Hannah Carrigan Clark of Adams County, Ohio - 52 Ancestors #37

This is another article for the series "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks", a challenge by Amy Johnson Crow on No Story Too Small.

My third great-grandmother was Hannah Carrigan, born between 1815 and 1819 in Ohio.  She married Daniel Benjamin Clark in about 1836[1] and by 1850, they had eight children.[2]  She died young I would say, at age 35, leaving a husband to care for several small children.  Daniel actually remarried and had several more children but that’s another story.

Grave stone for Hannah Carrigan Clark
Source:  Find-a-Grave [3]

The information I have about Hannah so far came from two resources:  the 1850 U.S. Federal Census for Adams County, Ohio and her memorial on Find-a-Grave.com. [3]  I organized the data from each resource into a table (below) for comparison and development of future research.

Category	1850 U.S. Federal Census	Find-a-Grave
Name	Hanah Clark	Hannah Carrigan Clark
Age/Date of Birth	35	3 Feb 1819
Age/Date of Death		7 Mar 1854 Inscription: 35y 1m 4d
Residence in 1850	Franklin Township, Adams, Ohio
Place of Birth	Ohio
Husband	Daniel Benjamin Clark	Daniel Benjamin Clark 1815 – 1895 Hannah was the first wife of Benjamin Daniel Clark, who was the son of Stephen and Rebecca Ogle Clark
Child/age	Mary Clark 13
	Edath Clark 12	Adah Clark (_ - 1872)*[4]
	Edward Clark 11[5]
	M A Clark 9[6]
	Adam Clark 8[7]
	Susan Clark 6	Susannah Clark 1842 - 1843*
	Jane Clark 4[8]
	Joseph Clark 2
Cemetery		Flat Run Cemetery Adams County, Ohio

My continued research will be centered in southwestern Ohio.  Many members of my Clark family were life-long residents of Adams County, Ohio.  Others ventured to nearby Warren, Clinton and Highland counties, all in southwestern Ohio. 

Future Research

• Find Hannah Clark’s parents and siblings
• Verify date of birth and death
• Find marriage record
• Find death record and cause of death
• Locate the Clark family in newspapers
• Check newspapers for epidemics around her date of death
• Locate church records
• Continue research on her children
• Contact person who ‘maintains’ Hannah’s Find-a-Grave memorial

Calling all descendants of Daniel Benjamin Clark and Hannah Carrigan Clark – let’s talk!  Please leave a comment below or use the Contact Me tab above.   Thanks cousin!

Sources

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[1] Calculation based on age of first child listed in 1850 U.S. Federal Census.

[2] Year: 1850; Census Place: Franklin, Adams, Ohio; Roll: M432_657; Page: 20A; Image: 44. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. 

[3] Find-a-Grave website for Hannah Clark Carrigan

[4] * Asterisk refers to calculated relationship on Find-a-Grave.

[5] Edward Clark was mentioned in the profile of Ancestor #33, Mrs. Mary Daulton Clark

[6] Mahlon Clark was Ancestor #15, Mahlon Clark, Guardian of his Sister Jane

[7] Adam Clark was Ancestor #7, Comings and Goings of Adam Clark

[8] Jane Clark Brown was my second great-grandmother, Ancestor #2, Jane Clark Brown, 1846-1918