Civil War Veterans Buried In Washington State - Edward Clarke

Edward T. Clarke

Representing: Union


G.A.R Post

  • Isaac Stevens Post #1 Seattle, King Co. WA

Unit History

  • 79th USCT Infantry F
Edward  Clarke
Family History

CWV GAR CEM SEATTLE KING CO CLARKE EDWARD T BLACK UNION STEVNES POST CENSUS CHRON 2022X

 

UC

79th Regmt

Infantry

3-years

(new) 1st KS Colored

 02/01/63 

 10/01/65 

Y

Y

 

 

KS

1st Regmt

Infantry

3-years

Colored (79th USCT)

 01/13/63 

 10/01/65 

N

Y

 

Name:

Edward Clark

Age:

18

Enlistment Rank:

Corporal

Discharge Rank:

Private

Estimated Birth Year:

abt 1844

Military Date:

1862

Unit:

79th US Colored Infantry (New)

Company:

F

Branch of Service:

Infantry

 

1870 Wyandotte Wyandotte Co. KS

Edward Clark 24/1846/MO farmer black

Martha 20/MO black

Otos 1/KS

 

1880 Denver Arapahoe Co. CO

Edward Clarke 40/1840/MO laborer black

Martha 28/1852/MO mulatto parents AL/AL

Otis 11

Iola 7

Cora 3

 

Name:

Edward Clark

Unit:

F 79 USC Inf; F 1 Kans Col'd Infantry

Filing Date:

20 Aug 1890

Place Filed:

Colorado, USA

Relation to Head:

Soldier

Roll number:

83

 

Martha J. Armstrong Clark

BIRTH

1849

Missouri, USA

DEATH

1 Oct 1897 (aged 47–48)

Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA

BURIAL

Riverside Cemetery

Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Iola G 11/27/1872 d. 2/2/1941 Ada Co. ID

Cora 4/20/1876 d. 3/25/1942 Ada co. ID

Della Gertrude 11/28/1880 Arapahoe Co. CO d. 3/14/1960 King co. WA

Ethyl N 7/28/1883 Denver Co. d. 1/31/1942 King co. WA

Robert 7/28/1885 Denver CO d. 10/27/1951 King Co. WA

 

Name:

Cora Clarke Adams[Cora Clarke Clarke]

Gender:

Female

Race:

Black

Birth Date:

20 Apr 1876

Birth Place:

Denver, Colorado

Father:

Edward T Clarke

Mother:

Martha E Armstrong

SSN:

519140581

Notes:

Oct 1939: Name listed as CORA C

1900 Denver Arapahoe Co. CO
Edward Clark 50/1850/MO widowed janitor black

Iowa 21

Della 19
Ethel N 17

Robert U 13/1886

Sarah Clark 82/1818/TN mother widowed black

 

1910 Denver Ward 7 Denver Co. CO

Edward Clark 62/1848/MO black single roomer porter on railroad says yes to UA

 

1920 Denver Denver Co. CO

Edward Clark 75/1845/MO widowed Janitor parents TN/TN black

Robert 31/1889/CO single janitor black

 

Name

Edward Clark


Sex

Male

Age

91

Residence Place

312 22nd St

Address

312 22nd St

Burial Date

13 Aug 1932

Burial Place

, , Washington

Death Date

11 Aug 1932

Death Place

Proviso, Cook, Illinois, United States

Birth Date

04 Jul 1841

Birthplace

Clay City, , Missouri

Marital Status

Widowed

Occupation

Bricklayer

Race

Black

Father's Name

George

Mother's Name

Sally

Spouse's Name

Martha

Spouse's Sex

Female

Informant's Name

Lee Stigler

Event Type

Death

Entry Number

432

Cemetery

Local

Edward T Clarke

BIRTH

4 Jul 1840

USA

DEATH

11 Aug 1932 (aged 92)

USA

BURIAL

Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery

Seattle, King County, Washington,

He was born in Missouri.
79th US Colored Infantry Co F

-- Funeral notice, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tuesday, August 16, 1932, page 13, column H

CLARKE - At Hines, Ill., August 12, 1932, EDWARD T. CLARKE of 223 22nd North, aged 90 years, beloved father of Mrs. Cora Adams, Miss Della Clarke, Mrs. Ethel Elegan, Seattle; Mrs. Iola Wilson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Robert Clarke, Casper, Wyo. Member of Stevens Post, No. 1, G. A. R. of Seattle; Rocky Mountain Lodge No. 1, F. and A. M. and Shrine of Denver, Colo.

Funeral services will take place from 1st A. M. E. Church, 14th and E. Pike St., Wednesday at 2 p.m. All friends and members of above societies invited. Committal G. A. R. Cemetery. E. R. Butterworth & Sons, funeral directors.

Credit to Denise Ottoson for this information.

His tombstone shows wrong Infantry number.

Cemetery

Buried at Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Seattle

Adopt-a-Vet Sponsor

Denise Ottoson
Seattle, WA


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