William CLARK

Sources:

Main Archive Record
Ancestral File v4.19
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry World Tree
New.familysearch.org, Jan 2010
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 810
Death Certificate - archives.utah.gov
Biography of William Clark - http://dkwilde.com/Genealogy/Clark/William_Clark.pdf
1850 Census - Washington, Buchannan, MO, With first wife
1860 Census - Lehi, Utah, UT
1870 Census - Lehi, Utah, UT
1880 Census - Lehi, Utah, UT
1900 Census - Lehi, Utah, UT

Notes:

                   From Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: (father's name listed incorrectly)
CLARK, WILLIAM (son of Thomas Clark of Worcestershire, Eng.).  Born July 26 1825, in Worcestershire.  Came to Utah 1852.
	Married Jane Stephens 1852, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, who was born 1820, and came to Utah with husband.  Emily Jane, m. Joseph Saby; William Wheeler, m. Polly Melissa Willes, m. Martha C. Ward; Martha Geneva, m. William Evans; Mary Ann, m. George Erastus Zimmerman; Hannah Mariah, m. George Albert Wall; Juliet, died; Rosilla, m. Hyrum Timothy. Family home Lehi, UT.
	Married Julia Ann Zimmerman (daughter of George Gottlob Zimmerman and Julia Ann Hoke of Franklin, PA., Pioneers 1851).  Their children: Baby, died; Roseanna, m. Mr. Talbot.
	Married Margaret Boardman.  Their children: Thomas Henry, m. Margaret Ann Fox; Mary Jane; James B., m. Armetta Peterson.
	Missionary to England; high priest; patriarch; bishops counselor. Road supervisor; Lehi city councilman and alderman. Farmer, stockraiser and sheepman.  Died May 7, 1910 at Lehi.

Biography of William Clark

From: http://dkwilde.com/Genealogy/Clark/William_Clark.pdf

My Grandfather William Clark was the son of John Wheeler Clark and Mary Hill. He was born the 26 of July 1825 in Worcestershire England. He was the eldest of four children and the only son. At the age of 23 years he married Emily Knowles Bryant and in company with his Father's family, all of whom had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-saints, emigrated to America in 1849, landing in New Orleans on Easter Sunday. They then traveled, by boat to t. Joseph Missouri where Grandfather and his wife remained while his Father, Mother and sisters went on to Council Bluffs. Iowa. September 17 1850 Grandfathers wife Emily died, then three days later his baby daughter and his Father died, leaving the stricken son, husband and father thrice bereaved in the course of three days. Grandfather met and married a widow lady by the name of Mrs. Jane Stephenson Ross, They were married on Feb, 29 1852, she had three children, John Edger, Stephen W. and Sarah Elizabeth. In the spring of 1852 Grandfather and family and his Mother and sister left Council Bluffs, traveling in Captain Tidwell's Company, arriving in Salt Lake City Utah Sep 4 1852. After living on Bishop Hunters farm in South Cottonwood Ward for a time they moved to Lehi Utah Nov 5 1853 and this was their home thereafter. 
In St Joseph Missouri Grandfather had followed the trade of plastering but on arriving in Utah he found no immediate call for this line of work as nearly all the people were living in log houses, so he engaged in farming. He was one of the early men to go into the sheep business in Lehi, which he followed with marked success for twenty-one years. Grandfather in those early days in Utah, like the other sturdy pioneers passed thru many hardships, often short of food and clothing, taking his full share in the campaign of subduing the elements, the grasshoppers, Indians and the cold weather. 
On Feb 26 1856 Grandfather in the company of 20 others, under the command of Sydney Willis were called out against the Indians who had killed two herders and stolen a number of cattle on the west side of Utah Lake. They succeeded in rounding up the cattle and were camped for the night when they were attacked by the Indians. Three of their number, Joseph Cousins, John Catlin and George Winn were killed, Grandfather Clark being between the two latter men when they were killed. In the fall of 1857 he was again called as a member of a company of infantry from the Lehi Military District, being a captain of ten, to take part in the Echo Canyon War. Many of the men had no shoes and when Grandfather reached Salt Lake he bought a pair of the biggest and ugliest boots he had ever seen, the only pair they had in the store, for 16 bushels of oats and gave his old shoes to Samuel T. Smith. Many times during the campaign in the canyon Brother Smith borrowed Grandfathers big boots to wear while standing guard during the cold winter nights. 
Grandfather held many positions of trust and honor both civic and religious capacity. For many years he was a member of the city council, was one of the first water masters, and road supervisor, and during these times the offices of the city did not receive any pay for their services. In the church he had been a faithful, sincere and energetic worker and in a financial way had been a strong support to the cause. He was called on a mission to England but on account of ill health he was forced to return home after a short time. For 13 years he was second counselor to Bishop Thomas R. Cutler, and was a Patriarch at his death. Grandfather had a crooked little finger. When he went to England he met his half brother who was a policeman. Grandfather said to him "Grandfather said to him "you are my brother." His brother did not recognize him and said " Let me see your little finger," He then said "You are my brother." 
On the 18 of April he married Margaret Boardman. To them were born three children, Thomas Henry, Mary Jane and James. Grandfather had 13 children. One by his first wife , Emily Knowles Bryant, seven by Jane Stephensen, two by Julia Zimmerman and three by Margaret Boardman. He was a kind and considerate father, a loving husband and a good neighbor, an upright citizen and a true Latter Day Saint. Grandfather was a large man with a heavy head of white hair. He
always wore a mustache and walked with a cane. He passed away on May 7 1910 at the age of 85. He was burred in the Lehi Cemetery. 

Juliette Taylor talks about her Grandfather William Clark - October
25, 1978
"He was a plaster by trade. And he raised sheep that he made money too. He was in the first bishopric in Lehi, a councilor to Bishop cutler. He came over from England and met my Grandmother. His first wife, he had been married before, died and a child. So he was a widower. She was coming across & three children I think met on the way. He was very tall, a big man. Rather strict I think. Aunt Emily had a baby and he wouldn't think of letting her marry the man, of course it was a good thing cause her very best friend had a baby about the same time. But he was a rather strict I think mother said. Maybe that made him so. More than he was, Billy was the oldest. No, Aunt Emily I think was the oldest child of ma's then Uncle Billy Clark then mother then aunt Polly and Aunt Juliette. Aunt Hannah & Rose and they raised this grand daughter, Emily's child. He died I remember. He died before my second child was born. Because we moved into his home. And she was born there my second baby. Must of died about 1911 I think, something along there. 
He had Aunt Mary Jane a daughter from another wife. She stayed with him after grand- mother died and whether she lived with him all the while, she finally married a man as old as he father. Let me see he wasn't as free- hearted with his money as grandma was. They tell me he would walk to conference in Salt Lake, General Conference. He was a very ambitious man. I think he was fact that he made all the money and was quite well to do at one time, at that time. Now he probably wouldn't be, but at that time he was. He and grandma went away and the girls went and cleaned the house and they always put new straw each year into their ticks and they were nice and they dumped it in the pig pen and that's where he had his money safe. So it was quite a job to get in and get that money out of that pen after the pigs were in it, and then he didn't appreciate it I guess. I've heard tell about it these girls doing it. 
We did the same thing with mother only it was things that she, (made), Her pictures and picture frames that we went and put in the grainery and a flood came and washed them all out and ruined them. And they were mad at us for cleaning the house while she wasn't there. Now, of course he married I don't know how soon after Grandma died. I can't remember her name Uncle James __________. But after he married a Lady, a woman. He didn't think she was much of a lady after he married her I think. And her name was Angel, Julie Angel. And my father's step father had married a lady about the same time - I think their wives died about the same time. Brother Chelton met Grandpa Clark and he said, "Brother Clark how would you like to trade your angel for my devil?" He said, "gladly" I'd trade her for anybody's devil." So they made a bad bargain at that time, so they did get stung sometimes or sent to jail. I can remember her as being quite heavy and she would sit and rock and Aunt Mary Jane did all the work. She lived, his other wife wasn't very well of something and I think she died before. 
Uncle James and Tom and Mary Jane and they lived, about the next block up their home was. They had a nice field, quite alot of property, Grandpa Clark did, which would be worth alot now. But I can remember home of course because I lived in it after he died. We went there a while. I wasn't as well acquainted with him as I was with Grandmother because she was a little more affectionate and was there. He would probably be working away when we'd go, we didn't see him. He was a good looking man. Big and nice looking. He came from England. He was an Englishman. I think as I remember right he met my Grandmother on the way over. Her first husband died. She had five children. And he and two children died and she had the three. And they had planned to come so she started alone. I believe that is where he met her on the way. Grandfather had a Grandfather clock that was very nice. And it stopped when he died and many members of the family tried to take it to get it fixed but no one could ever get it fixed."