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ANCESTOR
1790
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1864
Nancy Warriner
Mother of Nancy Areta Porter

Nancy Warriner was born 29 July 1790 in Vershire, Vermont to Reuben Warriner Jr and Sarah Colton. She was the fifth child and third daughter in the family. She grew in Vershire and married her childhood friend Sanford Porter on 1 January 1812. After his service in the War of 1812, they lived in New York until 1823. She and her husband then lived in Ohio. In 1824 though 1829 her husband became acquainted with the Timothy Baldwin Clark and learned about the territory of Illinois. The family then moved to Illinois about 1828 and became neighbors to Morris Phelps. In 1831 Nancy heard about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and joined the church. Nancy and her husband then moved to Missouri to be with the Saints and endure the trials there. She then lived Nauvoo until 1846 and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in October 1847. Nancy and her husband lived in Mill Creek and Centerville. After 12 years in Centerville Nancy moved to Portersville in 1862. She passed away on 2 March 1864 and is buried in the Portersville Cemetery.

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1790
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1873
Standord Porter Sr
Father of Nancy Areta Porter

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1879
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1969
Esther Lauretta Ford
First Wife of Nathan George

When Esther Lauretta Ford was born on 15 April 1879, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, John Ford, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Garn, was 27. She married Nathan George Clark on 16 February 1898, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 January 1969, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Farmington, Davis, Utah Territory, United States.

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1875
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1965
Mary Elizabeth Robinson

Granddaughter of Erza T Clark. Daughter of Mary Elizabeth Clark and Joseph Elijah Robinson.

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1807
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1892
William John Leggett
Father of Susan Leggett

William Leggett was born in 1807 in Fritton, Norfolk, England to James and Susanna Bensling. He was the oldest child in his family. In 1837 he married Sarah Howes in Gorleston, Suffolk, England. William moved his family to Lowesoft in 1852 and soon afterwards heard the message from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He joined this church in December 1852. He sent his daughters, wife and other children before he immigrated to America in 1865. He drove a team of oxen across the plains to Utah. William became the chief gardener for Brigham Young for twelve years and worked on his farm. He was known to be cheerful, strict observer of the Sabbath Day and patient in trying circumstances. He passed away in 1892 and is buried in the Salt Lake Cemetery.

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1813
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1902
Sarah Howes
Mother of Susan Leggett

Sarah Howes was born in 1813 in Great Walsingham, Norfolk, England to Samuel and Elisabeth Earle Howes. She was the oldest daughter and third child of ten children. At the age of 24 she married William Leggett in 1837 in Gorleston, Suffolk, England. She moved to Lowesoft in 1852 and soon afterwards heard the message of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and was baptized. In June 1864 with three children immigrated to America and came to Utah. Her husband William died in 1892. Sarah died in Farmington on 6 March 1902 and was buried in the Salt Lake Cemetery on 8 March. She was mother of ten children.

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1892
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1978
Cleo Afton Call
Second wife of Nathan George Clark, Mother of 12 children; Mexican-born granddaughter of Anson Call

Grandaughter of Anson Call, Wife of Nathan George Clark, Mother of 12 children. Cleo Afton Call was born 17 August 1892 in Colonia Dublán, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. She grew up in Mexico and attended Juarez Academy. Her father was a Bishop many years in Colonia Dublán. After leaving Mexico and coming to Utah she married Nathan George Clark 8 March 1913. Cleo was involved in quilting and with the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. She passed away 1 May 1978 in Bountiful and is buried in the Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.

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1831
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1831
Albert Clark
Ezra's Baby Brother who Died in Infancy

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1830
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1830
Isaac Clark
Ezra's Younger Brother who Died in Infancy

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ANCESTOR
1826
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1891
Mary Ann Clark
Ezra's Younger Sister

Mary Ann Clark the youngest daughter of "Father" Timothy Baldwin and Mary "Polly" Clark was born 29 March 1826 in Williamson, Illinois. She married Levi Daugherty in 1842 in Lee, Iowa. She came west with her brother Erza and his family. Mary eventually settled in California and later married Saint Leger McNaughten on 30 September 1877. She died on 26 December 1891 and is buried next to her older sister Rhoda Clark Cooper in the Rural Cementery, Santa Rosa, California.

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1821
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1906
Homer Baldwin Clark
Older Brother Next to Erza

Homer Baldwin Clark was born on 30 September 1821 in Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois and the ninth child of Timothy Baldwin and Mary (Polly) Keeler Clark. He was unmarried and in 1849 went to California when the gold fever broke out. He was a storekeeper with his brother William O. in Drytown in 1852. He lived in Drytown in 1860-1880 and was first a teamster and later a farmer. He died 23 May 1906 in Jackson, Amador, California and is buried in Drytown Village Cemetery, Amador, California.

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1819
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1852
John Wesley Clark
Ezra's Older Brother

John Wesley was born 4 February 1819 in Mt. Carmel, Wabash, Illinois and the eight child of Timothy Baldwin and Mary (Polly) Keeler Clark. He married Lorenia Church in 1840 and had two children. He went with his older sister Laura Clark Phelps to rescue her husband who was in jail in Missouri along with Parley P. Pratt. In 1850 he went with brothers, Barrett, William O. and brother-in-law John Copper with their quest to go to California. On the way they stopped to see Erza in Farmington and he decided to stay while his brothers continued their journey to California. John Wesley worked on Ezra's farm and drowned in a slough in the Farmington bottoms while looking after the cows one evening. He passed away on 15 March 1852 and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

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1817
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1912
William Oglesby Clark
Ezra's older brother

William Oglesby Clark was born in 1817 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana. He was named after a Methodist minister and friend of the family. He married Julia Ruhaman Appleby in 1844. He served in the Black Hawk War with his father, brother and brother in-law John Cooper. In 1850 he went to California with his brother Barrett and brother-in-law John Copper and later helped organized the first lodges of the Independent Order of Good Templars west of the Mississippi. In 1886 and 1898 he ran for Congressman from the Second District of California on the Prohibition Ticket. William O. was a delegate to the National Prohibition Convention from California many times and lectured adamantly on prohibition until his 94th year. After his wife Julia died he married Mrs. M. G. Dennis a widow in 1888. William O. died in 7 November 1912 and is buried in Rural Cemetery, Santa Rosa, California. He and his wife Julia had six children. He married his brother Ezra T. Clark to his wife Mary Stevenson in 1845 and attended their 50th wedding anniversary in 1895 in Farmington, Utah.

ANCESTOR
1814
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1886
Barrett Bass Clark
Ezra's Older Brother

Barrett Bass Clark, second son and sixth child of "Father" Timothy Baldwin and Mary (Polly) Clark and was born in 1814 in Trumbull County, Ohio. He married Harriet M Bartlett in 1838. He served in the Black Hawk Ward along with his father, brother William O. and brother-in-law John Cooper. He owned a dry goods and clothing business and died intestate 23 July 1886 in Lockport, Illinois. He and his wife had six children.

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1811
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1850
David Keeler Clark
Ezra's Older Brother, namesake of Ezra's third son

David Keeler Clark was the first son of "Father" Timothy Baldwin Clark and Mary (Polly) Keeler. He was born in 1811 in Trumbull County, Ohio. He married Mary Jarvis in 1836 in DuPage County, Illinois. They are the parents of six children. David settled in Illinois and built a 350 acre farm that straddled the Chicago-Plainfield Road. He was struck by lightning while working on his windmill in 1850. He is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Barbars Corners, Illinois.

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1809
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1899
Rhoda Clark
Ezra's Older Sister

Rhoda Clark was born in Trumbull County, Ohio in 1809. She married John Andrew Cooper in 1828 in Peoria County, Illinois. When the Black Hawk War broke out in 1832 she had two children. In 1850 her family moved to California and settled in Santa Rosa. Rhoda died in Hopland, Mendocino, California in 1899. She is the mother of eight children.

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1805
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1829
Myra Clark
Ezra's Much Older Sister

Myra Clark was the second child and daughter to Timothy Baldwin and Mary (Polly) Clark and was born in 10 July 1805 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. She lived in Ohio and Indiana when her father moved the family to these places. In 1825 Myra married John Sargent in Lawrenceville, Lawrence, Illinois. In the summer of 1829 Myra and her husband John were drowned in Louisiana.

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1803
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1842
Sally 'Sarah' Clark
Ezra's Oldest Sibling

Sally 'Sarah' Clark was the oldest daughter and child of Timothy Baldwin and Mary (Polly) Keeler Clark. She was born in 1803 in Connecticut and lived there until she about 5 years. Her family moved to Ohio and then to Indiana. When she was barely 15 years old she married William Cole in 1818. They settled Indiana and she became the mother of 14 children. When she passed away in 1842 she left her husband and 6 unmarried children. Eight of her children had died infancy.

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1872
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1952
George Edward Cook
Third Husband of Laura Blanche Clark

George Edward Cook was born in 1872 in Fountain Green. He was farmer and wool grower. He lived most of his life in Fountain Green and moved to Salt Lake City after his wife Edith passed away in 1947. He met Laura though her daughter LaRue and they married in 1949. George passed away at his son's home in 1952 and is buried in the Fountain Green Cemetery.

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1880
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1909
Mark Peel Cook
First Husband of Laura Blanche Clark

Mark Peel Cook was born 9 September 1880 in Bountiful, Utah Territory to Amos and Mary Francis Peel Cook. He worked on the family farm in Bountiful after school. He served a mission to the Great Britain from November 1902 and arrived home in December 1904. He married Laura Blanche Clark on 30 March 1905 in the Salt Lake Temple. He was a street car conductor a few months and then moved his family to Syracuse to farm. He worked hard to provide for his family. He became ill after digging a well and died from Typhoid Fever on 7 December 1909 at 29 years old. He is buried in the Bountiful Cemetery. He liked books and music.

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1857
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1930
Joseph Askie Silver
Second husband of Laura Blanch Clark

Joseph Askie Silver was born 13 July 1857 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He was attended Deseret University (Now University of Utah) and his first work was in the carpenter trade. He also worked in the smelters and machinery area and the railroad before joining his brothers in the Silver Brothers Iron Foundry and Machine Company. He was a successful businessman. He married Laura Blanche Clark Cook on 20 September 1913. He passed away on 11 February 1930 in New York City, New York. He is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

ANCESTOR
1889
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1964
Janette Benzon
Wife of Horace Wells Clark

Janetta Benzon was born in 1889 in Salt Lake City to Andrew Beck and Elizabeth Ferguson Wilson Benzon. She was the second child and had four younger brothers. Janetta grew up in Salt Lake City and was working at the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company when she met Horace Wells Clark. She married him in 1907 and they had six children. Her husband Horace died in 1939 after a four-day illness of pneumonia. She then married Marion Fifth Adam in 1939. Janetta passed away in 1964 in Ogden and is buried next to Horace.

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1882
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1936
Horace Wells Clark
Ezra's youngest child born in his 59th year

Horace Wells Clark was born in 1882 to Ezra Thompson and Susan Leggett Clark. He was the youngest child of Ezra and Susan. He married Janetta Benzon in 1907. He lived in Farmington, Salt Lake City, Clearfield and Ogden, Utah. He was a salesman for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company when he passed away at the age of fifty-three in 1936 from pneumonia. He is buried in Ogden, Utah. Horace was the father of six children.

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1880
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1985
Laura Blanche Clark
Youngest daughter of Ezra T. Clark and Susan Leggett, lived to 105

Laura Blanche Clark was born in 1880 to Ezra Thompson and Susan Leggett Clark. She grew up in Farmington and was twenty-one when her father died in 1901. The next year her mother passed in 1902. Laura wrote to Mark Cook on his mission and when he returned they married in 1905. When her third child was born in 1909, her husband died suddenly after a short illness. Laura then married Joseph A. Silver in 1913 and had three more children. After he passed away in 1930, Laura married George Edward Cook in 1949. After his death, she lived with her daughter LaRue. Laura loved her family and attended many Clark Reunions and told memories of her youth to the younger family members. She passed away in 1985 at the age of 105. Laura had six children. She is buried next to her first husband Mark Cook in Bountiful, Utah.

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1877
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1878
Marion Franklin Clark
Son of Susan Leggett, Died in infancy

Marion Franklin Clark was the eighth child and fifth son of Ezra Thompson and Susan Leggett. He was born the 6 September 1877 in Farmington, Utah Territory. He was one year, seven weeks and 6 days old when he passed away on 31 October 1878. Marion was the first child of Susan to pass away. He is buried in the family plot in the Farmington Cemetery next to David Patten, William Henry and Ezra James.

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1875
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1956
Nathan George Clark
Son of Susan Leggett, Father of 23 children and 000 Grandchildren

Nathan George was the seventh child of Susan Leggett and was born on 4 August 1875. He grew up on the family farm with his brothers and hauled hay and grain to market. He attended LDS College in Salt Lake City and married Esther Lauretta Ford and later Cleo Afton Call. He did farming in Farmington and Logan, Utah and a few years in Dayton, Idaho. He spent his later years in Farmington and developed three to four springs for drinking and irrigation. He died the 18 December 1956 and is buried in Farmington Cemetery.

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1858
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1940
Walter William Steed
Mexican-born husband of Alice Susan Bell Clark

Walter William Steed was born in 29 May 1858 in a covered wagon in Mona, Utah Territory. He learned about framing and he drilled the first artesian well in Norther Davis county. Walter established a home in Farmington and was the first to have indoor plumbing. He had great influence in building irrigation reservoirs and canal systems in the desert land of Utah. He had interests in mercantile, canning, real estate and banking. He loved cultural activities and his home became the center for good music and wholesome recreation. He passed away from a tragic automobile accident on 1 January 1940 and is buried Syracuse Memorial Park Cemetery in Syracuse, Utah.

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1866
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1933
Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Jr.
Husband of Sarah Lavina Clark, Father of 9 children

Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Jr. was born in 1866 to Benjamin Franklin and Rhoda Ann Richards Knowlton. He grew up in Skull Valley helping his father raise livestock and had limited schooling. He married Sarah Lavina Clark in 1866 in the Logan Temple. In 1900 to provide for growing family he decided to go to the Philippines as a U.S. civilian employee. In 1906 he returned and worked 8 years in the Union Pacific engineering department. He left his family in 1914 and went to California. Sarah divorced him 1917. While traveling to Utah from California in 1933 he died in Sparks, Nevada and is buried Sunset View Cemetery, Berkeley, California.

ANCESTOR
1859
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1927
Joseph Marion Tanner
Husband of Annie Clark, Father, Educator, Farmer

Joseph Marion Tanner the second child of Myron and Mary Jane Mount Tanner was born 26 March 1859 in Payson, Utah. He educated himself by attending night classes at Brigham Young Academy in Provo. Joseph later was a professor at the school in Provo and presided over the University of higher education in Logan. He married Annie Vilate Clark on 27 December 1883. He was the first reporter of the supreme court decision of Utah in 1896. He bought a farm in Cardston, Canada with Annie's help and move there to farm. He died on 19 August 1927 in Lethbridge, Alta, Canada and is buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah

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1881
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1941
Sarah Ann Sessions
Wife of Eugene Henry Clark and Mother of 6 Children

Sarah Ann Sessions was born in 1881 in Bountiful, Utah Territory to Perrigrine and Sarah Ann Bryson Sessions. She married Eugene Henry Clark in 1899 and helped him with the family farm in Farmington. Sarah served in her ward and stake in Farmington and became involved in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers serving in different capacities. She passed away after a lingering illness in 1941 at her son's home in Los Angeles, California.

ANCESTOR
1873
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1931
Eugene Henry Clark
7th Child and 4th son of Susan Leggett

Eugene Henry Clark was born in 1873 in Farmington, Utah Territory to Susan Leggett and Ezra Thompson Clark. He lived his entire life in Farmington and was a hard-working farmer and loved his horses. He had red hair and was shy. He met Sarah Ann Sessions of Bountiful and married her in June 1899. They had six children; one daughter and five sons. Eugene passed away after a year of paralysis at the age of 58. He is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

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1871
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1895
John Alexander Clark
Son, Brother, Educator, Pioneer Missionary

From the time I was very young my mother told me of experiences she and her brother John, who was two years younger, had together and I developed a fondness for my Uncle John even though I never met him. Researching his life history has been a joy.

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1869
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1961
Alice Susan Bell Clark
5th Child and 3rd daughter of Susan Leggett

Alice Susan Bell was born on 14 January 1869 in Farmington, Utah Territory. She was privileged to attend the first Primary under Aurelia Rogers. She was close to her younger brother John Alexander who died in Haifa, Israel. Alice did not have a strong body but a radiant spirit to others. She loved to read, crochet, make quilts, write articles and poems for special occasions and teach her kindergarten skills to young children. Alice taught school in Tooele and Minersville and married Walter William Steed. She was a mother of 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls. She passed away on 23 June 1961 and is buried in Syracuse Memorial Park, Davis, Utah.

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1866
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1955
Sarah Lavina Clark
3rd Daughter of Susan Leggett, Mother of 9 Children

Sarah Lavina Clark was born 27 September 1866 in Farmington. She grew to acquire many domestic skill and intellectual interest. Sarah attended Brigham Young Academy in Provo to further her education. While there she met and married Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Jr. After their marriage they lived in Skull Valley and Farmington. Her husband did farming and took on other jobs to provide for the family. After her mother's death she and not hearing from her husband she moved her family into her mother's home and took in boarders. Sarah later moved to Salt Lake City and provided for her children. She was involved in church and educated her children. She died in Salt Lake City on 30 April 1955 and is buried in Farmington, Utah.

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1864
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1942
Annie Vilate Clark
Oldest daughter of Susan Leggett, Wife, Mother of 10, Scholar, Author

Annie Clark Tanner the second child and oldest daughter of Ezra and Susan Leggett Clark was born in Farmington. She later attended Brigham Young Academy and meet Professor Joseph Marion Tanner. She and Joseph had ten children.

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1863
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1893
Seymour Thompson Clark
Oldest Son of Susan & Ezra

Seymour Thompson Clark was the oldest child and son of Ezra Thompson and Susan Leggett. When he was two or three years old he adventured out and climbed a ladder onto the second floor where workmen had been constructing a home next door. He tried to step off the ladder as he saw the workmen do and fell to the ground injuring his head. He was able to work on the family farm throughout his life. He mental capacity was effected and as he grew his mind became worse. When he was 25 he was taken to the asylum in Provo. After a two month illness in his lungs he passed away at the asylum at the age 30. He is buried in the family plot in the Farmington Cemetery.

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ANCESTOR
1825
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1888
Nancy Areta Porter
Third Wife of Ezra T. Clark, Mother of 5

Nancy Areta Porter was born in 1825 to Sanford and Nancy Warriner Porter in Vienna, Ohio. Her family belonged to the Methodist Church in Vienna and became acquainted with the Timothy Baldwin and Polly Clark family. Her family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Missouri. Nancy met Edward Stevenson in Iowa after leaving Missouri. She married Edward in 1845 and they had five children. After a divorce from Edward she married Ezra T. Clark. She lived in Logan for a while working in the temple there. Nancy moved to Elba, Idaho to help take care of her son, Edward Alonzo's family. While there she passed way in 1888 from pneumonia and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

ANCESTOR
1868
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1869
David Patten Clark
Youngest Son of Mary Stevenson, Died in Infancy

David Patten Clark was the youngest son of Ezra Thompson and Mary Stevenson Clark. He was born 11 December 1868 in Farmington, Utah Territory. He was named after the apostle David Patten who had died in Missouri. David was just shy of being four months old before he passed away. He died on 4 April 1869 and was buried the 9 April in the Farmington Cemetery in the family plot next to two of his older brothers William Henry and Ezra James.

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ANCESTOR
1867
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1895
Alice Charlotte Steed
First Wife of Amasa Lyman Clark, Mother of 5

Alice Charlotte Steed was born 10 June 1867 in Farmington, Utah Territory to Thomas and Laura Lucinda Reed Steed. She was the thirteenth out of sixteen children. She grew up on Farmington and married Amasa Lyman on 16 December 1885 in Logan, Utah Territory. Alice and Amasa made their home in Farmington. She supported Amasa on his mission to the Southern States. Alice died of Phlebitis soon after the birth and death of their fifth child. She passed away on 2 August 1895 in Farmington and is buried in the family plot in Farmington Cemetery.

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1872
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1965
Susan Jane Duncan
Second Wife of Amasa Lyman Clark, Mother of 5

Susan Jane Duncan was born in 1872 in Woodruff, Utah Territory to John Thomas and Martha Jane Lewis Duncan. Her father died tragically when she was six years old. She attended schools in Bountiful and McGurrin's Shorthand College. Susan became a mother when she married Amasa in 1897 to three boys and then had five children. She was involved in civic affairs in Davis County and served as Davis County Recorder and was Simon Bamberger private secretary before he was governor of the state. Susan wrote articles to The Children's Friend and was involved in the first Primary Association in Bountiful. She passed away in 1965 and is buried the Farmington Cemetery.

ANCESTOR
1865
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1968
Amasa Lyman Clark
Husband, Father, Bishop, Banker, Bicycler, Father of 10

Amasa Lyman Clark was born 6 June 1865. He was not physically strong so his father placed him in the bank he had just started. Amasa is one of the original Primary children when this organization was started. He valued education and helped others in this quest. He was involved in scouting and became an Eagle Scout and Silver Bear. He served many years as a church leader. He died in Salt Lake City on 25 May 1968 and is buried in Farmington.

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ANCESTOR
1863
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1933
Pamelia 'Millie' Dunn
Wife of Wilford Woodruff Clark, Mother of 11 Children

Pamelia Dunn was born 4 April 1863 in Providence, Utah Territory. She was number 6 out of 11 children to John Barker Dunn and Juley Ann Meguire. She married Wilford Woodruff Clark on 22 July 1885 in Logan, Utah Territory. She lived many years in Georgetown, Idaho and was a bishop's wife attending to the needs of people in the community. She children remember her providing baskets of food to others and being a good cook. She passed away in Georgetown, Idaho and is buried in Montpelier City Cemetery, Bear Lake County, Idaho. She became the mother of 11 children.

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1863
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1956
Wilford Woodruff Clark

Wilford Woodruff Clark was born 2 February 1863 in Farmington and grew up working on the family farm and ranch operations. He valued the importance of education. He married Pamelia Dunn and lived in the Montpelier, Idaho. He was a church leader for many years and was involved in the community and politics. He is known for his diplomacy in Idaho when a choice for a representative became locked. He died 8 October 1956 in Salt Lake City and is buried in Montpelier, Idaho.

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1862
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1936
Ann 'Annie' Elizabeth Waldron
Second wife of Charles Rich Clark, Mother of 9

Ann Elizabeth Waldron was born on 1 August 1862, in Richville, Morgan, Utah. She was raised in Richville and attended school in Morgan County. Annie loved academics as a student and a teacher. She attended University of Deseret (now University of Utah) for one year and taught school in Milton, Morgan, Utah. She married Charles Rich Clark and continued to teach school in Morgan. Annie lived in Morgan, Utah most of her life. In 1900 she took nursing courses in Salt Lake City and eventually returned in Morgan, Utah. She passed away at one of her children's home on 22 September 1936. Annie is buried in Farmington, Utah.

ANCESTOR
1862
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1928
Mary Emma Woolley
First wife of Charles Rich Clark; Mother of 7

Mary Emma Woolley was born on 31 January 1862. She was a good student growing up and had beautiful handwriting. She married Charles Rich Clark and lived in Morgan, Utah and Georgetown, Idaho. She was a traveling saleswoman selling encyclopedias and other books. She fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a midwife in 1900 and when the family moved to Georgetown she began her practice even delivering when she was about to give birth to her last child. Emma was busy with the dry farm, her practice and serving in the church. She enjoyed the family trips with her family and passed away on 19 November 1928.

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1861
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1933
Charles Rich Clark
8th son of Mary Stevenson; Husband; Father of 16; Rancher, Pioneer; Educator; Missionary; Polygamist

Charles Rich Clark was born in 1 April 1861. He grew up working on the family farm and ranch operations. Charles was a good student and became a teacher in Centerville where he meet Mary Emma Woolley. He married her and later Ann Elizabeth Waldron. He wanted to be a teacher but went back to the family business of farming and ranching. He lived in Morgan, Utah and in Georgetown, Idaho. He is known for being a scriptorian and giving lectures to his children. He loved serving others. He died on 6 October 1933 at his daughter's home in Salt Lake City and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

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1861
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1940
Wealthy Richards
First wife of Edward Barrett Clark, Mother of 7

Wealthy Richards was born in 1861 in Farmington, Utah Territory to Franklin Dewey and Mary Thompson Richards. She grew up in Farmington and taught school in Davis county before she married Edward Barrett Clark in 1879. She was the second President of the Farmington Primary and was secretary of the Y.L.M.I. A. for the Farmington Stake for many years. Wealthy died in Farmington in 1940 and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

ANCESTOR
1863
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1938
Alice Randall
Second wife of Edward Barrett Clark, Mother of 5

Alice Randall was on 21 December 1863 in Centerville, Utah Territory. She was the eighth child in her family and the fourth daughter in a row. She learned her letters and grammar later as a child. She attended the University of Utah. She married Edward Barrett Clark and later lived in Georgetown, Idaho working the family ranch. Alice died in Salt Lake City on 16 October 1938 and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

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1859
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1955
Edward Barrett Clark
7th child and 6th son of Mary Stevenson; Businessman, Community Leader and Temple Worker

Edward Barrett Clark was born 7 April 1859 in Farmington, Utah Territory to Ezra Thompson and Mary Stevenson Clark. He grew up helping on the family farm. He attended the University of Utah and taught school for three years. He married Wealthy Richards in 1879 and later Alice Randall in 1885. He was a stock farmer and involved in civic activities as county treasurer, commissioner, Justice of the Peace, city councilman of Farmington and secretary of the Cattlemen's Association. He helped organize an irrigation company and a Federal land Bank. Edward served in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in various positions and worked in the Salt Lake Temple. He is the father of 12 children. He died on 16 September 1955 in Farmington and is buried in the Farmington City Cemetery.

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ANCESTOR
1878
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1942
Mary Alice Robinson
2nd wife of Hyrum Don Carlos Clark; Mother of 5

Mary Alice Robinson was born 10 April 1878 in Farmington, Utah Territory. She was the oldest in her mother's family. She experienced Infantile Paralysis at 10 months and did not learn to walk until she was three. When she was 8 year old her father passed away and she felt the responsibility to look over her mother. While growing up she took some organ, needle-work and painting lessons. Prayer was very important in her life. She married Hyrum Don Carlos Clark and was a mother of 5 children. Mary Alice died in Salt Lake City on 2 June 1942 and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

ANCESTOR
1862
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1927
Ann Eliza Porter
Wife of Hyrum Don Carlos Clark

Ann Eliza Porter was born 22 October 1862 in Porterville, Utah Territory. She grew up in Porterville learning to make soap, weaving carpets, milking, berry picking and knitting. When her mother passed away she took on more responsibility in the home. She experience a childhood injury that left her with a crooked back that became noticeable when she was older. Eliza was acquainted with the Clark family and married Hyrum Don Carlos Clark. She became the mother of 13 children. Eliza lived in Star Valley, Wyoming and there learn how to became a doctor. Later in her life she did genealogy and spent many hours in the Salt Lake Temple. She passed away on 12 June 1927 and is buried in Farmington Cemetery.

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ANCESTOR
1856
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1938
Hyrum Don Carlos Clark
Husband, Father, Missionary, Rancher, Star Valley Pioneer

Hyrum Don Carlos was born on 13 February 1856 in Farmington. He grew up working on the family properties in Georgetown, Idaho and Morgan, Utah. He married Ann Eliza Porter on 11 November 1880 and moved to Star Valley Wyoming. Later he married Mary Robinson. Hyrum Don Carlos was the father of 18 children. He was a rancher, church leader and served several missions. He endured the hardships of the land and lost what he built in Star Valley. He died at his daughter home in Ogden, Utah, 2 July 1938. He is buried in Farmington.

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1856
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1941
Lucy Maria Robinson
Wife of Joseph Smith Clark; Mother of 9

Lucy Maria Robinson was born 22 November 1856 to Oliver L. and Lucy Miller Robinson. She married Joseph Smith Clark on 17 January 1876 and they immediately made their home in Georgetown, Idaho for 15 years. Lucy nearly died after giving birth to their first child. Their second child was born in Farmington. Lucy helped with ranch in Georgetown and supported her husband on his mission in 1884-1886. In 1891 Lucy and Joseph moved back to Farmington. In her later years she and Joseph spend many years working in the Salt Lake Temple. Lucy passed in Salt Lake City 13 February 1941 and is buried in Farmington Cemetery.

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1854
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1957
Joseph Smith Clark
Husband, Father, Settler, Rancher, Public Servant, Father of 11

Joseph Smith Clark was born 21 March 1854 in Farmington. Worked on the family farm and took on more responsibilities when his older brothers were absent. He married Lucy Maria Robinson on 17 January 1876 and moved to Georgetown, Idaho. He was involved in ranching, church leadership and a missionary to the Southern States. He later lived in Farmington and was involved in the community. He worked many years in the Salt Lake Temple. He died on 9 July 1957 at 103 years old in Salt Lake City and is buried in Farmington.

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1852
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1854
William Henry Clark
4th child and 3rd son of Mary Stevenson, died at age 2

William Henry was born in Farmington, Utah Territory where his parents took a farm. He was two years old when he came down with the croup and passed away five weeks after his younger brother Joseph Smith was born.

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1849
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1918
Joseph Elijah Robinson
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Clark

Joseph Elijah Robinson was the first white man child born in Davis County on 2 February 2, 1849. He married Mary Elizabeth Clark and they had 4 children. He later married Dorothy Henderson Watson. He suffered a tragic accident in July 1874 that left him crippled for the rest of his life. He did not let this disability effect him and he was involved in civic affairs and church activities. He passed away in 25 August 1918 and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

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1792
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1873
Elizabeth Stevens
Wife, Mother, English Immigrant, Early Saint Pioneer

Elizabeth Stevens was born in London to Samuel Stevens and Sarah Smith between 1788 and 1787. She married Joseph Stevenson in 1812 and in 1817 with two children moved to Colony of Gibraltar, Spain. Four children were born in Gibraltar and in 1828 the family moved to Albany, New York and then to Michigan. After her husband passed away in 1832 she joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elizabeth moved her family to Missouri in 1835 and then to Montrose, Iowa in 1839. She came with the Saints to Utah in 1847 and was a good seamstress. Elizabeth passed away in 1873 and was a mother to seven children. She is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

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1787
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1832
Joseph B. Stevenson
Immigrant, Farmer, Father, Early Saint

Joseph Stevenson was born in 1878 in Barsby, Leicertershire, England to Edward and Elizabeth Marriot Stevenson. He went to London as a cooper and married Elizabeth Stevens in 1812. He was employed by the Board of Ordnance of the military to make barrels in Purfleet for the Army and Navy. Later he was stationed in Colony of Gibralter as a master cooper and played his violin in church meetings. He took his family to North America, became a citizen of the United States and eventually moved his family to the Territory of Michigan north of Detroit. He passed away soon after his sailboat, that he made, capsized on a lake near their home in the fall of 1832. He was a lover of music, excellent cooper and a father of seven children.

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1850
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1928
Lucy Augusta Rice
Wife, Mother, Primary, Suffragette

Lucy August Rice was born in Farmington 5 March 1850. She grew up on Farmington and learned from her mother to became a teacher. Lucy was industrious in making clothing, socks, soap and candles. For a short while she also raised silkworms. She was a counselor to Aurelia Rogers in the first Primary in Farmington. Lucy was a talented writer and was involved in the women's Suffrage and later in genealogy. She married Timothy "Timmy" B. Clark and was a mother of 11 children.

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1847
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1924
Timothy Baldwin Clark
Pioneer, Inventor

Compiled in 2003 by Irene Neilson Jeppsen (great granddaughter) from the writings of Timothy's daughters, Mamie, Ellen, and Lera Clark – Timothy Baldwin Clark was named after his grandfather Clark and was born on 21 November 1847 in Winter Quarter, Nebraska. He was the second child and son of Ezra T. and Mary Stevenson Clark and known as "Timmy". He had limited schooling growing up on the family farm, but was a hard worker. He took his older brother's call to serve in the army and was a veteran of the Utah Black Hawk Indian War. He married Lucy Augusta Rice on 23 November 1867 and they became parents of 11 children. He had integrity and spoke up when things were wrong in the community. He was a merchant of goods, had a passion to read and learn. He died in Salt Lake City on 14 February 1924 and is buried in Farmington next to his 3 young children.

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1724
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1795
David Keeler
Father of Polly Keeler Clark

David Keeler was born in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut in 1753. He served in the Connecticut Militia and the Continental Army under General Washington. He lived in Brookfield area most of his life and owned property. He married Sarah Bearss and had seven children. When he passed away the notice of his death appeared in five newspapers throughout the state of Connecticut.

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1786
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1839
Mary 'Polly' Keeler

Mary (Polly) was born in Brookfield, Connecticut in 1786 and was the oldest of seven children. Married "Father" Timothy Baldwin Clark in 1802. Moved with her husband frequently on the American frontier and had 12 children. She joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1835 and moved to Missouri. She passed away on 27 February 1939 and was buried in the Farr West cemetery.

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1778
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1848
'Father' Timothy Baldwin Clark

Timothy Baldwin Clark and was christened on 10 May 1778 in Milford. He married Mary (Polly) Keeler on 3 May 1802 probably in Brookfield, Connecticut. He was a member of the Methodist Church and frequently followed a leader in this church throughout the American frontier. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1835 and moved to Missouri. He left Missouri after his wife died and settled in Montrose, Iowa. He later lived with a son, David in Downers Grove, Illinois where he passed away.

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1825
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1911
Mary Stevenson
English Immigrant, First Wife of Ezra, Mother of 11

Mary was born in Gibraltar Colony. Immigrated with her parents to Michigan. After her father passed away she heard about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mary lived in Missouri, Quincy, Nauvoo Illinois and Montrose, Iowa.

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1849
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1904
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Only daughter of Mary Stevenson, Wife; Mother of 4; Midwife

Mary Elizabeth Clark was born in a small colony in East Canyon above Bountiful as well as her future husband Joseph Elijah Robinson. She grew up in Farmington along with Joseph. Mary Lizzie was the "apple" of her parents and adored by her brothers. She displayed music and leadership abilities as a youth. Mary married Arthur Stayner on 22 February 1869 and divorced him three months later. She then married Joseph Elijah Robinson 6 September 1969. After a tragic accident with her husband, who became crippled thereafter, she was later left on her own to provide for herself. She became a midwife and cared for her patients with tenderness. Mary Lizzie was always willing to help family and others in need. She died on 25 January 1904 and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

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1807
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1841
Laura Clark
Older sister of Ezra, Wife of Morris Phelps; Church History Heroine

Laura Clark was in 1807 to Timothy Baldwin Clark and Mary (Polly) Keeler. Laura was the third child and daughter in a family. She married Morris Charles Phelps in 1826 in Illinois. They had five children. Laura is best remembered for her successful rescue of her husband Morris and Parley P. Pratt from the Columbia Jail in Missouri on 4 July 1839. She was living in Macedonia, Hancock, Illinois when she passed away in 1842. Laura was buried in the old Nauvoo Cemetery.

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1838
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1902
Susan Leggett
Wife, Mother, English Pioneer Immigrant

Susan Leggett was born 25 August 1838 in Gorleston, Suffolk, England to William and Sarah Howe Leggett and the oldest of a large family. She was christened on 17 September 1838. When she was young her parents moved to south Lound where several of her siblings were born. Susan had a beautiful singing voice and sang in the parish choir. She did not attend school until after she was 12 years old. She was a seamstress. In the 1850's her family moved to Lowestott where they heard about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was baptized on May 14, 1853 and desired to come to Zion. On the 16 April 1861 she left England sailing on the "Manchester" and arrived in New York on 14 May. She traveled with the David H. Cannon company across the plains leaving on 1 June 1861 and arriving in the Salt Lake Valley on 16 August 1861. After her arrival she went to Ezra Thompson Clark's home in Farmington. Susan became the second wife to Ezra on 18 November 1861. She and Erza had ten children. She loved poetry and kept a beautiful yard and garden with flowers. Susan cared for aged family members. Her son John Alexander died on his mission in Palestine. Susan died 4 November 1902 in Farmington at the age of sixty-four and a few months after her mother passed away. She is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

Leggett
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1846
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1868
Ezra James Clark
Pioneer, Missionary

Ezra James is the oldest child and son of Ezra Thompson and Mary Stevenson. Born in Montrose, Iowa in 1846 just before his parents traveled west with the Saints. He served a mission to England for 3 years and died on his way home in 1868 in New York. His father brought his body home for burial in Utah the following spring in 1867. He is buried in the Farmington Cemetery next to his younger brother William Henry.

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1823
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1901
Ezra Thompson Clark
Husband, Father, Pioneer, Church and Community Leader, Missionary, Businessman, Titles and Accomplishments Professions

Ezra Thompson Clark was born in 1823 to Timothy Baldwin and Mary "Polly" Keeler Clark. He was the ten child and sixth son. He moved with his family several times in Illinois during the years of 1824 to 1835. After his parents converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he moved with the family to Missouri when he was about twelve years old. Then Ezra settled with his father in Iowa after his mother's passing in 1839. He became acquainted with Mary Stevenson and Nancy Areta Porter as a teenager. He married Mary Stevenson in 1845 and in 1846 with his wife and baby son traveled to Winter Quarters. In 1848 he came to the Salt Lake Valley and eventually settled in Farmington. He and Mary had 11 children. He went on several missions for the Church and helped colonize many areas in Utah and Idaho. In 1861 he married Susan Leggett from England and was the father of 10 children. Later he married Nancy Areta Porter Stevenson in 1870. Ezra and Mary celebrated their fifty years of marriage together in 1895. Ezra was businessman, farmer, missionary, community leader and organized the Ezra T. Clark Family Organization in July 1901. He passed away on 17 October 1901 and is buried in the Farmington Cemetery.

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