Jeremiah e CLARK

                   	2  SURN JERRY


He enlisted in the Army of the Confederacy on July 27, 1861 in Iuka, Mississippi. He served in Company F, 20th MS Infantry Regiment under Capt. T. B. Graham. On February 16, 1862 he was captured at Fort Donelson, VA. He was shown on the Roll of Prisoners of War, at Camp Douglas outside of Chicago, IL in September 1862 and was sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi to be exchanged. Later records show him to have rejoined his outfit the following year in October 1863. However, his last records showed him appealing a charge of desertion on December 23, 1863.
He applied for a pension as a Confederate Vetern in July 1916 and presented affidavits from men who testified that they knew him during the War and that he did not desert. At that time, Jerimiah Clark said he was 77 years old on February 27, 1916.
Jerimiah Clark and his family were living in Bowie County, Texas in 1900. Mollie stated she had given birth to nine children of which seven were still alive in 1900. John, Cleveland and Neely were still in the household. Elbert was found in the 1900 census married with two children. Elmer could not be found in Bowie County in 1900. The older girls were probably married and out of the house.
In 1910 Texas Soundex Jerimiah was listed as Jerry M. age 71 with Mary as wife, age 63, son John C. age 26, and daughter Nelia E. age 22. In the 1910 census could not find Elmer or Cleveland.
In 1920 could not find Elmer, John or Cleveland. Elbert J. was found with his family in Bowie County in 1910 and 1920.