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    Caroline Clark (Brittin)

    Birth: 1803

    Death: 11-1853

    Birth Date Prefix: about

    Death Date Prefix: around

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Clark, Samuel | Marriage Date: 1826

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Biography

She was the first wife of Samuel Clark and they had four children together. She was from Auburn and moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan with her husband in 1842 and is buried there.

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Biography: 
She was the first wife of Samuel Clark and they had four children together. She was from Auburn and moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan with her husband in 1842 and is buried there.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=63E7AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=Clark+graduated+from+Hamilton+College,+NY;+read+law+with+Judge+Hulbert+of+Auburn,+and+commenced+the+practice+of+law+in+Waterloo,+NY+in+1826.+He+held+many+places+of+trust+both+in+New+York+a
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see page 64
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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Clark&GSfn=Caroline&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1853&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=13792026&df=all&
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We cannot clearly see the grave inscription, so we cannot say for certainty her DOB.
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https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Clark&GSfn=Caroline&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1853&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=13792026&df=all&
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https://books.google.com/books?id=63E7AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=Clark+graduated+from+Hamilton+College,+NY;+read+law+with+Judge+Hulbert+of+Auburn,+and+commenced+the+practice+of+law+in+Waterloo,+NY+in+1826.+He+held+many+places+of+trust+both+in+New+York+and+in+Michigan;+was+elected+to+Congress+in+1833,+from+Seneca+Co.,+NY,+and+was+the+youngest+member+of+the+Hours.+He+removed+to+Kalamazoo,+Mich.,+in+1842,+where+he+practiced+law+till+1854;+he+was+again+elected+to+Congress+from+the+district+in+which+is+Kalamazoo.+...+In+1826+he+married+Miss+Caroline+Brittin+of+Auburn,+NY,+who+died+November+1853.+The+four+children+of+Caroline+and+Samuel+were+all+born+in+Waterloo.+In+April+1854+Clark+married+Antionette+Ransom,+daughter+of+Governor+Ransom+of+Michigan,+in+Kalamazoo.+They+had+six+children.&source=bl&ots=QV0KLRYm-J&sig=bkfLH7qB6RMKUW85zpZKCBQKCI8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7xL36ocXSAhUJKyYKHWZiC2kQ6AEIIDAB#v=onepage&q=brittin&f=false See page 64 for her date of death: November 1853, but Find-A-Grave says October.