Thomas Chalmers Clark1

b. 18 April 1848, d. 10 September 1927
FatherJohn S. Clark2,3 b. 24 Feb 1808, d. 10 Oct 1854
MotherIsabella Breckenridge Clark2,4 b. 21 Mar 1813, d. 11 May 1883
Birth18 Apr 1848 Thomas Chalmers Clark was born on 18 Apr 1848 in Washington County, Virginia.5,6,7 
Marriage10 Jun 1873 He married Mary Josephine Smyth, daughter of William "Buck" Smyth and Eliza T. Logan, on 10 Jun 1873 in Washington County.8 
  Thomas was the second cousin of James A. Clark in whose home Mary had been living.  
  Thomas and Mary were the parents of 12 children (The family bible included an entry for an unnamed child who was born and died in 1886 and whose parents were not clarified but who appears to be the 12th child). The couple's firstborn son died in 1874 at a little over 2 weeks of age and a daughter born in 1881 died in 1883. The family also included twin daughters named Mary and Martha who were born in 1885.9 
  In 1880 Mary and Thomas were enumerated farming land in the Holston District of the county. The census indicated that they could not read or write. Twenty years later, with 7 of their 9 surviving children still at home, they were recorded in the Abingdon District, residing in the same dwelling as James and Rebecca Clark. Thomas and Mary had been married 27 years.10,11 
Death10 Sep 1927 Thomas died on 10 Sep 1927 at age 79.5,12 
Burial1928 He was buried in 1928 at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.13 

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Family

Mary Josephine Smyth b. 1853, d. 28 Aug 1928
Children
  • William Beattie Clark14 (28 Sep 1874 - 15 Oct 1874)
  • Sandy Dunn Clark+14 (10 Aug 1876 - 12 Jan 1927)
  • Charles Alpheus Clark14 (16 Apr 1878 - 12 Mar 1921)
  • John Wallace Clark14 (24 Aug 1879 - 17 Dec 1960)
  • Emma Eliza Clark14,15 (Aug 1881 - 14 Feb 1883)
  • Roy Duncan Clark14 (23 Jul 1883 or 25 Jul 1883 - 23 Sep 1965)
  • Mary Smyth Clark14 (26 Apr 1885 - 12 May 1969)
  • Martha McKee Clark14 (26 Apr 1885 - 30 Sep 1972)
  • Robert Stuart Clark14 (10 Oct 1887 - 5 Aug 1949)
  • James Gordon Clark14 (30 Sep 1889 - 16 Nov 1967)
  • Fornie Tucker Clark14 (14 Jun 1892 - 17 Jun 1950)
ChartsDescendants of James Clark and Isabella Breckenridge
Descendants of Robert Clark and Martha Harvie
Last Edited29 Sep 2012

Citations

  1. [S18] John S. Clark will, Washington Co. WB 13: 258-60. Names son Thomas Chalmers Clark.
  2. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 62. Groom's parents recorded as John and Isabella Clark.
  3. [S18] John S. Clark will, Washington Co. WB 13: 258-60.
  4. [S367] John Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., District 67, p. aft page 113 stamped, dwelling 701, family 701, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2008, image 93 of 289. Household includes: John Clark, 40, farmer, b. Scotland, real estate valued at $5,200; Isabella 37; Martha 16; James 11; John 4; Thos 3; Wm 4/12; all others b. VA.
  5. [S15] Audrey Honegger, "Thomas Chalmers Clark-Mary Josephine Smyth family group sheet". Do not know source.
  6. [S13] Aleta Spicer, Smyth, p. 92. Desc. chart for William (Buck) Smyth and Eliza Logan; author unclear. Birthdate listed as the 8th of April.
  7. [S2169] Donald Helton, compiler, "Washington County Virginia Abstracted Death Records 1912-1939" (manuscript shared by author), p. 98; Sandy Dunn Clark, b. Aug 10, 1875 WCV, d. Jan. 12, 1937, 61y 4m 21d, widower of Sarah Ann Barr, s/o Thomas C. Clark b. WCV & Mary Josephine Smyth, b. WCV; bur Bethel Virginia.
  8. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 62. Thomas C. Clark, 25y, sgl, b & res Wash. Co. VA, farmer, s/o John & Isabella Clark and Mary Joseph. Smyth, 19y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, d/o William Smyth; 10 Jun 1873.
  9. [S30] Audrey Honegger, "Smyth Questions," e-mail to Diana Powell, 11 Jan 2001. Audrey notes an entry for an unnamed child born 24 July 1886 in the bible of her grandparents, Thomas and Mary Josephine (Smyth) Clark. There is also a death entry for an unnamed child on 31 Dec. 186.
  10. [S163] Thos C. Clark household, 1880 U.S. Cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Holston District, ED 100, p. 20D, dwelling 167, family 167. Dec. 2008, image 20 of 54. Household includes: Thos C. Clark, 32, farmer, b. VA, father b. Scotland, mother b.VA; Mary J., 26, wife; Thos and Mary cannot read or write; Sandy A., 3, son; Charles A., 2, son; Jno, 9/12, b. Aug; Wm Hutchinson, 13, servant; all b.VA.
  11. [S634] Thomas C. Clark household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Abingdon district, ED 105, sheet 10B, dwelling 185, family 186, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 6, 2008, image 20 of 42. Household includes: (same dwelling as James A. Clark) Thomas C. Clark, 52, b. Apr 1848, marr 27 yrs, farmer, b. VA, father b. Scotland, mother b. VA; Mary J., wife, 46, b. Oct. 1853, marr 27 yrs, mother 12 children, 9 living, b. TN, parents b. VA; Charles A., son, 22, b. Apr 1878; Ray D., son, 16, b. Jul 1883; Mattie M., dau, 15, b. Apr 1885; Mary S., dau, 15, b. Apr 1885; Robert S., son, 12, b. Oct. 1887; James G., son, 10, b. Sept. 1889; Fornie T., son, 7, b. June 1892; all b. VA; children's father b. VA, mother b. TN.
  12. [S13] Aleta Spicer, Smyth, p. 92. Desc. chart for William (Buck) Smyth and Eliza Logan; author unclear.
  13. [S54] Virginia Historicial Society of Washington County, High On A Windy Hill Vol II, p. 43, New Section.
  14. [S13] Aleta Spicer, Smyth, p. 94. Desc. chart for Thomas Chalmers Clark and Mary Josephine Smyth; author unclear.
  15. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 177. Stone reads d/o T.C. & M.J. Clark, 10 Aug 1881-14 Feb 1883.