Sarah Jane (Bellamy) Clark (1836 - 1920)

Born 17 Dec 1836 in Cabell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joel Clark — married 17 Oct 1859 in Greenup, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 22 May 1920 at age 83 in Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Sarah Jane Bellamy was born in 1837 in Cabell County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Bennett Bellamy (1810-1867) and Jane West (1810–1858), married in Cabell County in about 1831.^[1] Bennett and Jane appear in the 1850 Census in Greenup County, with children Matthew (18), Nancy (16), Elizabeth (15), Sarah (13), Jesse (12), Thomas (10), Columbia (9), Joseph (7), Eliza (3), and "Claspa" (Cleopatra, age 1).^[2]

Sarah married Joel Clark on 17 October 1859 in Greenup County, Kentucky.^[3] Joel and Sarah appear in the 1860 Census living in Boyd County, Kentucky, in the service area of the Catlettsburg post office.^[4] The record includes two children, Jackson S. (age 6, born in Ohio) and Hannah E. (age 4/12, born in Kentucky).

Joel Clark and Sarah Bellamy had the following children:

• Hannah Elizabeth (Clark) Fraley (1860–1947)
• John Thomas Clark (1862–1954)
• Julia Ann (Clark) Hughes (1863–1963)
• Joseph Bennett Clark (1867–1953)
• James Sylvester Clark (1868–1960)
• David Ulysses Clark Sr (1873–1947)
• 'Bertha (Clark) May' (1875–1952)
• Amos Clark (1877–1962)
• Jennie (Clark) Smith (1878–1975)

The 1870 Census showed the Clark family living in the service area of the Bellefonte (written on the census as "Belle Fonte") Furnace post office in Greenup County. Joel's occupation was listed as teamster; he and Sarah had four more children: John (8), Julia (6), Joseph (4), and James (2).^[5]

In 1900, Joel and Sarah were living in Oakview, and operating a grocery.^[6] Their eldest daughter, Hannah (Fraley), was living with them in 1910; Joel was working as a real estate broker.^[7]

Joel died on 15 May 1915, and Sarah went to live with their son, Amos, and his wife, Effie, in Pollard, also in Boyd County.^[8] She died on 22 May 1920 and was buried in Ashland Cemetery.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Bellamy, Joe David, The Bellamys of Early Virginia. IUniverse, 2005.
2. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, Census Place: District 2, Greenup, Kentucky; Roll: M432_202; Page: 195A; Image: 395, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009, Provo, UT, USA.
3. ↑ Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, Dodd, Jordan, comp, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001, Provo, UT, USA.
4. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Boyd, Kentucky; Roll: M653_356; Page: 773; Family History Library Film: 803356, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009, Provo, UT, USA.
5. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Precinct 6, Greenup, Kentucky; Roll: M593_466; Page: 148A; Family History Library Film: 545965, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009, Provo, UT, USA.
6. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Oakview, Boyd, Kentucky; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1240509, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, Provo, UT, USA.
7. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Oakview, Boyd, Kentucky; Roll: T624_464; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1374477, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006, Lehi, UT, USA.
8. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, Census Place: Pollard, Boyd, Kentucky; Roll: T625_560; Page: 25A; Enumeration District: 19, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, Provo, UT, USA.
9. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75343636 >, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Provo, UT, USA.