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Notes for Cordelia Almira OGDEN

Sources:
Clark & Allied Family Ancestors, Field (1971) N.J.St.Lib.;
Ogden Genealogy, No. 2295, page 387.
Ross Family, No. 2954, pg. 310.
From Wheeler-The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906:
2295. Cordelia Almira Ogden (John 1084 , Andrew 381 , John 105 , John 22 ,
Benjamin 6 , John 1 ), b. Newark, N. J., Dec. 3, 1820; d. Montclair, N. J.,
Apr. 26, 1897; m. June 23, 1843, Dr. James Henry Clark, b. June 23, 1814;
d. Mar. 6, 1869; son of Rev. Daniel A. Clark and Eliza Barker, his wife.
Cordelia A. (Ogden) Clark"95 was graduated from Moravian Seminary, Bethle-
hem, Pa., at an early age. She was for years actively engaged in the prominent charities
of her native city, holding office in several of the societies. "Mrs. Clark's intelligence,
unassuming manner, the sweet gentleness of her disposition, her cheerfulness and patience
under great affliction, her unselfishness and her open-hearted hospitality endeared her not
alone to her immediate family, but to a large circle of friends."
James Henry Clark, A.M., M.D., was born in Livingston, Essex
Co., N. J. His father.
Rev. Daniel A. Clark, was born in Rahway, N.J., in 1779, and was son of David and Eliza-
beth (Moore) Clark. The family was prominent in Colonial and Revolutionary history, being descended from Richard Clarke of the Mayflower compact. [INCORRECT!]One of its members,
Abraham Clark, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The Rev. Daniel Abraham
Clark graduated at Princeton University in 1808, and afterward at Andover Theological
Seminary. He was ordained a clergyman of the Congregational Church in 1810. While
stationed in Amherst, Mass., he became one of the founders of Amherst College. He spent
the last seven years of his life in New York City, dying there in 1840. He married in 1812,
Eliza, daughter of Dr. Jeremiah and Abigail (Gorham) Barker, who bore him six children,
one of whom was Dr. James Henry Clark, husband of Cordelia Almira Ogden"95.
Dr. James Henry Clark attended the high schools of Amherst, Mass., and Bennington,
Vt., and later passed two years of study in European universities. He then returned to this
country and entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, graduating
in 1841 with the degree of M.D. In 1859, Amherst College conferred the degree of A.M.
He was engaged in active practice in Newark, N.J., to the time of his death, being a specialist
in diseases of the eye and ear. In 1856 he founded, and for many years conducted the first
eye and ear clinic in New Jersey. Dr. Clark was the author of several valuable books,
among them being a biography of his father, the Rev. Daniel Abraham Clark, "Sight and
Hearing," "Medical Topography of Newark, N. J.," "Medical Men of Essex Co., N. J. —
1 666-1866," and withal was a frequent contributor to the periodical and daily press. He
was a man of exceptional ability and acquirements and of sterling character, was interested
in all important public affairs, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him.
CHILDREN (Chart 8):
3744. Horace Francis Clark, b. Newark, N. J., July 12, 1847; d. Montclair, N. J.,
Apr. 12, 1893; m. 1872, Helen K. Smith, b. ; d. s. p. 1891.
Not enjoying robust health, Horace Francis Clark3744 was an ex-
tensive traveller, and spent several years abroad, mostly in China.
3745. John Ogden Clark, Esq., b. Newark, N. J., Oct. 14, 1849; d. Montclair, N. J.,
May 31, 1890.
He was educated at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. He
studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1875. He was later appointed
Counsellor at Law and Master in Chancery. He studied and practised his
profession in the offices of the late David A. Hayes, Esq., and the Hon.
Frederick Adams. In 1882 impaired health required him to relinquish the
active work of his profession and to retire to his residence in Montclair,
where he spent the last seven years of his life in much pain. His mind re-
mained remarkably clear, permitting him to gratify his marked literary
tastes, and to transact much business in his invalid chair as Justice of the
Peace. He published the first newspaper in Montclair, known as the Mont-
clair Herald. Although not permitted to fully gratify his ambition in his
chosen profession, his kind, sympathetic and generous disposition prompted
loving and faithful attention from those who surrounded him in his declining
strength.
3746. Eliza Barker Clark, b. Sept. 10, 1851; d. Aug. 18, 1853.
3747. James Henry Clark, Jr., b. Aug. 8, 1853; m. Carrie Meserole Schenck.
3748. Susan Ogden Clark, b. Nov. 17, 1856.
3749. Lillie Cordelia Ogden Clark, b. Apr. 8, 1S60.
3750. Mary Elizabeth Barker Clark, b. May 13, 1863.
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Name: Cordelia A Clark
Birth Year: abt 1822
Age in 1870: 48
Birthplace: New Jersey
Home in 1870: Montclair, Essex, New Jersey
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Bloomfield
Household Members:
Name Age
Cordelia A Clark 48
Horace F Clark 23
J Harry Clark 16
Susan O Clark 12
Lillie C Clark 9
Mary B Clark 7

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