Notes for Nathaniel CLARK

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Notes for Nathaniel CLARK

Birth date and descendants' information from Arnold Breitenbach, and linking
him as son of Robert Clark, Jr., is at this point tentative.
" History of Rising Sun, Indiana
by Honorable John J. Hayden
June 23, 1892
"Nathaniel Clark, with his wife, and three sons, Joshua, Lawrence and a
baby boy, Robert, were the next new citizens who came, and bought the lot
adjoining those of Mr. Craft, and at once built on it a good substantial,
story-and-a-half dwelling, hewed log dwelling, which is still in good
preservation. They came all the way from the state of New Jersey in a
large covered wagon, drawn by a fine span of horses. Their daughter,
Eliza, was the second child born in the town, who when grown was a
beautiful girl. An instance which illustrates how strikingly family
resemblances re-appear in later generations, and how widely families
drift apart, occurred in a hotel in Washington. At the table opposite me
set a lady whose face was so familiar that it hath excited and baffled my
curiosity! I felt confident that I knew her, and as equally confident
that I did not. It resulted in the discovery that she was the daughter
of Robert Valentine Clark, and a niece of Eliza. It was her resemblance
to her aunt which had caused the embarrassing problem. He father, with
his family went to California to reside what she was but a child. When
grown, she there met and married Col. Arthur St. Clair Denver. It will
be pleasant to the friends of Mrs. Denver's parents to know that she is
happily married, has a lovely and gifted daughter, and one of the
handsomest homes in Washington.
Robert Valentine Clark, youngest son of the pioneer Nathaniel Clark, was
the first dairyman. After the discovery of gold in California he removed
his family to the Pacific coast and has continued to reside there ever
since."

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