Notes for: Alpheus CLARK

He came to Lyndon, Whiteside Co., IL in 1837 with his father. He went to California by the ocean route in Dec 1849 and remained there until the spring of 1853 when he returned home. He served in the Civil War in the 8th Illinois Cavalry. He died at Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, DC from wounds received at Meverly Ford, VA on 9 Jun 1863.

Alpheus Clark
Of
Lyndon Township, Whiteside Co IL

Alpheus Clark was born in Seneca county, Ohio, April 30, 1823 and came to Lyndon, Whiteside county, with his father, in 1837. In December 1849, he started for California by the ocean route, arriving there in the month of March following.
He remained in the Golden State until the spring of 1853, when he returned home, and on the 5th of March, 1854, was married to Miss Augusta P. Gibbs, of Lyndon. The children of this marriage have been: Carrie E., born April 23, 1856, and Minnie B. born February 6, 1859. Carrie E. married Frank H. Robinson, December 23, 1873; one child, Frank, born January 5, 1877.
Mr. Clark remained in Lyndon after his marriage until the breaking out of the Rebellion, when he decided to devote his services to his country. He was Postmaster at Lyndon at the time of leaving for the seat of war. In August, 1861, Mr. Clark, in connection with Capt. D. R. Clendenin, and others, raised a Company in Whiteside county, for the 8th Illinois Cavalry. It was mustered in as Company C. of the Regiment, and Mr. Clark elected First Lieutenant, and soon after when the Regiment was in camp at St. Charles, Illinois, elected Captain to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Capt. Clendenin to the Majorship of the Regiment. This position Capt. Clark retained to the day of his death, with great satisfaction to the men of hIS Company and Regiment. During his military career Capt. Clark was engaged in forty battles and skirmishes. He was an efficient and active officer, and during the brilliant campaign of the 8th Illinois Cavalry, was always at his post, and only once absent from his Regiment on furlough. A few days prior to his death the Governor of the State had issued his commission as Major, but death claimed him before the document could be placed in his hands. His death occurred at Seminary Hospital, Georgetown, D. C., July 5, 1863, and was occasioned by a wound received at Beverly Ford, Virginia, on the 9th of June previous. His remains were brought to Morrison on the 10th of July, 1863, and were buried on the 12th beside those of his father, in the Lyndon Cemetery, the funeral service being attended by a large concourse of friends, and citizens generally of the county, and by a squad of mounted soldiers belonging to his Company and Regiment. Capt Clark was forty years of age.
Bent & Wilson History 1877