KAY LASH COLLECTION, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY, ANGOLA, 
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN.  PUBLISHED IN THE STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, 
WEDNESDAY, 07 AUG 1889

BENJAMIN CLARK, DIED 04 Aug 1889, age 78 years

      In the death of Benjamin Clark, of Albion, Mich., another old pioneer is 
gone.  Mr. Clark died at his home August 4, 1889, aged 78 years.  Many of the 
older residents of Steuben county will remember Mr. Clark as one of the early 
settlers, coming to Indiana in 1836, and locating near Flint, afterwards settling 
on the farm just south of Jackson Prairie, known in later years as the VanHusen 
farm.  Removing to Albion in 1852, he has lived a long and useful life, being 
identified with the best interests of the community and a devoted member of the 
M.E. church.  He leaves a large family and many friends to mourn his loss.  
Deceased was an uncle of O. I. Clark and Mrs. L. I. Matson, of Pleasant Lake.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

     Benjamin Clark died 04 Aug 1889, age 78 years, in Albion, Calhoun County, 
Mi.  
     He was an uncle of Omar I. Clark, born 25 Jul 1832 in Ontario County, N. 
Y.; died 11 Sep 1895.  Omar was a son of Dr. Alonzo P. Clark, 23 Dec 1807 - 03 
Feb 1867, and Betsey (Bump) Clark, 14 Jan 1808 - 26 Mar 1878.  Dr. Alonzo 
and Betsey Clark are buried at Clark Cemetery, Steuben County, IN.  NOTE:  
Alonzo P. Clark married Betsey Bump at the home of her parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Gideon Bump in Smithfield Township, Madison County, N.Y. on 11 Oct 
1828.  Omar is buried with his 1st wife, Frances A. (Goldsmith) Clark, 20 Dec 
1834 - 22 Dec 1883, whom he married on 04 May 1854.  She was the daughter of 
Harvey H. Goldsmith who died 15 Oct 1869, age 60 y. 8m. 21d. and Phebe Ann 
(Sears) Goldsmith, 08 May 1806 - 14 Apr 1881.   Omar's 2nd wife . Emma 
Josephine (Goldsmith) Brown Clark, died 24 Dec 1908, age 65 years, was a 
sister to his 1st wife and was previously married on 15 Nov 1866 to German 
"Germ" Brown, 10 Dec 1830 - 05 Aug 1878, beside whom she is buried at Circle 
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, IN.
     Benjamin Clark was also an uncle to Orcelia R. (Clark) Matson, 01 Mar 
1845 - 29 Jan 1906, who, on 04 Mary 1867, married Lewis I. Matson, born in 
1844, no date of death.  ON 12 Aug 1906, Lewis married his 1st wife's sister, Ada 
Josephine (Clark) Shackford Matson, 12 Aug 1858 - 26 Mar 1926.  Ada 
Josephine is buried by her 1st husband in Toledo, Ohio, Charles Albert 
Shackford whom she married 04 May 1876.  He died 08 Dec 1903.
     Other nieces and nephews of Benjamin Clark who were buried at Clark 
Cemetery and listed in the Cemetery Books by Audree Seibel Lewis, pages 343 - 
352 are:  Harrison Clark, 31 Jul 1840 - 12 Aug 1837, age 5 m. 28 d; Obidah 
Clark, 04 Mar 1837 - 12 Aug 1837, age 5m. 8d; Orsavella (Clark) Long, 1830 - 
1886, on 06 Sep 1849, she married Benajah Long; Oscar Clark, 23 Jun 1835 - 
10 May 1841, age 54y. 10m. 17d.; "Infant" Clark, no name, date or age, child of 
Dr. Alonzo P. Clark and Betsey (Bump) Clark; "Infant" Clark, no name, date 
or age, another child of Dr. Alonzo P. Clark and Betsey (Bump) Clark.

SOURCES:

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, IN. - 1990" by Audree Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, 
pages 220, 224, 338, 339, 342, 343, 345, 349, 352, 743; Vol.  2, pages 1194, 1195. 
"1880 Atlas of Steuben County, IN., page 53, biography of nephew Omar I. 
Clark.
"History of Northeast Indiana, 1920, pages 368, 369, biography of nephew 
Lewis I. Matson.
"Marriage Records, Steuben County, IN., 1837 - 1899."

Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net