William CLARK

(b. 3 March 1830 , Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA d. 16 February 1865 , Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA )

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William CLARK was born 3 March 1830 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

William CLARK was the child of John CLARK and Esther JOSEPH and the grandchild of: (paternal) John CLARK and Martha SARGENT (maternal) Matthew JOSEPH and Elisabeth BROWN

William was a soldier in the U.S. Civil War.

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William married Rebecca K EVANS . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rebecca K EVANS was born 29 December 1828 in Moultonboro, New Hampshire, USA. Rebecca K died 18 November 1895 in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA . Rebecca K was the child of Theodore Lyman EVANS and Mary Quimby KNOWLES.

William CLARK died 16 February 1865 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA .
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Family and Children of William CLARK

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William CLARK married

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Rebecca K EVANS was the child of Theodore Lyman EVANS and Mary Quimby KNOWLES

Children of William CLARK and Rebecca K EVANS:

Alice Addie CLARK (b.4 June 1859, Wenham, Massachusetts, USA d. July 1943, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Charles Sumner WOOD 20 June 1878 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

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Postcards and Memories of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam)

1830 Birth
3 March 1830
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.