Alexander Elliott Clark Sr

Alexander Elliott Clark Sr. was born 3 October 1779 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and died in 1854. He was the father of Caroline Matilda Clark and is identified in the supplied family line as Barbara’s fourth great-grandfather.

Alexander Elliott Clark Sr., also called Elliott in the supplied notes, was born on 3 October 1779 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. He died in 1854.

Alexander married Mary, whose surname was not provided. The 1850 federal census of Jackson County, Mississippi, recorded Elliott, age 71, with his wife Mary, age 67, who was born in South Carolina. Their sons Thomas, age 24, and Elliot, age 21, were also in the household; both were recorded as born in Alabama.

The same 1850 census placed their daughter Mary Ann, her husband John Pool, and their children in the neighboring household. Their son Madison was also said to have lived next to Mary Ann. The family-tree notes report that Madison’s census age was listed as 51, although the notes state that he would have been about 40 or 41. Those notes cite Madison’s headstone and the 1861 muster rolls of Capt. Rabby’s Company, Alabama Volunteers, which reportedly gave his age as 49.

Alexander’s daughter Caroline Matilda Clark was the mother of Emmanuel Bang, continuing the family line represented here. The notes further state that Caroline Bang and her family lived not far away, although the wording of that statement is unclear.

Alexander is purported to have been buried at Orange Grove Cemetery in East Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi. This burial has not been presented as confirmed in the supplied material. The notes also suggest that he may be the same person as Alexander E. Clark on WikiTree, but expressly state that further research is needed before any merger or identification is proposed.

Historical context

The supplied records place the Clark family in Mobile, Alabama, by 1830 and in Jackson County, Mississippi, by 1840 and 1850. In 1850, Alexander and Mary’s household included two adult sons, while nearby households included their daughter Mary Ann Pool’s family and, according to the notes, their son Madison.

Sources & research

Find-a-grave.com, cited in the original notes for the purported burial.
Orange Grove Cemetery, East Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, purported burial record [1].
1850 federal census, Jackson County, Mississippi [2, 7].
Madison Clark headstone, cited in the original notes [3].
Capt. Rabby’s Company, Alabama Volunteers, Confederate muster rolls, 1861, cited in the original notes [3].
Source cited for the statement concerning Caroline Bang and her family living nearby [4]; no further citation details were supplied.
Cemetery record, Mobile, Alabama, 1830 [5].
Jackson County, Mississippi, 1840 record [6].
WikiTree, Alexander E. Clark profile: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clark-17113