A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...

48 CLARK GENEALOGY.
This account of the children of Elizabeth^ Clark, is from the
Andreivs'' Memorial., 135, 234, 235, and the manuscript Fam-
ily Record of John Clark Andrews, son of (ii9.).
24.
Oriinn' {3Iervrn% John% Matthew', John''),h. Nov. 20, 1777,
according to Farmington Town Records, or Nov. 23, as ap-
pears in a family bible; m. 1805, Lucy White, born July 22,
1784, died April 13, 1863, daughter of Joseph and Lucy
(Bulkley) White. Oman d. Feb. 14, 1815, and his widow
married 2d, May 1, 1816, Jesse, son of Timothy and Lydia
(Newell) Stanley, and was his second wife. Lydia above
mentioned, was sister of Elizabeth, wife of John^ Clark (13.).
About the time of his marriage, Oman Clark built for himself
a brick house in Farmington, on the " Old South Road "
to Hartford, a few rods west of his father's house, on tiie
same side of the road. This house was pulled down about
thirty-five years ago, and its site is now covered by the flour-
ishing apple orchard of William Alfred. Brick houses were
tlicn comparatively rare, and brick making an industry so lit-
tle practiced in the vicinity, that Mr. Clark found it necessary
to give his personal supervision and labors to the work, and
over-exerting himself laid the foundation of the consumption
of which he ultimately died. Opposite
his house stood the
building in which he carried on quite an extensive soap and
candle business, in partnership with his brother Abraham,
the product of their factory being shipped largely to the
West Indies, until the war of 1812 put an end to the export
business.
His children were :
34. i. Henry White, b. Feb. 23, 1807.
ii. Sarah, b. July 18, 1809; m. Feb. 3, 1831, Oren
Stanley North, born July 13, 1805, died Feb. 8, 1874,