Mary Elizabeth Clark

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Clark was born on 24 July 1824, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, her father, Sandford Clark, was 29 and her mother, Jane Tibbets, was 19. She married Elam Luddington on 16 May 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died after 1851, in Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elam Luddington
1806–1893
Mary Elizabeth Clark
1824–after 1851
Marriage: 16 May 1841
William Thomas Luddington
1842–1845
Loiza Mary Luddington
1844–1845
Angeline Adeline Luddington
1845–1922
Mary Jane Luddington
1847–1848
Elam Adelbert Luddington
1849–1850

Sources (21)

  • Mary Clark, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
  • Mary Clark, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
  • M. E. Clark in entry for Loiza M. Ludington, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English clerk, clark ‘clerk, cleric, writer’ (Old French clerc; see Clerc ). The original sense was ‘man in a religious order, cleric, clergyman’. As all writing and secretarial work in medieval Christian Europe was normally done by members of the clergy, the term clerk came to mean ‘scholar, secretary, recorder, or penman’ as well as ‘cleric’. As a surname, it was particularly common for one who had taken only minor holy orders. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established.

Irish (Westmeath, Mayo): in Ireland the English surname was frequently adopted, partly by translation for Ó Cléirigh; see Cleary .

Americanized form of Dutch De Klerk or Flemish De Clerck or of variants of these names, and possibly also of French Clerc . Compare Clerk 2 and De Clark .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life sketch compiled by Mormon Battalion Association

Mary Elizabeth (Eliza) Clark Luddington (age 21 as of July 16, 1846) Spouse: Elam Luddington, Lieutenant, Co. B Parents: Sandford and Jane Tibbets Clark Birth: 24 July 1824, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Oh …

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