Soldier Information
Name: Nelson Clark
Alias: Hayden
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1840
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 7.5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: August 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
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Congressional District: 4
Company: H Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: November 22, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Sergeant
Notes:
Nelson Clark was promoted to Corporal on September 1, 1864, and later promoted to the rank of Sergeant on December 5, 1865. He was mustered out as “Free.”
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
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Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: March 3, 1890
Application No.: 416233 Certificate No.: 381886
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
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Pensioner County: Nelson Pensioner State: KY
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Pension Notes:
Nelson Clark’s widow, Ellen Clark, applied for, and was granted, a widow’s pension in 1890. She outlived her husband by at least 40 years.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
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Wife #1 First Name: Ellen Maiden Name: Lancaster
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Nelson Clark 1865
Mary A. Clark 1869
Samuel Clark 1874
Annie Clark 1878
Frank Clark 1878
Family Notes:
No death records were found for Nelson Clark. He was enumerated in the 1880 Census and his widow applied for a pension in 1890. It is assumed, therefore, that Nelson Clark died sometime between 1880 and 1890. Nelson Clark and Ellen Lancaster had at least five children. Mary A. Clark was the only one of their five children known to have had children of their own.
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
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1880 Profession: Works on Farm
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1880 Census Notes:
Nelson Clark was enumerated in the 1880 Census as “Nelson Hayden.” His spouse and children were also listed with the Hayden surname. This is the only Census year in which Nelson Clark and his immediate family were recorded with the “Hayden” surname. It is possible that this was an error by the enumerator but evidence suggests that there was a connection between the “Hayden” name and Nelson Clark. For example, his daughter’s 1887 marriage bond listed her name as “Mary Hayden,” but her son’s death certificate stated her her maiden name as “Mary Clark.” One of his grandsons was named Joseph Hayden Ballard, and a great-grandson, Hayden Eugene Ballard. Also, this soldier’s enslaver, Edwin C. Clark, has Hayden relatives in his family tree. Additional research, however, is needed to establish this link. Nelson Clark died before the 1900 Census was conducted. After Nelson Clark’s death, his widow, Ellen Clark, lived with her daughter Mary Clark Ballard Clemens.
1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
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1900 Profession: None (Widow)
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
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1910 Census
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1910 Profession: None (Widow)
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census
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1920 Profession: None (Widow)
1920 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Ellen Clark died on February 13, 1930, before the 1930 Census was completed.
Enslaver Information
Name: Edwin C. Clark Location: Nelson County, Kentucky
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Enslaver Edwin C. Clark’s maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Spalding Elder (1754-1848) was the aunt of “Mother” Catherine Spalding (1793-1858). Catherine Spalding lived with the enslaver’s maternal grandparents when she was orphaned as a girl. After the enslaver’s parents, Richard Clark (1780-1851) and Clementina Elder (1780-1851) were married, Catherine Spalding went to live with them until she left home to pursue to her life in the Catholic Church.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 2
1860 Enslaver Census
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1860 Real Estate Value: $31,000 1860 Personal Estate Value: $19,000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 18
1870 Enslaver Census
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1870 Real Estate Value: $30,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $1,000
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found