[3] Gracie Adelle Johnson

	b. 19 May 1877	New Haven Conn
	d. 26 August 1959	Los Angeles CA

Cranes 1910-1932. June 1932 Elford got thru at Cranes and was out of work 19 months. December 1933 started work at Underwoods; April 1936 worked at the Hartford Ct plant; August 1937 returned to the Bridgeport plant. January 1937 social security started. 13 October 1939 laid off at Underwoods, given recommendation at M.M.M.; started work at Manning, Maxwell and Moore (Ashcrofts) 16 October 1939. Laid off 8 February 1946 to make place for a returning veteran. Started work at Metropolitan Body, 18 February 1946. Retired 15 September 1950.

[Sanford 1313] Attended the Boardman Manual Training School in New Haven. After leaving school he was in Maryland a short time as a draughtsman for an inventer. He afterwards was employed as a draughtsman at Pratt & Whitney of Hartford, Frary & Clark of New Britain, The Electric Vehicle Co., automobile makers, and is now with the Pope Manufacturing in Hartford.

[RCC] ELC came in from raking the leaves, sat down and died in his chair. GAJ was then moved to live with RCC and CWM and died there of cancer.

In the 1900 census:
	Elford L. Clark
	Ct vol 11, ed 207, sheet 25, line 22
	w., Apr 1876, 24, Connecticut
	Hartford Co, New Britain Town
	New Britain, Prospect, 51
	enumerated with John L. Foss
	relation: lodger

[5] Hattie Elizabeth Alling

	b. 6 December 1854	New Haven Conn	[Sanford 1300]
	d. 13 April 1895	New Haven Conn	[Sanford 1300]

MTC married second Carrie E. Curtis on 27 September 1899.

Hartford Courant, 23 February 1933: Obituary of Percival S. Clark.

PSC of 56 Bruswick Ave, West hartford, died suddenly of angina pectoris Wednesday mrning at his home. ... He was an automotive engineer and was in the US Naval service during the Spanish American War. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, of Burdett Camp, Spanish-American War Veterans, and of the Masons. He leaves his wife, Mrs Lillian M. Clark, a daughter Miss Marion Clark, a student at Moody School, Northfield Mass, his father Merritt T. Clark of Denver Colorado, his sister Miss Harriet Clark of Wallingford, and brothers Charles Clark of Woodbridge, Elford Clark of Stratford, and Captain



``In Memoriam. Lewis M. Clark'', Church Doings, 1:13, Saturday 12 July 1902 (Published weekly by the Epworth League of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, New Haven Conn).

... .br From his grandmother Clark a wreath, which was by her request placed on the casket of the grave [of LMC, brother of ELC].



In the 1880 census, 
	Frederick D. Clark
	Ct vol 9, ed 103, sheet 29, line 29;
	w., m., 22, Conn,
	New Haven, East Haven Town
	Fair Haven, Prospect
	Clark, Nettie A., w, 20, Conn
	Clark, Freddie D, s, 11/12, Conn
	Living with Dorman, Henry A. (age 26)
	Merritt Clark
	Ct vol 8, ed 76, sheet 13, line 46
	w., m., 28, bp Conn
	New Haven, New Haven Town
	New Haven, Broad Street, House #5
	Clark, Hattie E., w, 25, Conn
	Clark, Alfred L., s, 4, Conn
	Clark, Percival J, s, 3, Conn
	Clark, Louis M., s, 1/12, Conn
	Alling, Mary H., ml, 48, Conn
	Alling, Charles, H., bl, 18, Conn
	Merritt Clark listed as a Sewing Machine Agent.
	No listings for Elizabeth, Minetta A., Willard L, of Julia Clark.
In the 1900 census,
	Merritt Z [sic] Clark
	Ct vol 18, ed 342, sheet 2, line 97;
	w., Aug 1854, 46, Connecticut,
	New Haven, New Haven Town,
	New Haven, Wall, 19
	Clark, Carrie E., w, Apr 1865, 35 Conn
	Clark, Lewis M., s, May 1880, 20, Conn
	Clark, Charles E., s, July 1883, 17, Conn
	Clark, Hattie A., d, Feb 1890, 10, Conn
	Clark, Stanley A., s, Apr 1892, 8, Conn

[9] Elizabeth (Rebecca) Ann Turner

	b. 1832	New Haven Conn
	d. a1902	New Haven Conn

The marriage date is found on the widows pension application of Elizabeth R A Clark of 4 April 1865. That the middle initial B in William B Clark is Bradley is found in the pension declaration of Mynetta Clark Hughes of 28 November 1923

Wounded on a civil war battlefield. East Rock Monument in New Haven Conn. Buried in the Fair Haven Union Cemetery, Avenue D, East side (Cemetery Inscriptions, New Haven 215 Cemeteries 4 page 1128) [We checked the cemetery: we could not find a tombstone there, nor did the caretaker have records that went back that far].

"William B. Clark March 15, 1865" is listed in Sheldon B Thorpe, Sergeant Company K, The History of the 15th Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Defense of the Union - 1861-1865, New Haven Conn, Price, Lee and Adkins, 1893: page 2 - William B. Clark, listed in Company C, wd 8 March 1865, Kinston; died 17 March 1865. page -- enlisted 22 July 1862.

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William B Clark	34	Laborer	Conn
Elizabeth A Clark	18		Conn
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Wm B Clark	45	M	Contractor	1200	40	Conn
Elizabeth A/R Clark	27	F				Conn
Minetta A.	10	F				Conn	School
Meritt T.	7	M				Conn	School
Willard L.	5	M				Conn	School
Frederick	2	M				Conn
Julia	5/12	F				Conn
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23 items in the National Archives in reference to William B. Clark, Company C, 15th Connecticut Infantry, Private.

• Company muster roles: William B. Clark, age 43 years [he must have lied about his age as he would have been ~46 in 1862]. New Haven Ct: August 25 1862; muster in date: August 25 1862; joined for duty: July 22 1862, New Haven Ct; period: 3 years; bounty paid: $25.00.
• August 25 to October 31 1862, present
• August 25 to December 31 1862, present and sick in quarters
• October 31 1862 to February 28 1863, present
• April 10 1863, present
• March and April 1863, present
• May and June 1863, absent -- left a camp near Portsmouth
• July and August, present
• September and October 1863, present
• November and December 1863, present
• January and February 1864, present
• December 31 1863 to April 30 1864, present
• May and June 1864, present
• July and August 1864, present
• April 30 to October 31 1864, absent -- charged $5.68 transportation while on furlough; absent without leave
• August 31 to December 31 1864, present -- charged $5.68 transportation while on furlough
• August 31 to February 28 1865, present
• August 31 1864 to April 30 1865 -- Died of wounds recieved in Battle Mch 8/65 Kinston NC. Final Statements given: for transportation $5.68; Geo F Kimball sutter $4
• Muster out roll -- New Berne NC 27 June 1865. Last paid to August 31 August 1864. Clothing account: last settled August 25 1864; drawn since $35.24. Bounty paid $25; due $75. Remarks: due Geo F Kimball sutter $4. Died Mch 17 1865 Kinston NC of wounds recieved in action at Southwest Creek near Kinston NC March 8.
• Company Descriptive book -- William B Clark, Co C, 15 Reg Ct Inf. Description: age 43 years; height 5 ft 9 inches; complexion ruddy; eyes blue; hair black; where born: Milford Conn; occupation Laborer; enlistment: 22 September 1862, New Haven by Sgt S. Smith; term 3 years; remarks: chgd $4.12 transportation Balt' to NH Notice recd Sept 14/65, died of wounds recd near Kinston NC Mch 8/64, in action at Fredericksburg Va Dec 13/62, siege of Suffolk April 1863.
• 21 March 86 ...
• Appears on Returns as follows: Sept 64 absent on furlough, Oct 64 absent without leave, Mch 65 died of wounds Mch 8 65 Kinston.
• Inventory of effects, William B Clark, Co C Rg 15 Ct Vols, who died at Kinston NC on the 18th day of March 1865 [give same data as above]. Inventory: effects captured by the enemy, dated May 24 1865.
• Final statement, William B. Clark ...[repeat of data]... served in Virginia and North Carolina, died at Kinston NC March 17/65 of wounds received March 8/86, last paid by Mj Herbert to include 31 August 1864, he has received $35.24 advance on account of clothing, charged transportation while on furlough $5.68, indebted to George F Kimball, sutter, $4.00, given in duplicate at Kinston NC 24 May 1865.
• two copies of enlistment papers.