Edwin Clarke (1832 - 1899)

Born 22 Sep 1832 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 May 1899 at age 66 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Edwin Clarke was born at Newtown, Fairfield County Connecticut, 22 Sep. 1832, died at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut 16 May 1899, son of Walter Clark and Dima Beers; married 1st, 7 Nov. 1854, Nancy Beers, b. 21 Oct.1834, died 13 Sept 1869, daughter of Ezekiel and Sally (Morris) Beers; married 2nd, 10 May 1877 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, Mattie A. Parker of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, daughter of Samuel Parker and Re... Jewell (sic), (birth and death dates unknown)^[1] buried at Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.^[2]

He was a cotton broker in New York City.

Children of Edwin Clarke and Nancy (Beers) Clarke (born at Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut):

• Julia L. Clarke, b. 6 Aug. 1855, died 1932.^[3]
• Eli Beers Clarke, b. 2 Sep. 1861, died 21 Dec 1913;^[4] m. 18 Apr. 1885, Lizzie Bowers; resided and died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Children of Edwin Clarke and Mattie A. (Parker) Clarke:,

• Mattie Eugenie Clarke , b. 1878, died 31 Jan 1882 (aged 3–4) ,Brooklyn, NY. ^[5]
• Edwin Parker Clarke, b. 1883, died 1900 (aged 16–17),^[6]

both buried at Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Conn.

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24Z2-BT6 : 20 August 2022), Dina Ann Beers in entry for Edwin Clarke and Mattie A. Parker, 1877.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44247382/edwin-clarke: accessed 12 March 2023), memorial page for Edwin Clarke (22 Sep 1832–1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44247382, citing Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Nancy Moore (contributor 47010715).
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89F5-WX85?cc=2448941 : 17 February 2023), > image 1 of 1. Note this records has generalized birth and death years for her: "born 1855, died 1932."
4. ↑ "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD91-D3T : 16 January 2020), Edwin Clarke in entry for Beers Clarke, 1913.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89F5-WX85?cc=2448941 : 17 February 2023), > image 1 of 1.
6. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89F5-WX85?cc=2448941 : 17 February 2023), > image 1 of 1.

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M681-ZW3 : Fri Mar 10 10:44:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Eli Clark and Margaret Conly, 1850. Newtown, Connecticut. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR3-YTH : 18 February 2021), Edwin Clark, 1860. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN77-Q4L : 28 May 2021), Edwin Clarke in entry for Walter Clarke, 1870.
• Hawley, Emily Carrie. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Pioneer Thomas Skidmore (E.C. Hawley, Brookfield, Conn., 1911) Page 249.