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They were Mormon Converts in England; he being an Elder as early as 1840. He ws a fine mechanic and stone cutter by trade, and there being lots of construction work going on at Nauvoo, IL, they decided to come to America where he could work on th Nauvoo, Mormon Temple. The family left Liverpool, England on the Ship Sheffield, in Dec. 1840 bound for New Orleans, thence by boat to Nauvoo, arriving in April 1841. He was employed in helping to design and carve some of the famous sun and moon stones faces of the temple and stone oxen supporting the baptismal font. In 1843 he and his brother David Clark cut the stone lintels and sills for Joseph Smith's store, for which they were paid $200. Many tombstones bear the mark of Francis Clark. His tool box, a copy book inwhich he copied verses to put on tombstones anda walnut chest of drawers, he brought from England are in the possession of his great grand daughter Katherine E. Newbold of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mrs. Leola G. Durrant, a great grand daughter of David Clark has supplied the following information:" I went through the Passenger List for New Orleans,at Salt Lake Genealogical Library and found the names of our Clark's on the list. The Ship Sheffield from Liverpool arrived March 31, 1841. The Clarks are as follows: Name age place of nativity country destination Francis Clark 31 Clayton-le-moor England Illinois Elizabeth " 30 " " " Sarah " 7 " William 6 John 5 Joseph infant Elizabeth Clark 20 David Clark 23 We now know that David Clark did not bring a wife with him from England." At the time of the Mormon exodus in 846, Francis Clark was in poor health and not able to withstand the rigors of camp life, so he elected to stay in Nauvoo. Many who went on to Utah left the care of their property in his hands. His health continued to get worse and in 1855 died and is buried in the Morman Cetemery on a wooded hill out Parley Street south east of Nauvoo.(Now Pioneer Paints Cem). On page 50 of the booklet, "Nauvoo", in the story of "The Nauvoo State Park" by Ida Blum, she says. "Fanncis Clark, one of the Mormon stone masons who did much fine arving on the Nauvoo Temple lived in a house in the southeast corner of the Park. His brother David Clar, also worked on the Temple stone." The 1968 History of Hancock Co, Ill.,p.439 says: "Francis Clark, one of the Mormon stone cutters, lived in the southeast corner of the Nauvoo State Park. He as a native of England and did much of the fine carving on the twelve oxen that supported thew baptismal font in the basement of the Nauvoo Temple. He and his brother David Clark cut the stone sills and lintels for the Joseph Smith Red Brick store on Water Street." They were Mormon Converts in England; he being an Elder as early as 1840. He ws a fine mechanic and stone cutter by trade, and there being lots of construction work going on at Nauvoo, IL, they decided to come to America where he could work on th Nauvoo, Mormon Temple. The family left Liverpool, England on the Ship Sheffield, in Dec. 1840 bound for New Orleans, thence by boat to Nauvoo, arriving in April 1841. He was employed in helping to design and carve some of the famous sun and moon stones faces of the temple and stone oxen supporting the baptismal font. In 1843 he and his brother David Clark cut the stone lintels and sills for Joseph Smith's store, for which they were paid $200. Many tombstones bear the mark of Francis Clark. His tool box, a copy book inwhich he copied verses to put on tombstones anda walnut chest of drawers, he brought from England are in the possession of his great grand daughter Katherine E. Newbold of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mrs. Leola G. Durrant, a great grand daughter of David Clark has supplied the following information:" I went through the Passenger List for New Orleans,at Salt Lake Genealogical Library and found the names of our Clark's on the list. The Ship Sheffield from Liverpool arrived March 31, 1841. The Clarks are as follows: Name age place of nativity country destination Francis Clark 31 Clayton-le-moor England Illinois Elizabeth " 30 " " " Sarah " 7 " William 6 John 5 Joseph infant Elizabeth Clark 20 David Clark 23 We now know that David Clark did not bring a wife with him from England." At the time of the Mormon exodus in 846, Francis Clark was in poor health and not able to withstand the rigors of camp life, so he elected to stay in Nauvoo. Many who went on to Utah left the care of their property in his hands. His health continued to get worse and in 1855 died and is buried in the Morman Cetemery on a wooded hill out Parley Street south east of Nauvoo.(Now Pioneer Paints Cem). On page 50 of the booklet, "Nauvoo", in the story of "The Nauvoo State Park" by Ida Blum, she says. "Fanncis Clark, one of the Mormon stone masons who did much fine arving on the Nauvoo Temple lived in a house in the southeast corner of the Park. His brother David Clar, also worked on the Temple stone." The 1968 History of Hancock Co, Ill.,p.439 says: "Francis Clark, one of the Mormon stone cutters, lived in the southeast corner of the Nauvoo State Park. He as a native of England and did much of the fine carving on the twelve oxen that supported thew baptismal font in the basement of the Nauvoo Temple. He and his brother David Clark cut the stone sills and lintels for the Joseph Smith Red Brick store on Water Street." They were Mormon Converts in England; he being an Elder as early as 1840. He ws a fine mechanic and stone cutter by trade, and there being lots of construction work going on at Nauvoo, IL, they decided to come to America where he could work on th Nauvoo, Mormon Temple. The family left Liverpool, England on the Ship Sheffield, in Dec. 1840 bound for New Orleans, thence by boat to Nauvoo, arriving in April 1841. He was employed in helping to design and carve some of the famous sun and moon stones faces of the temple and stone oxen supporting the baptismal font. In 1843 he and his brother David Clark cut the stone lintels and sills for Joseph Smith's store, for which they were paid $200. Many tombstones bear the mark of Francis Clark. His tool box, a copy book inwhich he copied verses to put on tombstones anda walnut chest of drawers, he brought from England are in the possession of his great grand daughter Katherine E. Newbold of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mrs. Leola G. Durrant, a great grand daughter of David Clark has supplied the following information:" I went through the Passenger List for New Orleans,at Salt Lake Genealogical Library and found the names of our Clark's on the list. The Ship Sheffield from Liverpool arrived March 31, 1841. The Clarks are as follows: Name age place of nativity country destination Francis Clark 31 Clayton-le-moor England Illinois Elizabeth " 30 " " " Sarah " 7 " William 6 John 5 Joseph infant Elizabeth Clark 20 David Clark 23 We now know that David Clark did not bring a wife with him from England." At the time of the Mormon exodus in 846, Francis Clark was in poor health and not able to withstand the rigors of camp life, so he elected to stay in Nauvoo. Many who went on to Utah left the care of their property in his hands. His health continued to get worse and in 1855 died and is buried in the Morman Cetemery on a wooded hill out Parley Street south east of Nauvoo.(Now Pioneer Paints Cem). On page 50 of the booklet, "Nauvoo", in the story of "The Nauvoo State Park" by Ida Blum, she says. "Fanncis Clark, one of the Mormon stone masons who did much fine arving on the Nauvoo Temple lived in a house in the southeast corner of the Park. His brother David Clar, also worked on the Temple stone." The 1968 History of Hancock Co, Ill.,p.439 says: "Francis Clark, one of the Mormon stone cutters, lived in the southeast corner of the Nauvoo State Park. He as a native of England and did much of the fine carving on the twelve oxen that supported thew baptismal font in the basement of the Nauvoo Temple. He and his brother David Clark cut the stone sills and lintels for the Joseph Smith Red Brick store on Water Street."
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