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- Obituaries of Houston County, Georgia
1825-1869
The Georgia Joural & Messenger, Macon, Georgia
Mrs. Mary A. Clark, daughter of the late Stephen and Jane Bassett, was born on Oct. 15, 1819 and died in Monroe Co., Ga., on Jun. 23, 1905. She was buried at Shiloh Church, Houston Co., Ga. She married Mr. Wiley Clark. She had two sons to die in the war. Her husband joined the State Troops and was taken sick and sent home. When he had reached Powersville, Ga., his daughter had died that day. In a few days, he passed away also. She leaves two sons and one daughter; Mrs. V.A. Maynard of Forsyth, Ga.; Rev. J.F. Clark of Texas; and Mr. D. E. Clark of Monroe CO., Ga.
Mary Bassett Clark was the firstborn child of Stephen and Jane Bassett. Born in North
Carolina, she would have been an infant when they arrived in Georgia in 1820 and
was 11 when her parents settled in Houston Co., near Byron. She grew up with
her 4 siblings (William, Harriet, Stephen Elisha and Georgia) and married Wiley
Clark in 1836. They were the parents of 9 children.
More than most, we can look at the old records of Mary's life and marvel at
the story they tell and the history this family lived through. Following the
death of her husband of over 25 years during the Civil War, she homesteaded the
Clark farm near Powersville and raised her 3 remaining children there
(Victoria, Sarah and Drew), with 2 of her older boys living nearby. She did not
remarry.. She outlived all but one of her siblings and died in Monroe Co. in 1905
at age 85.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1819 - 1905 (85 years)