Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Bethiah B. Clark ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Bethiah B. Clark
LAST NAME: Clark FIRST NAME: Bethiah MIDDLE NAME: B. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Herron AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: F MILITARY: 
BORN: 2 Jan 1827 DIED: 26 Dec 1861 BURIED: Dec 1861
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Decatur Co., Indiana
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1850 OR CENSUS  - Berthia Clark, age 23, b. Indiana, is enumerated with husband Daniel, age 28, b. Ireland, and Jno., age 3.
1860 OR CENSUS - B. Clark, age 33, b. Iowa, is enumerated with husband Daniel, Farmer, age 36, b. Ireland, and children J. S. (12), W (9), M.E. (7), A. S. (5), and R. S. (1).
DISCREPANCY - Frist name spelled as Berthia in 1850 Census and marker; Berthiah in obit, Bertha in DAR survey.
OBITUARY: 
In Marion county, near Salem, Dec. 26th, 1861, of diseased lungs, Berthiah B. (Herrin), wife of Daniel Clark, aged 36. (Missouri papers please copy) 
Weekly Oregon Statesman, 27 Jan 1862, 3:3.
INSCRIPTION: 
Berthia B. 
Wife of 
Daniel Clark
Born in 
Decater Co, Indiana 
Jan. 2, 1827 
Died in
Marion Co., Oregon 
Dec. 26, 1861
SOURCES: 
LR
DAR pg 39 
1850 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., pg 94) 
1860 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., FA #393) 
WOS 27 Jan 1862 3:3 Steeves p.42
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