left arm] Oct. 27, 1864 [at Boydton Plank Road, part of the Petersburg Campaign]; Mustered Out Sept. 11, 1865. Brother of Whiting Stevens Clark, original captain and organizer of Company E, and First Lieutenant James William Clark who died in July 1864 of wounds received 18 Jun 1864 at Petersburg; both also of Sangerville. See pages 97, 121, 289, 290, 291, 298, 461, 479 of "The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1862-1865," 1903, by Charles J. House and Horace H. Shaw [Google Books]. See also the The First Maine Heavy Artillery: A Regimental History website at http://cwoodcock.com/firstmaine/search.html
Treasury Department official in the Office of the Second Auditor in Washington, DC from approximately 1883 until his death. Source: Official Register of the United States. The entries show that he was born in Maine and appointed from Iowa.
In addition to the GAR, was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS). Source: Register of the Loyal Legion, published by the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, 1906, page 54. [Google Books]
Obituary "FRANK A. CLARK'S FUNERAL: Treasury Employee Buried at Arlington with Grand Army Honors" in The Washington Post, Page 2, Sep 24, 1903.
Civil War Veteran. Served in Company E, First Maine Heavy Artillery.
Married first in Oct 1870 to Ella Augusta Beauchaine at Webster City, IA, and second in Jan 1890 to Jessie Silliman Foote at Washington, DC.
His first wife, Ella, who died in 1887 in DC is buried in Webster City, IA. Their son, Ralph Atherton Clark, is buried in Elkhart, IA (Find A Grave Memorial# 62225490).
Mustered Dec. 24, 1863 at age 21; Promoted Corporal Jan. 31, 1864, Sergeant May 20, 1864, Second Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1864, And First Lieutenant Nov. 8, 1864; Wounded [gunshot, left arm] Oct. 27, 1864 [at Boydton Plank Road, part of the Petersburg Campaign]; Mustered Out Sept. 11, 1865. Brother of Whiting Stevens Clark, original captain and organizer of Company E, and First Lieutenant James William Clark who died in July 1864 of wounds received 18 Jun 1864 at Petersburg; both also of Sangerville. See pages 97, 121, 289, 290, 291, 298, 461, 479 of "The First Maine Heavy Artillery, 1862-1865," 1903, by Charles J. House and Horace H. Shaw [Google Books]. See also the The First Maine Heavy Artillery: A Regimental History website at http://cwoodcock.com/firstmaine/search.html
Treasury Department official in the Office of the Second Auditor in Washington, DC from approximately 1883 until his death. Source: Official Register of the United States. The entries show that he was born in Maine and appointed from Iowa.
In addition to the GAR, was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS). Source: Register of the Loyal Legion, published by the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, 1906, page 54. [Google Books]
Obituary "FRANK A. CLARK'S FUNERAL: Treasury Employee Buried at Arlington with Grand Army Honors" in The Washington Post, Page 2, Sep 24, 1903.
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CLARK
Franklin Atherton Clark
1st Lieut. 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
September 21, 1903
"Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God."
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