Brief Life History of Ezekiel
When Ezekiel Clark was born on 17 January 1817, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Ichabod Clark, was 30 and his mother, Isabel McQuade, was 24. He married Susan Urania Dyer on 29 March 1839, in Lexington, Troy Township, Richland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854. He died on 23 June 1898, in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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- Ezekiel Clark, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ezeikel Clark, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1837
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Johnson, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Johnson, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Johnson, Iowa, United States
1839
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Johnson, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Johnson, Iowa, 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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Ezekial Clark
Birth: Jan. 17, 1817 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA Death: Jun. 26, 1898 Iowa City,Johnson County,Iowa, USA IOWA State Senator Davis County Clipper 7/15/1898 The Iowa State Press of June 29t …
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