Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

William Clark was born in 1767. He lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, at 59 Front Street, until his death on February 2, 1827. He was buried in Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery at 5950 Montgomery Road, Lot 19, Section “G,” Cincinnati, Ohio. William served in the Orange County, New York Militia 4th Regiment (See 6163 "NY Men in Rev War.") He came to Cincinnati in 1795 as did five other Clarks, perhaps all brothers, as all served in Orange County Militia. William was listed as a brick mason at 59 Front Street in the Cincinnati Directory of 1819. He married Jane. References: Daughters of the American Revolution of Ohio. The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Ohio. Columbus, Ohio: F.J. Heer Printing County, 1929. Official Roster lll, Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio. Painesville, Ohio: The Painesville Publishing Company, 1959. Craig, Robert D. Revolutionary Soldiers in Hamilton County, Ohio. Salt Lake City, 1965. Faulwetter, Irma. Papers. Cincinnati Historical Society Research Library. Cincinnati Daily Gazette. (Obituaries). Cincinnati, Ohio, 1827-1850. Ford, Henry A. and Kate B. Ford, comp. History of Hamilton County, Ohio with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. Cleveland, Ohio: L.A. Williams and Company, 1881. Reprint, Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1974. Hamilton County Recorder’s Office. Veterans’ Graves Registration Cards. (Cards are located at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.) Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. 4 vols. Dallas, Tex.: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987. Has a VA tombstone.

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