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Elias Clark Family Cemetery

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Location	:	Brown County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.9413986, -90.6324997
Description	:	The Elias Clark Family Cemetery is located on private land at 1460 650N Ave., Versailles, IL 62378 in Cooperstown Township, Brown County, Illinois. Fourteen members of the family are buried here: Elias Clark and wife, Elizabeth, James W. Clark, Elias M. Clark, Moses Clark, Jonah Clark, Infant son of C & S.B. Clark, Franklin Clark, Charity Tolle Clark, Alvira Clark, James F. Clark, Serena Clark, Ida M. Clark, and Eugene Clark. The following information was taken from the book, "Cemeteries of Brown County, Illinois 1825-1972", with additional information gathered from the books, "Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler... Read More	The Elias Clark Family Cemetery is located on private land at 1460 650N Ave., Versailles, IL 62378 in Cooperstown Township, Brown County, Illinois. Fourteen members of the family are buried here: Elias Clark and wife, Elizabeth, James W. Clark, Elias M. Clark, Moses Clark, Jonah Clark, Infant son of C & S.B. Clark, Franklin Clark, Charity Tolle Clark, Alvira Clark, James F. Clark, Serena Clark, Ida M. Clark, and Eugene Clark. The following information was taken from the book, "Cemeteries of Brown County, Illinois 1825-1972", with additional information gathered from the books, "Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties", and "History of Brown County, Illinois 1880-1970": "Elias Clark, a native of Culpepper, VA (born to Josias Clark and Jane Adams) came by way of Ohio and Edgar County, Illinois to Brown County, Illinois in 1850, (accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth Tompkins, and their eight children, including 6 sons and two daughters) where he carved a farm from a forest and built a beautiful home. (Children of Elias and Elizabeth were Joseph W., Elias, Jonah, Moses, Martin, Franklin, Tabitha, and Massy J.) In 1859, four members of the family were buried on an open hill top to the north of Little Creek in Section 33, Cooperstown Township. A son, James W. (age 29 yrs.), and his son Elias (aged 7 yrs.). An infant grandchild, son of Charles Clark. A son, Jonah (aged 21 yrs.), who was stabbed by Henry Parish while attending a dance near Cooperstown. In 1877, a son, Martin Clark, a Civil War Soldier and wife Sarah Upchurch buried a son, Eugene (aged 1 mo.) and in 1885 a daughter, Ida (aged 9 mos.). In 1868 a son Franklin Clark and wife Charity Tolle buried Alvira (aged 10 days), James (aged 16 yrs.) in 1877, and Serena (aged 26 yrs.) in 1885. All were victims of T.B. Franklin died in 1890 at the age of 55 yrs and Charity was the last recorded burial in 1918 at the age of 84 yrs. In 1871, Moses Clark, a Civil War soldier, Co. E 116th Ill. Reg. was buried at the age of 28 yrs. His mother was buried two years later at the age of 69 yrs. and pioneer Elias lived to be 81 years, dying in 1893. The Clark family were capable and meticulous. They built a good fence around this burial place with iron posts set in concrete expecting it to last a long time. But the posts have rusted out and the burial ground is grassy and unkept with stones flattened so that inscriptions are hard to read. In 1973 all these stones are down in a brushy area overgrown with weeds and over-shadowed by a large wild cherry tree." In the year 2000, Find-A-Grave volunteers took photos of the stones that could be photographed and memorials were made of those. This year, 2021, information has been verified by a 4th great granddaughter who has visited this address and spoke with the current owner of the property. Update: Sunday, 19 Oct 2021 Family members and land owners met at the location of the Elias Clark Family Cemetery and carried out a cleanup day. Much of the overgrowth of vines, bushes and low tree branches were removed. Gravestones of the Clark family (from the list of names from the Brown County, IL cemetery book) that had sunk into the ground after years of rains, etc. were located and carefully replaced upright where they were found. Family members Lisa (Damarin) Wood, Richard K. Wood, Charles Shoup, and land owners Danny and Connie Barrows completed the ground cleanup. Cleaning of stones and general maintenance of the cemetery area will continue yearly by the family.

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