A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...

78 CLARK GENEALOGY.
service, procured an order for his discharge, and immediate!}''
appointed him lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred and
Eighty-Third Regiment,
then about to enter the field. He
had now come of age, November 5th, and on (he 8th of No-
vember, cast his first vote ; on the 12th,
lie received his com-
mission ; and on the 15th he left for the front. His regiment
joined the army of General Thomas, on its retreat before the
rebel forces under Hood. On the 30th of November, the
regiment was engaged
in the terrible battle of Franklin.
During the engagement the regiment was ordered to charge
the enemy's works. The color-bearer was soon shot down,
when Clark seized the colors, and calling to his men, ' Who
will follow me to retake these works?' mounted the rebel
works and immediately fell, a minnie ball liaving passed
througli his head. Every eflfort was made to take his body
from the field, but to no purpose, and the '
boy
officer '
was
wrapped in his blanket and buried on the field of his fame,
to be finally removed by careful hands, when the earth had
covered every vestige of the strife in its friendly bosom."
51.
Joseph Fessendca' (-JoiepJi Washburn,^ Abraham,^ Mer-
vin,' John:' Mattheiv,'' John'), b. Oct. 31, 1848, in Platteville,
Wisconsin ; m. Nov. 4, 1874, Ellen Jane Dwyer, born Nov.
24, 1856 ; died April 11, 1880, daugliter of David and Julia
Calista Dwyer. He now lives in San Francisco, Cal.
His cliild :
i. LuKLLA Fessenden, b. March 14, 1877.
52,
MALLORY.
Mary Antoinette' (James Stanley,^ Matthew.^ iJan^^ John,'
3Iattheu';- John'},h. Sept. 26,1819; m. first, May 7, 1840,