Malinda (Thompson) Clark (1805 - 1896)

Born 20 Feb 1805 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America

Wife of John Payne Clark — married 23 Sep 1824 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1896 at age 90 in Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana, United States of America

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Biography

Malinda Thompson was born on 20 February 1805 in Loudoun County, Virginia.^[1][2]

Malinda married John Clark on 23 September 1824 in Loudoun County, Virginia.^[1][2][3][4]

Malinda and John lived in Loudoun County, Virigina until after 1827. Their first two children were born in Virginia. Sometime after 1827 and before 1829, Malinda and John moved to Ohio. It appears that the rest of their children were there. They then moved to Indiana around 1850.^[1][2]

Malinda died on 9 February 1896 in Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana and is buried at Simpson Chapel Cemetery, Scotland, Indiana.^[2][5]

Obituary

Malinda CLARK was born in Lowden [Loudoun] County, Virginia, February 20, 1805, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William BOGARD, in Taylor Township, Greene County, Indiana, on Sunday, February 9, 1896. Age, ninety years, eleven months and nineteen days. The remains were interred in the cemetery at Simpson Chapel, near where she died.
Her maiden name was Malinda THOMPSON and she was the last one of the family. She was married to John CLARK in Virginia in the year 1825. They first moved to Ohio, and then moved to Indiana in 1850, where they both lived happily together until death. To them were born twelve children, eight of whom preceded her to the spirit world. Those who are yet alive are Mrs. Amanda BENHAM, Martha BOGARD, Charlotte HUFFMAN and Harrison CLARK. One son, John CLARK, died in the army during the late war. Deceased was a widow about twelve years. She has been a devoted member of the Christian church for about fifty years. She was a true Christian, a good neighbor, a loving mother, a cherished grandmother and an adored great grandmother. Grandmother CLARK has served her day and generation on this earth and gone home to dwell forever with her husband and children gone before. She leaves many grandchildren, great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild to mourn her departure. It can be truly said of Grandmother CLARK. She lived a long and useful life, died the death of the righteous and has gone home to glory.^[2]

Residence

• 1805 - 1828 - Loudoun County, Virigina^[1][2][6]
• 1828 - 1850 - Pike, Coshocton, Ohio^[1][2]
  • The rest of their children were born in Ohio.
• 1850 - 1896 - Taylor Township, Green County, Indiana^[1][2]

Census

• 1850 US Census^[1]
  • Malinda Clark, 45 years old, Female, born in Virginia

DNA

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Research Notes

• Tombstone of Malinda Thompson at Simpson Chapel Cemetary.
  • Listed on this site it states: CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Taylor Township, Section 14, Simpson Chapel Cemetery, Page 216, Column 3:
    • CLARK, Malinda, w/o John 1805—9 Feb 1896;
    • CLARK, John 1 Feb 1804—28 Oct 1883;
    • CLARK, Thomas, s/o John and Malinda, Aug 184?—16 Jul 185?;
    • CLARK, Malinda , d/o John and Malinda, 26 Sep 1849—16 Jun 1850;
    • CLARK, Balis 20 Nov 1835—7 Sep 1858;
    • CLARK, Nancy, no dates;
    • CLARK, Samuel 1 Oct 1833—6 Jun 1875;
    • CLARK, Mary, w/o Samuel 9 May 1835—6 Jun 1865;
    • CLARK, Eliza 16 Jul 1859—8 Aug 1877.
• Family List (13 children listed) at MyTrees.com

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} 1850 United States Federal Census, database and images, Ancestry, 2009 (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 March 2015), digital image, Malinda Clark, Taylor, Greene, Indiana, enumerated 21 September 1850; citing Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: M432_148; Page: 413B; Image: 275.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Ancestry.com
3. ↑ "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRV8-BX1 : accessed 1 April 2015), John Clark and Malinda Thompson, 24 Sep 1824; citing , Loudoun, Va, reference 2:3Z289MV; FHL microfilm 32,373.
4. ↑ "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR87-P8F : accessed 1 April 2015), John Clark and Malinda Thompson, 24 Sep 1824; citing Loudoun, Virginia, reference P68 of 121; FHL microfilm 32,373.
5. ↑ FindAGrave.com
6. ↑ Data indicates that Amanda (b. 1826) and Martha (b. 1827) were born in Virginia and the rest of John and Malinda's children were born in Ohio, with the first, Charlotte (b. 1829). This would imply that they moved between 1827 and 1829. ~Allison Mackler, 17 March 2015.