Israel Justus Clark

Brief Life History of Israel Justus

When Israel Justus Clark was born on 25 December 1821, in Dansville, Steuben, New York, United States, his father, Eli Clark, was 53 and his mother, Mary Polly Tiffany Smalledge, was 41. He married Elizabeth Angeline Tuttle on 5 March 1839, in Ossian, Ossian, Livingston, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Burns, Allegany, New York, United States in 1840 and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1875. He registered for military service in 1852. He died on 13 September 1905, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Israel Justus Clark
1821–1905
Emily Jane Pearson
1837–1909
Marriage: 24 January 1853
Helen C Clark
1853–1891
Joseph Clark
1855–1855
Mary Emily Clark
1856–1886
William Henry Clark
1857–1939
Harriet Louisa Clark
1858–1923
Helen Cassandra Clark
1859–1947
Henrietta Augustine Clark
1862–1908
Alice Melvina Clark
1864–1942
Hannah Elizabeth Clark
1866–1866
Ruth Matilda Clark
1866–1866
Seth Benjamin Clark
1867–1939
George Albert Clark
1868–1941
Jesse Israel Clark
1871–1893
Richard James Clark
1873–1873
Sarah Jane Clark
1874–1877
Rachel Olive Clark
1876–1877
Oliver Hazard Clark
1877–1918
Clarissa Antoinette Clark
1880–1972
Martha Garbilla Clark
1882–1882

Sources (92)

  • Israel Clark, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Israel J. Clark, "Utah Death Certificates, 1905"
  • Israel J Clark in entry for Rachel Olive Clark, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

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 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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Israel Justus Clark married three wives Elizabeth Angeline Tuttle in NY in 1836, Louisa Eynon in Salt Lake City, UT in 1851 and Emily Jane Pearson in Salt Lake City, UT in 1853. He had about 33 childr …

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