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SATERLEE CLARK
USMA CLASS OF 1807
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 27
WAR OF 1812 VETERAN
BATTALION, DISTRICT PAYMASTER
SUTLER AT FT. HOWARD 14 YEARS
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27. ( Born Vt. ). SATERLEE CLARK. ( Ap'd Vt. ). ---------
Military History: ----Cadet of the Military Academy, May 15, 1805, to Dec. 9, 1807, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( SECOND LIEUT. REG. OF ARTILLERISTS, DEC 9, 1807 )
Served in garrison at Atlantic Posts,...
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SATERLEE CLARK
USMA CLASS OF 1807
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 27
WAR OF 1812 VETERAN
BATTALION, DISTRICT PAYMASTER
SUTLER AT FT. HOWARD 14 YEARS
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27. ( Born Vt. ). SATERLEE CLARK. ( Ap'd Vt. ). ---------
Military History: ----Cadet of the Military Academy, May 15, 1805, to Dec. 9, 1807, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
( SECOND LIEUT. REG. OF ARTILLERISTS, DEC 9, 1807 )
Served in garrison at Atlantic Posts, 1807-10; in the Pay Department,
( DISTRICT PAYMASTER, AUG. 15, 1810 )
( FIRST LIEUT. REG OF ARTILLERISTS,
JULY 10, 1811 TO DEC 31, 1813 )
1810-12, and during the War with Great Britain, 1812-15.
( MAJOR, 26TH INFANTRY, APR. 15, 1814. DECLINED)
( DISBANDED, JUNE 15, 1815 )
Re-appointed in the Army with the rank of
( BATTALION AND DISTRICT PAYMASTER, AUG 29, 1816 )
Served in the Pay Department, 1816-24, at Washington D. C., 1816-21.
( PAYMASTER, IN THE REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY, JUNE 1, 1821
TO RANK FROM AUG. 29, 1816 )
-------and at Utica, N. Y., 1821-24, when under the 3d Sec. of Act of Jan. 31, 1823, he'd was
( DISMISSED, AUG. 5, 1824 )
Civil History : ----- Sutler at Ft. Howard, Wis. 1828-42.
( DIED, MAR 1, 1848, AT WASHINGTON CITY )
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FEDERAL CASES VOLUME 26
In the year 1827, Mr. SATTERLEE CLARK, who had been a district paymaster in the army of the United States, in a suit brought by the United States against him in the Eastern District of New York, obtained by the verdict of the jury and judgement of the court, credit for the pay and emoluments of a major in the general staff.
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FAMILY:
MARRIED: Frances E. Whitcroft, 22 September 1810
CHILDREN:
1). ROSINA CLARK--- ( 1811-1875. ). Unmarried
2). SATTERLEE CLARK. JR.---- ( 1816-1881 )
HISTORY OF PORTAGE COUNTY
HON. SATTERLEE CLARK, Mr. Clark came to what was afterward Portage County, but now Columbia County, at a very early day, with his father whose Christian name he bore. They arrived in Wisconsin, at Green Bay, on the fourteenth day of April , 1828. Young Clark went with the troops to Fort Winnebago that same season, and was appointed sutler of the fort, by General. Jackson, President of the United States, although he was not yet quite of age. His career as a Democratic office holder, was thus early commenced. Since that time among numerous other positions, he was employed by Gov. Dodge , to go with the Winnebago chiefs to Washington in 1837. And he was ten years State Senator. He was a most genial man of boundless hospitality , and closely identified with the whole history of Wisconsin, from soon after its first settlement at Green Bay. At the time of his death, he was employed in the attorney's department of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company. He fell dead as he was leaving the Union Depot in St. Paul, Sept. 20, 1881. He was born in the District of Columbia in 1816.
WIKIPEDIA
SATTERLEE CLARK JR.
SATTERLEE CLARK ( May 22, 1816--- September 20, 1881 ) was an American politician.
Born in Washington, D. C. , he went to Utica =Academy. In 1828, he moved to Green Bay, Michigan Territory and then to Fort Howard where he was a sutler. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1849, as a Democrat from Marquette County. He moved to Horicon in 1855 and worked for the railroad. Clark was one of the officials of the Wisconsin Agricultural Society. He then served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1862 to 1872, and then served another term in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1873. He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota off a stroke.
3). BURTON CLARK ---- ( 1817-1840 ). Died young
4). FRANCES HAGNER CLARK.---- ( 1824-1900 )
MARRIED: Brigadier General Joseph Bennett Plummer
WIKIPEDIA
JOSEPH B. PLUMMER
Joseph Bennett Plummer ( November 15, 1816--- August 9, 1862 ) was a career soldier in the United States Army, serving as a brigadier general of volunteers during the American Civil War.
BIOGRAPHY:
Plummer was born in Barre, Massachusetts , and educated in the common schools. He taught School for several years . In 1837, he received an appointment to the Un tied States Military Academy and graduated in 1841. He received a brevet rank of second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Infant try, and served on garrison duty. He missed the first year of the Mexican-American wWar due to sickness. Plummer did quartermaster duty on the Texas frontier from 1848 until 1861. In 1852 , he was promoted to a captain in the 1st U. S. Infantry. He married Frances Hagner; they had a son. Satterlee Clark Plummer, who later also became an officer in the U. S. Army after graduating from West Point in 1865.
He was wounded at the Battle of Wilson's Creek while commanding a battalion of Regulars. Plummer was commissioned as the colonel of the 11th Missouri Volunteers in September 1861, and assigned command of the post at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, a position he filled until March, 1862. Then he was appointed as a brigadier general , U. S. Volunteers on March 11, 1862. In April, 1862, Plummer was promoted to major of the 8th U. S. Infantry. in the Regular Army. Later Plummer commanded the 5th Division of Pope's army at New Madrid and the Island Number Ten Campaign. He subsequently commanded a brigade of Stanley's division at Corinth and died in camp at Corinth on August 9, 1862 ( exactly one year after Wilson's Creek ) from lingering effects of his wounds and prolonged exposure in the field.
Plummer was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
5). TEMPLE CLARK. ---- ( 1826-1893 )
Married: Phoebe Ann Strong. 25 April 1847
OBITUARY:
COL. TEMPLE CLARK DEAD
Col. Temple Clark, for the past 12 years a clerk in the Agricultural Department, died very suddenly on Tuesday, April 4. Col. Clark was a prominent citizen of Wisconsin, having been a member of the legislature of that State before the war, at the time Senator Vilas, of Wisconsin, was serving in that body. At the breaking out of the war Col. Clark raised a company and became a Captain in the 5th Wisconsin. He was promoted and made Assistant Adjutant - General, serving on the staff of General Rosecrans in that capacity at the Battle of Corinth. He was thought to be mortally wounded at Corinth, a mine-ball passing through his lungs. He lay at the point of death for several weeks and finally resumed his duties, but was never afterwards a well man, and had to resign in 1863 on that account. The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon, April 6, and was in charge of the Union Veteran League, of which Order, Col. Clark was a prominent member. The Colonel was given a military funeral, the internment being made at Arlington National Cemetery.
FIND A GRAVE BIO
TEMPLE CLARK Wass born October 23, 1826 in the Adirondack foothills near Utica, New York. In 1828 , the family moved to Wisconsin, and when the war erupted with Mexico, 20 year-old TEMPLE CLARK enlisted in the 2nd Illinois Volunteers at St. Louis and served in the war. He returned to Wisconsin in 1847 and became a lawyer while maintaining a position in the Wisconsin militia. During this period he rose to the prominent position of Major General of the Eighth Division, organized from the counties of Manitowac, Calumet, Brown, and Kewaunee. With the outbreak of rebellion, CLARK organized Company "A", 5th Wisconsin Volunteers.
CLARK served as Assistant Adjutant General on General William S. Rosecrans staff. He received two wounds during the Battle of Iuka and a gunshot through the lungs at the Battle of Corinth, that was thought to be mortal. He resigned due to disability on July 22, 1863.
6). MARY SEYMORE CLARK. ( 1830-1855). Married, died young.
7.). EMILY R. CLARK. ----( 1834----) No information
8.). CHARLOTTE A. CLARK. ----(. -1886)
Married: Frederick Henry Masten. 15 May 1843
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MEMORIAL OF SATTERLEE CLARK, 1848
Report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Satterlee Clark, ( Washington D. C. )
Clark, a disbursing officer for the government during the War of 1812, was dismissed from service as a debtor to the government. After a jury trial , he was found to be a creditor, and seeks congressional approval to collect the amount awarded as a result of the trial.
Note: CLARK was dismissed from service when he violated Congressional statute by not having his paymaster books ready to be inspected on time. Later trial proved his accounts were in order, and he was reimbursed the money he had put out to balance the books and clear his name.
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FROM THE CULLUM FILE OF
HEMAN ALLEN FAY
August 14, 1855
SATTERLEE CLARK ---- was early appointed Paymaster , which place he held during the War ---- he had some excellent qualities, & alas! some as bad as man could well possess, a Gambler & drunkard !!!--- dead.
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THE PIONEERS OF UTICA
page 525-526
On the removal of Major Allbright, in 1821, he was succeeded in the office of paymaster of the United States troops by Major SATTERLEE CLARK, who, with his family , abode many years in Utica. Major CLARK was a native of Vermont and well connected, and if he was not the possessor of much wealth, he had a claim upon government which justified him in the indulgence of great expectations. He had served in the War of 1812, and otherwise had had experience in life. Large and imposing in person, genteel in address, and in all respects an elegant man, he was fond of society, and disposed to style in living. His wife, whom he had married in Washington, was the daughter of Burton Whitcraft ; she was handsome, highly accomplished as a singer and a pianist, and had moved in fashionable circles. With them came a niece or adopted daughter, three children, and the excellent maiden sister of Major C., who was their house keeper and factotum. After boarding for a time, he took the Van Rensselaer mansion, when its proprietor left it, and a year or two later, lived in the house that had been recently vacated by the Manhattan Bank. Unknown in a business way, in society he and his family were courted and admired. But Major CLARK , with the elegance of fashionable life, had also some of its vices. Some time before his death his eldest son and namesake obtained from government a position as sutler at Green Bay. The adopted daughter became the wife of Henry Green, and many years later , after the death of its head, the family removed to Fredonia. in this state , and subsequently to Ann Arbor in Michigan, having obtained something from government in satisfaction of their demand. The eldest daughter Rosina, a lady of considerable style of appearance and manners, remained unmarried, and died quite recently. Three of her sisters married army officers, who took part in the late war, viz. Charlotte, Mrs. General Masten, Fanny, Mrs. General Plummer; and Mary. Temple, the youngest son, was also in the war. Burton, the second son, died many years ago.
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NOTE: Major Clark appears to have been buried and then reburied twice.
Buried Congressional Cemetery 1848
Removed to Oak Hill Cemetery 1863
Removed to Arlington National Cemetery 1890
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Clarke. In this city on the 1st instant, Major Satterlee Clarke of Michigan, formerly a paymaster in the U.S. Army in the 65th year of his age.
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Will of Saterlee Clark, Sr., of City of Washington (dtd. Feb. 14, 1848, probated March 27, 1849; Book 6, pp. 230-231; O.S. 2924; Box 20)
I have a petition before Congress arising under a judgment in my favor in the State of New York, which I consider a just claim for between fifteen and twenty seven thousand dollars; should it allowed in whole or in part, from it debts to be paid.
To Mrs. Campbell, where at present I am residing, $500.
Residue of amount and property to wife, with full power and authority to dispose of the same amongst her children as she may think proper.
A contract under a power of attorney by me entered into with A. Fuller, of Washington City, to be carried into full execution.
Wits.: John H. Eaton; Samuel C. Stambaugh; James Shackelford
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Researched and Transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
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12/29/2020 |
