Clark, Enoch Alpheus[1, 2, 3]
1838 - 1914 (76 years)-
Name Clark, Enoch Alpheus Born 11 May 1838 Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, USA 
Gender Male Died 28 Oct 1914 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Buried 31 Oct 1914 Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Person ID I146546 Early Latter-day Saints Last Modified 30 Jan 2025
Father Clark, John Wesley, b. 13 Apr 1808, Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA , d. 9 Aug 1839, Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, USA (Age 31 years) Mother Burr, Mariah, b. 5 Jan 1806, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA , d. 05 Jul 1852, Loup Fork, Nebraska, USA (Age 46 years) Married 24 Jul 1826 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut Notes - For the second time Bishop Lane had become a widower. The next day the wagon train moved on, but Bishop Lane's condition grew worse. On the 8th of July, just three days after the death of his wife, he too died. The train took some good boxes and patched them together to make a coffin for him. Twelve others, besides Bishop Land and his wife, died of cholera. Two other men were shot by Indians.
Davis now found himself the foster father of a younger sister and brother, Flora and Enoch; four step sisters (children of Bishop Lane by his first wife; and five little half sisters, the eldest 10 years and the youngest barely three years old. A family of 12 at the age of 20, and not even a wife to assist him. The four step sisters were cared for by others, but he continued to bring the five half sisters on to Utah.
Family ID F20081 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father Clark, John Wesley, b. 13 Apr 1808, Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA , d. 9 Aug 1839, Warsaw, Hancock, Illinois, USA (Age 31 years) Mother Burr, Mariah, b. 5 Jan 1806, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA , d. 05 Jul 1852, Loup Fork, Nebraska, USA (Age 46 years) Married 24 Jul 1826 Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Family ID F5097 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Smith, Sarah Ann, b. 11 Sep 1842, Pompton, Passaic, New Jersey, USA , d. 13 Feb 1866, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA (Age 23 years) Married Abt 1863 , , Utah, USA Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F32648 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Giles, Emma, b. 4 Apr 1853, , Weild, Hampshire, England Married 6 Sep 1869 Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F36832 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Banner, Martha Ann, b. 1 Sep 1872, Belper, Derby, England Married 22 Jan 1890 Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 Family ID F36849 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- For the second time Bishop Lane had become a widower. The next day the wagon train moved on, but Bishop Lane's condition grew worse. On the 8th of July, just three days after the death of his wife, he too died. The train took some good boxes and patched them together to make a coffin for him. Twelve others, besides Bishop Land and his wife, died of cholera. Two other men were shot by Indians.
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Notes - NAUVOO RECORDS:
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 9, pp 795-797
Early Mormon Records, Vol 1, p 42 - Family Group Record by Nauvoo Land and Records
NAUVOO RECORDS:
Members, LDS, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 9, pp 795-797
Early Mormon Records, 1842 Census, Lyman DePlatt, Vol 1, p 42
OTHER SOURCES:
rootsweb.com: World Connect Project, 1 page
familysearch.org: Pedigree Resource File, 1 page
lds.org: Church History, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1 page
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Name: Enoch, Enoch A.
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