Simon, Hurd, Dolan, and Related Families
The Genealogy of the Following Families:
The Simon Family of Willebadessen, Germany, and its Descendants in America
The Barcant, Krogh, d'Abadie, and Related Families of Trinidad and Tobago
The Hurd and Clark Families of Kent County, Delaware and Caroline County, Maryland
The Dolan and Carr Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; County Donegal, Ireland; and America
The McGillin Families of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Peter Truitt Clark
1841 - 1933 (92 years)
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Name Peter Truitt Clark Born 19 Mar 1841 Sandtown, Kent County, Delaware, United States 
Gender Male Died 9 Aug 1933 Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States Buried Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States 
Siblings12 siblings Person ID I2659 Simon and Related Families | Descendants of John Clark Last Modified 29 Dec 2014
Father John Clark, b. 26 Apr 1787, Whiteleysburg, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 10 Mar 1870, Whiteleysburg, Kent County, Delaware, United States (Age 82 years) Mother Mary Truitt, b. 21 Aug 1800, Milford, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 3 Dec 1886, Lewistown, Talbot County, Maryland, United States (Age 86 years) Married 16 Oct 1818 Kent County, Delaware, United States Family ID F808 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Emily Cooper, b. Oct 1838, Delaware, United States , d. 1 Nov 1910, Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States (Age ~ 72 years) Married 1 Jan 1862 Kent County, Delaware, United States Children 1. Mary Clark 2. Sarah Elizabeth Clark, b. 1863, d. 1954 (Age 91 years) 3. Harry Clark, b. 1865, d. 1945 (Age 80 years) 4. Oscar Clark, b. Apr 1867, Delaware, United States , d. Yes, date unknown5. Emma Clark, b. 1869, Delaware, United States , d. 1962 (Age 93 years)6. Peter Webster Clark, b. 1871, Delaware, United States , d. Yes, date unknown7. John Fletcher Clark, b. 1874, Delaware, United States , d. Yes, date unknown8. Thomas G. Clark, b. 6 Feb 1876, Delaware, United States , d. 27 Apr 1966, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States (Age 90 years)9. Wallace Elihu Clark, b. 10 Apr 1880, Kent County, Delaware, United States , d. 1964 (Age 83 years)Last Modified 26 Jan 2015 Family ID F846 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 19 Mar 1841 - Sandtown, Kent County, Delaware, United States 
Died - 9 Aug 1933 - Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States Buried - - Denton, Caroline County, Maryland, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - BIRTH:
Year of birth taken from tombstone inscription recorded in "Beneath These Stones: Caroline County Cemetery Records," Volume II, page 91.
Roughly consistent with age (10 years) given in 1850 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 258. Microfilm Record Group M-432, Roll 52, National Archives, Washington, D.C. .
Roughly consistent with age (19 years) given in 1860 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, p. 309, line 14. Microfilm Record Group M-653, Roll 95, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Roughly consistent with age (40 years) given in 1880 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, Volume 1, E.D. 42, Sheet 17, Line 11.
Month and year of birth given as March 1831 in 1900 U.S. Census for Delaware, Kent County, Vol. 1, E.D. 80, Sheet 11A, Line 25. State of birth given as Delaware. The preponderance of evidence points to 1841 as a birth year, however. Enumerated as Peter T. Clark, with wife Emily, daughter Emma Clark, and son Walace E. Clark
Roughly consistent with age (78 years) in 1920 U.S. Census for Maryland, Caroline County, E.D. 6, Sheet 11A, Line 1. State of birth given as Delaware. Enumerated with daughters Emma and Lizzie Clark.
Full date calculated from news account of Peter T. Clark's 92nd birthday party (see below).
Listed as eleventh child of John and Mary Clark in "Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware," Volume II, published in 1899 by J.M. Runk and Co., Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, page 876.
MARRIAGE: Full date given in marriage bond and Kent County Marriages in Delaware Marriage Records, Vol. 31, p. 136 and Vol. 90, p. 54, in Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware.
ADDRESS:
"Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware" states that he resided "on the homestead" in Sandtown as of 1899.
South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware (1900 U.S. Census)
East Main Street, Denton, Caroline County, Maryland (1920 U.S. Census).
OCCUPATION:
Farmer (1900 U.S. Census)
Agent, fertilizer company (1920 U.S. Census)
NEWS ACCOUNT: Denton Journal, Saturday, 25 March 1933, page 5, column 2:
"The oldest man living in Denton, Peter T. Clark, who has been bailiff of the Circuit Court for Caroline County for twenty-five years, celebrated his ninety-second birthday at his home Sunday with a small family party. All of Mr. Clark's early life was spent at his native village, Sandtown, Kent county, Del., but for 28 years he has been a familiar figure in Denton, with a wide circle of acquaintances throughout the county. Mrs. Clark, who was Miss Emily Cooper, died twenty-five years ago. Three of Mr. Clark's eight children, Miss Elizabeth, Miss Emma, and Oscar, live in Denton; Fletcher lives in Easton, Md.; Harry, in Queen Anne; Wallace, in St. Michaels; Webster, in Louisville, Ky.; and Thomas, in Los Angeles, Cal. He also has nine grandchildren; seven great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild."
DEATH:
Year of death given in tombstone inscription.
Full date given by Nancy Clark, wife of great-great-grandchild. Died of broken ribs and a punctured lung. Obituary in Denton newspaper is as follows.
"Tottering with the weight of years, Peter Truitt Clark fell at his home last Sunday evening and sustained injuries that resulted in his death on Wednesday. Having passed his 92nd birthday, he had the distinction of being the oldest man in Denton and was seen almost daily on the streets of the town. He had attended church on the day of the fatal fall. Mr. Clark was a native of DE, the son of John and Mary Truitt Clark, of Kent county. Retiring from farming, his life work, he removed from Sandtown to Denton 29 years ago. Succeeding Capt. Robert W. Stewart, Mr. Clark was appointed bailiff of the Circuit Court for Caroline County at the April term in 1908, in which office he still continued at the time of his death. His wife, formerly Miss Emily Cooper, of DE, died twenty-five years ago. In a home with his two daughters, Misses Elizabeth and Emma Clark, who survive, his last years were spent. Surviving with the daughters there are six sons: Harry Clark, of Queen Anne; Fletcher, of Easton; Wallace, of St. Michaels; P. Webster, of Louisville, KY; Thomas, of Los Angeles, CA; Oscar, of Denton. He leaves 9 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild [Hugh Duffey Clark] Funeral services will be held at the late home at 3 o'clock this afternoon and the burial will be in Denton cemetery. The Rev. T.J. Turkington, of the Denton M.P. Church, will officiate."
BURIAL: Denton Cemetery, Route 404, Denton, Maryland.
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