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Cite as: Kenneth Louis Clark Biographical Data Sheets, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0291
Clark, Peter F. (1829-1919).
Papers 1863-1865. 1 folder
Peter F. Clark was born January 27, 1829, in Greene County, Illinois. The family moved to
Lawrence County, Missouri, in 1848. In 1850, Peter Clark crossed the plains and mined for two
years in California. He returned to Missouri and at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in
the Lawrence County home guards. He later raised Company A, 11th Missouri Cavalry (Union).
After the war he returned to Missouri. In 1874, he again crossed the plains, this time settling in
Oregon. He married Margaret J. Marsh in Lawrence County, Missouri, September 23, 1852. He
died June 19, 1919, in West Salem, Oregon.
Papers consist primarily of the letters (typescript copies) of Peter Clark to his wife, Jane, in
Lawrence County, Missouri. Letters are mostly written from Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado
Territory, and describe the affairs of the 11th Missouri Cavalry in Missouri and while on a march
as part of an escort from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Union, New Mexico. Includes
information regarding camp life, songs, marches, Indians, and guerrilla warfare in Missouri; and
mentions of several Lawrence County men in the regiment and affairs in Lawrence County.
Papers also contain several letters of Jane Clark to her husband, and one letter of John Steele to
Peter Clark, dated Tullahoma, Tennessee, April 19, 1865.
Cite as: Peter F. Clark Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
Clark Sesquicentennial celebration collection
See George Rogers Clark sesquicentennial celebration collection.
A2608
Clarke, Alfred Henry (1888- ).
Family History Sheets, 1951. 2 items [formerly Alphabetical File]
Two family history sheets for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Alfred Henry
Clarke, 38 Broadview, Clayton, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes genealogical data on his
family.
Cite as: Alfred Henry Clarke Family History Sheets, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A0292
Clarke, John T. (1843-1922).
Papers, 1864-1884. 1 folder
John T. Clarke was born March 20, 1843, in Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia. At the
age of ten he emigrated to Missouri with his family, settling in the southeastern part of the state.
He enlisted in Company I, 31st Missouri Infantry (Union), at Mineral Point, Missouri, in August
1862. He was mustered out in July 1865 and died December 29, 1922, at Jefferson City,
Missouri.
Collection contains John T. Clarke’s pocket diary (46 pages), dated May to August 1864,
which contains brief accounts of military operations of the 31st Missouri Infantry in Georgia
during the Atlanta Campaign, and numbers of casualties; a furlough and several special orders
regarding Clarke; letter of Wm. Murphy to Clarke, dated Gratiot Street Prison, July 7, 1865,
stating his case for release from prison; newspaper clipping from a Jefferson City newspaper,