David Clark
Representing: Union
Unit History
- 79th USCT Infantry F
David Clark Pension Pay Card 1907 WA
David Clark Death Record 1921 WA
Family History
CWV LAKE VIEW CEM SEATTLE KING CO CLARK DAVID BLACK UNION CENSUS CHRON 2022X
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David Clark Enlisted on 8/16/1862 as a Private. On 1/13/1863 he mustered into "F" Co. US CT 79th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 10/1/1865 |
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Name: |
David Clark |
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Enlistment Date: |
16 Aug 1862 |
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Enlistment Rank: |
Private |
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Muster Date: |
13 Jan 1863 |
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Muster Place: |
Kansas |
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Muster Company: |
F |
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Muster Regiment: |
79th Infantry |
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Muster Regiment Type: |
Infantry |
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Muster Information: |
Enlisted |
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Muster Out Date: |
1 Oct 1865 |
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Muster Out Information: |
Mustered Out |
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Side of War: |
Union |
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Survived War?: |
Yes |
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Residence Place: |
Wyandotte, Kansas |
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Title: |
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas |
7/21/1865 Wyandotte Wyandotte Co. KS
Harry Harrison 54
Conna 50
Isaac 40
Charlott 20
George 20
Harry Gilmore 8
Amanda Henderson 15
David Clark 23/1842/MO single M (colored) farmer
Edward Clark 16/1849/MO
Alexander Clark 17/1848/MO
Thomas Clark 14/1851/MO
***Cannot find David in any census after 1865 even though he should be in at least 1920 WA
David Clark
BIRTH
12 Jul 1838
DEATH
20 Oct 1921 (aged 83)
BURIAL
Seattle, King County, Washington,
Born into slavery to owner Andrew Robinson of Parksville, Platte County, Missouri, and to parents, George Clark and Sarah Robinson, David escaped slavery and joined the Union Army in 1862 in Kansas. His brother Edward, buried at Seattle's GAR Cemetery, also fled at the same time. Brothers Thomas and Alexander would join their older brothers 2 years later.
He was a survivor of the bitter battle at Poison Springs, AR, where the Confederate Army massacred and murdered the black soldiers of 79th USC Infantry. After the War, David moved around: Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Idaho and finally to Seattle. At his death, he left no descendants.
His brother, Edward T. Clarke
is buried in the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery just behind Lake View.
Obituary:
CLARK. At the family residence, 118 twenty-second Ave No. October 20, 1921 DAVID Clark, age 65 [should have been 83]. Funeral services will be held at the A.M.E. Church, Fourteenth Avenue at Pine Street, Sunday at 1 p.m. Friends are invited to attend, Interment at Lake View Cemetery. Bonney-Watson Co., Funeral Directors.
Gravesite Details
Member of Co. F, 79th U.S. Colored Infantry
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Name: |
David Clark |
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Record Type: |
Military Service |
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Birth Date: |
12 Jul 1839 |
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Military Date: |
1 Oct 1865 |
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Residence Place: |
Seattle, Washington |
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Death Date: |
20 Oct 1921 |
Cemetery
Buried at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle
Adopt-a-Vet Sponsor
Cynthia Wilson
Seattle, Washington