Mary E. Clark1,2

b. 18 October 1850, d. 4 December 1920
FatherDavid Beattie Clark3,1 b. 1817, d. 12 Mar 1896
MotherMary Ann K. Shugart3,1 b. 23 Sep 1814, d. 26 Jun 1893
Birth18 Oct 1850 Mary E. Clark was born on 18 Oct 1850.2 
Cens-188021 Jun 1880  Mary lived at home with her parents in the Saltville District of Washington County in 1880. The census enumerator that year recorded her age as 25 [she was almost 30].1 
Cens-Sum  Both of Mary's parents died in the 1890s. However, Mary, who did not marry, continued farming the land. In the last years of her life Mary Ann Buchanan [daughter of her sister Josephine Buchanan] came to live with her. By early 1920 a nurse, Bertha Carmack, was also part of the household.4,5,6 
Death4 Dec 1920 Mary died on 4 Dec 1920 at age 70.2 
Burial She was buried at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.2 

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ChartsDescendants of James Clark and Isabella Breckenridge
Last Edited7 Jan 2010

Citations

  1. [S165] David B. Clark household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville District, ED 99, page 47 (232C stamped), dwelling 414, family 426, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, The census recorded: David B. Clark 63, farmer, b. VA, father b. Pennsylvania; mother b. VA; Mary A. 64, wife, parents b. MD; Mary E. 25 dau; Josephine 2_, dau; Elizabeth Layne 74, sister-in-law, parents b. MD; Thomas Roe 12, boarder; Henry Jenkins 37, boarder; all enumerated individuals born in Virginia.
  2. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 177. Stone reported to read: Mary E. Clark, 18 Oct. 1850-4 Dec. 1920.
  3. [S44] Letter, Jessie Taylor to Jacki Stock, Apr. 7, 1976. Parents listed as David Beattie Clark and Mary A. Shugart.
  4. [S634] Mary E. Clark household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 122, sheet 20A (p. 310 stamped), dwelling 266, family 266, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2009, image 61 of 89. Household includes: Mary E. Clark, 49, b. Oct. 1850, sgl, b. VA, parents b. VA, farmer, owns farm.
  5. [S237] Mary E. Clark household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville District, ED 94, sheet 16A (227 stamped), dwelling 209, family 210, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2009, image 31 of 37. Household includes: Mary E. Clark, 59, sgl, farmer, b. VA; Dale S. Galliner, hand, 14, b. VA.
  6. [S238] Mary E. Clark household, 1920 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 165, sheet 6B, dwelling 87, family 96, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2009, image 11 of 35. Household includes: Mary E. Clark, 69, sgl, b. VA, owns farm, farmer; Mary A. Buchanan, niece, 36, sgl, Bertha Carmack, nurse, 43; Warden Church, farm hand, 16, sgl; all b. VA.