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Welcome to the Ezra Thompson Clark Family Organization Website!
Family Reunion:At long last our plans have been finalized. With the Old Rock Church undergoing renovations we have secured a new facility. The Reunion will be held Saturday June 18th, 2011. Due to the renovation of the Church, this reunion will be held a few blocks south at the Farmington Community Arts Center, 120 S. Main St. We will be having another Art Show and an invitation is extended for our relatives to bring items for show. Paintings, pottery, sculpture, decorative arts, jewelry and other fine arts will be featured. Please suggest any exhibitor to RSVP to me at dmclark@clarkandpartners.com . Set up for the Art Show will begin at 7:30 AM the morning of the reunion. Our main meeting will begin at 10 AM for the general meeting. For the main meeting we will have two speakers, Dr. Carol Clark (speaking about Laura Clark Phelps — Ezra's sister) and Charles Clark (speaking on new information on Timothy Baldwin Clark — Ezra's father. Charles is working on a book regarding Baldwin and his journeys from Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois). Each of our speakers will address us for 17-20 minutes and we anticipate concluding at 11:30 AM giving all plenty of visiting time as well as time to see all of the art. This year there will be reunion events for children aged 3 to 12. Age appropriate activities and games will occupy the children in the lower rooms of the Arts Center from 10 AM to 11:30 AM. (The duration of the main meeting.) They will have a great time! Following our reunion we will have a good old fashioned ice cream social. The Community Center has neighboring pool facilities and playgrounds that families can participate on their own after our events. Please encourage families to bring out the children for a memorable experience. We feel the need to "grow" our reunion. We are asking for a donation from each family of $20 to defray the costs of the Children's reunion and the hall rental. We are preparing more genealogy CD's for purchase including the latest information. This should be a fun time for all. Looking forward to a "packed" house! Cousin David HISTORY OF EZRA THOMPSON CLARK Born in Illinois in 1823, Ezra Thompson Clark is one of Utah's most notable pioneers. He is the father of 21 children, 16 of whom have living descendants. His family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1835; he was baptized in 1836. The family moved to Missouri where he was a participant in the persecutions heaped upon the Saints during that time. Leaving Missouri, his family relocated to Iowa where he grew to manhood and eventually married Mary Stevenson. He and his wife Mary had a baby in Lee County, Iowa and then began the trek westward with the pioneers. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1848, after spending an extra year in Winter Quarters. They lived two years in the North Canyon area of Bountiful before settling in Farmington where he lived the remainder of his life. He and Mary had 11 children, including two who lived to be over 100 years of age. Ezra Thompson Clark served five missions for The Church, including a mission to England where he became acquainted with the family of Susan Leggett, who would become his second wife and bear him 10 children. A noted financier, Ezra was heavily involved in Church, social, political, and family activities his entire life. |
