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Nelson H. Clark1,2,3

#79, b. circa 1815, d. 1 March 1896
Birthc 1815New York1,2,3,4,5 
Marriage24 Dec 1843Sarah W. Coolidge; East Carroll Parish, Louisiana6,7,8 
Death1 Mar 18965 
BurialRodney Cemetery, Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi4,5 
Witness: Joseph Hart
Census1850Nelson County, Kentucky1
Census1860Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi2
Census1870Tensas Parish, Louisiana3
Occupation1850: farmer
1860: Proprietor of the Magnolia House, a hotel in Rodney, Jefferson County, MS.
1870: farmer1,2,9

Family

 Sarah W. Coolidge b. c 15 Apr 1813, d. 19 Nov 1868
Children 1.Mary Caroline Clark+1,2,10 b. c 1841, d. 11 Nov 1931
 2.Charles A. Clark1,2 b. c 1845, d. c 28 Oct 1875
 3.Nelson Howard Clark+11,7 b. c 1848, d. 17 Apr 1921
 4.Josephine Amelia Clark2 b. c 1855
ChartsAncestors of William C. Cox
Descendants of Nelson and Sarah Clark
Notes
Nelson Clark and Joseph Hart have headstones side-by-side in a fenced plot in Rodney Cemetery. They have matching stones that appear to me to be too new, and to have too much information to be the originals. The transcription of these two stones that is in "Mississippi Bible and Cemetery Records" (S4809) was done in 1955 and gives different text. I'm assuming that the 1955 survey listed the original stones and that new ones were made sometime later. This may have been when the fence was erected, too.
Some researchers have Nelson's parents as Amasa Clark and Sarah Blackwood
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New YorkFamily tradition has Nelson's birthplace as Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. This is supported by the 1860 and 1870 censuses that have his birthplace as New York, and his burial marker, which says he was born in "Canadayna, NY" (this stone is probably not the original, and the inscription may be based on the tradition). The 1850 census entry has Nelson's birthplace as Ohio, but I haven't found any other evidence to support that statement.
1870Between 1866 and 1870, Nelson moved directly across the river from Rodney to Tensas Parrish, LA where he lived with his son, Nelson Howard. I don't know the reason he moved, but there was a big fire in Rodney in 1869 that burned much of the town and it may be that the fire destroyed Nelson's hotel.

Citations

  1. [S1014] 1850 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Nelson H. Clark, District 2, Nelson County, Kentucky, p 388 (stamped), Dwelling/Family number 701/701.
  2. [S1006] 1860 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Nelson H. Clark, Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi, p 18, Dwelling/Family number 135/132.
  3. [S1076] 1870 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for N. H. Clark, Ashwood P.O., 2d Ward, Tensas Parish, Louisiana, p 23 (226), Dwelling/Family number 161/211.
  4. [S3395] Burial marker of Nelson H. Clark, Rodney Cemetery, Rodney, Jefferson County, Mississippi.
  5. [S4809] Mississippi Genealogical Society, Cemetery and Bible Records, vol III, pp 18-21, Survey of Rodney Mississippi Cemetery, conducted 1955.
  6. [S1054] East Carroll Parish Louisiana Marriage Book 1832-1858 p 58 . Nelson H. Clark to Sarah Liles (M) 24 Dec 1843.
  7. [S3438] "Louisiana death records/certificates, ca. 1850-1875, 1894-1954; indexes, 1900-1954", Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org, Accessed: 2013), database and images, Entry: Nelson Howard Clark, d 17 Apr 1921, Tensas Parish.
  8. [S3655] "Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925" ,index, Hunting For Bears (comp), Ancestry.com., Nelson H. Clark and Sarah W. Liles, 23 Dec 1843, East Carroll.
  9. [S1213] Marie T. Logan, Mississippi-Louisiana Border Country: Revised Edition.
  10. [S3285] "Louisiana Death Records", Louisiana Secretary of State, Site: Louisiana Secretary of State (http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/640/default.aspx, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry: Mary C. Hart, Caddo Parish, 1931.
  11. [S3285] "Louisiana Death Records", Louisiana Secretary of State, Site: Louisiana Secretary of State (http://www.sos.la.gov/tabid/640/default.aspx, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry: Nelson Howard Clark, Tensas Parish, 1921.