Alvin CLARK

Birth:
19 May 1805
Lisle, Tioga, New York
Death:
25 Aug 1880
Brush Prairie, Clark, Washington
Burial:
Brush Prairie, Clark, Washington
Marriage:
8 Sep 1855
Polk, Oregon
Mother:
Anna GIBBS
Sources:
Family Records of Howard Warner Clark
1870 U.S. Census - Clark County, WA
1880 U.S. Census - Clark County, WA, pg 43 (FHL#979.786 X2k 1880)
Across the Plains and Beyond, by Ruth Conard
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION:
    Alvin Clark, Baptist Minister, Millwright

    Born 1805,        Lisle, Broome, New York
    1815-1816    Reading, Hamilton, Ohio
    1821-1827    Bridgeport, Lawrence, Illinois
    1832-1837    Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois
    1840-1845    Grandview, Louisa, Iowa
    1850         Millersburg, Mercer, Illinois     _AKA_
    1850-1851    (Sugar Grove, Mercer,Illinois)Left for Oregon April
    12, 1952
    1852         May 7, 1952 at Council Bluffs, IA enroute to Oregon Trail
    1853-1880    Oregon to Brush Prairie, Clark, Washington

NOTES:
    Alvin Clark and Laurinda Gibbs were cousins. Laurindas' father was an uncle of Alvin Clark. Alvin and Laurinda's children were Lucy, Calista, Theresa. Rufus, Emaline, Dewitt, Howard and Hannah. Laurinda died. Alvin married Mary Miller Moore, a widow. She was the sister of Isaac Newton Miller who married his daughter, Emaline Clark, by Laurinda Gibbs. To them were born twins, Henry Clarence and Helen Clara. Mary died enroute to Oregon in 1852 from Cholera. Later Alvin married Eferiah McCracken, a widow, who bore him a son, Alvin Pitt Clark (June 1856). A book was written about Captain Alvin Clark and his family, called "Across The Plains And Beyond". It was written by Ruth Conard. The story tells of these pioneers, (Alvin was born in New York) who migrated to the west coast and ultimately settled in Brush Prairie, Washington.
Efariah MCCRACKEN
Birth:
23 May 1811
Warren, Tennessee
Death:
22 Jun 1895
Brush Prairie, Clark, Washington
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. The Howard Warner Clark Family records in the possession of Edith Carol Hobbs Clark
    2. The book: Across the Plains and Beyond, by Ruth Conard

NAME:
    Efariah aka Eferiah
Children
Marriage
1
Alvin Pitt CLARK
Birth:
Jun 1856
Pataha Flats, Garfield, Washington
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                       Ref: The Howard Warner Clark Family records in the possession of Edith
    Carol Hobbs Clark.
    The book:Across the Plains and Beyond, by Ruth Conard.
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Alvin Clark - Efariah McCracken

Alvin Clark was born at Lisle, Tioga, New York 19 May 1805. His parents were John Calvin Clark and Anna Gibbs.

He married Efariah McCracken 8 Sep 1855 at Polk, Oregon . Efariah McCracken was born at Warren, Tennessee 23 May 1811 .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Alvin Pitt Clark born Jun 1856.

Alvin Clark died 25 Aug 1880 at Brush Prairie, Clark, Washington .

Efariah McCracken died 22 Jun 1895 at Brush Prairie, Clark, Washington .