Pvt. Riley Garner Clark, Mormon Volunteer Battalion

After his discharge from the Mormon Battalion, he traveled from California to Utah in 1848 or 1849. He married in Salt Lake in March 1850.

Son of Samuel Clark & Rebecca Garner

Married Amanda Williams, 20 Mar 1850, Salt Lake City, Utah

DIED at Houston and Cameron's saw mill, Mammoth Fork of Sevier, about 8 p.m., July 11th, RILEY G. CLARK, after an illness of 11 days.

Deceased received a paralytic stroke and was afflicted with inflammation of the lungs and bowels, was the second son of Samuel and Rebecca Clark, of Provo City; was born in Ohio, July 29th, 1829; was gathered with his father's family to the Church in his youth, was a member of the Mormon Battalion and marched through the American Deseret to California. He and his brother Joseph was among the first to dig the gold in California. He married Amanda Williams; was a loving husband and kind father; was the most ingenious of his fellows. His demise cast a gloom over our settlement (Panguitch), having lost a worker bee of the hive. He leaves a wife and thirteen children and numerous friends to mourn his loss.

Deseret News 26 July 1876

RILEY G. CLARK. During the Mexican War, Riley served first as a private in Company A, Mormon Volunteer Battalion and mustered out on 16 July 1847 at the Pueblo de Los Ángeles, Alta California, Mexico, New Spain, and then re-enlisted, on 20 July 1847, in Captain Davis' newly organized Company A of the Mormon Volunteer Battalion.

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Parents:

 Samuel Clark (1798 - 1885)

 Rebecca Garner Clark (1807 - 1871)

Spouse:

 Amanda Williams Clark (1835 - 1920)

Children:

 Sarah Jane Clark Carter (1853 - 1936)*

 Maryann Clark Judd (1855 - 1918)*

 Ellen Clark Henrie (1860 - 1890)*

 Joseph Clark (1862 - 1943)*

 Delithine Alice Clark (1863 - 1864)*

 Diantha Clark (1866 - 1867)*

 Ada Clark Carter (1868 - 1945)*

 Guy Wilson Clark (1870 - 1901)*

 Blanche Clark Showalter (1872 - 1953)*

 James Leland Clark (1874 - 1933)*

Siblings:

 Joseph Clark (1828 - 1895)*

 Riley Garner Clark (1829 - 1876)

 Sarah Bergion Clark Weaver (1831 - 1910)*

 John Clark (1832 - 1923)*

 Mary Clark Higbee (1833 - 1918)*

 Jane Clark Hale (1837 - 1933)*

 Anna Clark Hale (1841 - 1914)*

 Samuel Clark (1846 - 1922)*

 Ellen Clark Rawlings (1849 - 1924)*

 James Clark (1855 - 1929)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Panguitch City Cemetery Panguitch Garfield County Utah, USA Plot: UK_1_19_3

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