CLARK --- Richard Biddle CLARK
The Lincoln Sentinel, July 31, 1913, Page 8
---"Uncle Dick", Lincoln County's first homesteader. The lives of the early settlers of Kansas were full of adventure and romance, self-sacrifice and hard work. We love them for the good they have done us; for we are reaping what they sowed. Richard, the youngest of a family of eleven children was born in Decatur County, Indiana, April 7, 1830 and passed away July 24, 1913 at the age of 83 years , 3 months and 17 days. He was raised on a farm. When a young man he worked on a flat boat that freighted on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. During the gold excitement at Pikes Peak, he went to Colorado and was there placer mining in 1861 when the call came for volunteers. He enlisted in Com G 1st Colorado Infantry and marched with his regiment from near Denver to the border of Old Mexico; fought in the battles of Apache Canyon and Pigeon's Ranch, assisting in driving the enemy out of New Mexico. Returning to Colorado they were stationed at Fort Lyon and there were made a calvary regiment. As the Indians were causing trouble on the plains the men were detailed to escort the overland mail coaches through the danger zone. He was at the battle of Sand Creek where they fought the Cheyenne Indians. He was at the treaty with the Arapahoes and Cheyennes October 1865 at the mouth of the Little Arkansas River.
Returning from the treaty he was given a short furlough and with two or three comrades visited the Saline Valley for the purpose of taking government land. The Civil War was now over and they would soon be discharged. His roving life on a freighter, a miner , or a soldier had lost its charm and they wanted homes. Here they found what they sought and when discharged in the fall of 1865, six comrades came to the Saline Valley, arriving in the latter part of December.
These six men were the first permanent settlers in what is now Lincoln County. They are known as the Colorado boys - their names are Jim ADAMS, Tom THOMPSON, Richard CLARK, Isaac DeGRAFF, Calvin SKINNER and Ed JOHNSON. All are gone now to other shores. "Uncle Dick" CLARK, the frailest, lived the longest. On January 23, 1873, he was married to Martha Ann WOODY. She was an earnest Christian, the daughter of minister, Elder WOODY. To them eight children were born. His wife died January 25, 1897. He lived on his homestead, one and one half miles from Beverly, nearly half a century. During the Indian War of 1868-1869 he did his part in driving back the savage foe. He saw his country in the rough, filled with wild animals and bands of savage men. We see what it is now.
When the county was organized he was the first sheriff elected by the people. He was a grand comrade, a true friend. He was a great worker and often had corn to share with his poor neighbors. He loved to have ministers at his home and attended their meetings with his family. He was old time religion. In early times he took loads of buffalo hides to Leavenworth to trade for flour. he made a brave sheriff. He once took a horse thief to Leavenworth and kept him all safe at night by binding on of his wrist to the prisoner with a handcuff.
Richard Clark's good labors are now over and the weary weak aged worker is now ready to enter into his rest. His children and grand children gathered around his bedside. 'Tis sweet to minister to parents who have helped us in infancy. So he fell asleep to awake at home in a better land. Many old settlers and friends and relatives gathered at Beverly Methodist Church last Friday afternoon at the funeral services. Favorite and familiar hymns were sung. Rev. Plantz read Ecil 12 Chapter, "Remember how thy creator" and chose his text from St. John 11 Chapter, "Our friend sleepth." Bro Bradbury gave the obituary of his life. Old settlers and soldiers were pallbearers. The burial was in the Beverly cemetery along side of his dear wife. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of corn cometh in his season." Job 5:26. His son Van from North Dakota and niece, Miss Emma CLARK, of Chanute, Kansas, came to attend the funeral.
Contributor: Steve Wiesner
The Lincoln Sentinel, July 31, 1913, Page 8
---"Uncle Dick", Lincoln County's first homesteader. The lives of the early settlers of Kansas were full of adventure and romance, self-sacrifice and hard work. We love them for the good they have done us; for we are reaping what they sowed. Richard, the youngest of a family of eleven children was born in Decatur County, Indiana, April 7, 1830 and passed away July 24, 1913 at the age of 83 years , 3 months and 17 days. He was raised on a farm. When a young man he worked on a flat boat that freighted on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. During the gold excitement at Pikes Peak, he went to Colorado and was there placer mining in 1861 when the call came for volunteers. He enlisted in Com G 1st Colorado Infantry and marched with his regiment from near Denver to the border of Old Mexico; fought in the battles of Apache Canyon and Pigeon's Ranch, assisting in driving the enemy out of New Mexico. Returning to Colorado they were stationed at Fort Lyon and there were made a calvary regiment. As the Indians were causing trouble on the plains the men were detailed to escort the overland mail coaches through the danger zone. He was at the battle of Sand Creek where they fought the Cheyenne Indians. He was at the treaty with the Arapahoes and Cheyennes October 1865 at the mouth of the Little Arkansas River.
Returning from the treaty he was given a short furlough and with two or three comrades visited the Saline Valley for the purpose of taking government land. The Civil War was now over and they would soon be discharged. His roving life on a freighter, a miner , or a soldier had lost its charm and they wanted homes. Here they found what they sought and when discharged in the fall of 1865, six comrades came to the Saline Valley, arriving in the latter part of December.
These six men were the first permanent settlers in what is now Lincoln County. They are known as the Colorado boys - their names are Jim ADAMS, Tom THOMPSON, Richard CLARK, Isaac DeGRAFF, Calvin SKINNER and Ed JOHNSON. All are gone now to other shores. "Uncle Dick" CLARK, the frailest, lived the longest. On January 23, 1873, he was married to Martha Ann WOODY. She was an earnest Christian, the daughter of minister, Elder WOODY. To them eight children were born. His wife died January 25, 1897. He lived on his homestead, one and one half miles from Beverly, nearly half a century. During the Indian War of 1868-1869 he did his part in driving back the savage foe. He saw his country in the rough, filled with wild animals and bands of savage men. We see what it is now.
When the county was organized he was the first sheriff elected by the people. He was a grand comrade, a true friend. He was a great worker and often had corn to share with his poor neighbors. He loved to have ministers at his home and attended their meetings with his family. He was old time religion. In early times he took loads of buffalo hides to Leavenworth to trade for flour. he made a brave sheriff. He once took a horse thief to Leavenworth and kept him all safe at night by binding on of his wrist to the prisoner with a handcuff.
Richard Clark's good labors are now over and the weary weak aged worker is now ready to enter into his rest. His children and grand children gathered around his bedside. 'Tis sweet to minister to parents who have helped us in infancy. So he fell asleep to awake at home in a better land. Many old settlers and friends and relatives gathered at Beverly Methodist Church last Friday afternoon at the funeral services. Favorite and familiar hymns were sung. Rev. Plantz read Ecil 12 Chapter, "Remember how thy creator" and chose his text from St. John 11 Chapter, "Our friend sleepth." Bro Bradbury gave the obituary of his life. Old settlers and soldiers were pallbearers. The burial was in the Beverly cemetery along side of his dear wife. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of corn cometh in his season." Job 5:26. His son Van from North Dakota and niece, Miss Emma CLARK, of Chanute, Kansas, came to attend the funeral.
Contributor: Steve Wiesner
CLARK --- Richard Biddle CLARK
The Lincoln Sentinel, July 31, 1913, Page 8
---"Uncle Dick", Lincoln County's first homesteader. The lives of the early settlers of Kansas were full of adventure and romance, self-sacrifice and hard work. We love them for the good they have done us; for we are reaping what they sowed. Richard, the youngest of a family of eleven children was born in Decatur County, Indiana, April 7, 1830 and passed away July 24, 1913 at the age of 83 years , 3 months and 17 days. He was raised on a farm. When a young man he worked on a flat boat that freighted on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. During the gold excitement at Pikes Peak, he went to Colorado and was there placer mining in 1861 when the call came for volunteers. He enlisted in Com G 1st Colorado Infantry and marched with his regiment from near Denver to the border of Old Mexico; fought in the battles of Apache Canyon and Pigeon's Ranch, assisting in driving the enemy out of New Mexico. Returning to Colorado they were stationed at Fort Lyon and there were made a calvary regiment. As the Indians were causing trouble on the plains the men were detailed to escort the overland mail coaches through the danger zone. He was at the battle of Sand Creek where they fought the Cheyenne Indians. He was at the treaty with the Arapahoes and Cheyennes October 1865 at the mouth of the Little Arkansas River.
Returning from the treaty he was given a short furlough and with two or three comrades visited the Saline Valley for the purpose of taking government land. The Civil War was now over and they would soon be discharged. His roving life on a freighter, a miner , or a soldier had lost its charm and they wanted homes. Here they found what they sought and when discharged in the fall of 1865, six comrades came to the Saline Valley, arriving in the latter part of December.
These six men were the first permanent settlers in what is now Lincoln County. They are known as the Colorado boys - their names are Jim ADAMS, Tom THOMPSON, Richard CLARK, Isaac DeGRAFF, Calvin SKINNER and Ed JOHNSON. All are gone now to other shores. "Uncle Dick" CLARK, the frailest, lived the longest. On January 23, 1873, he was married to Martha Ann WOODY. She was an earnest Christian, the daughter of minister, Elder WOODY. To them eight children were born. His wife died January 25, 1897. He lived on his homestead, one and one half miles from Beverly, nearly half a century. During the Indian War of 1868-1869 he did his part in driving back the savage foe. He saw his country in the rough, filled with wild animals and bands of savage men. We see what it is now.
When the county was organized he was the first sheriff elected by the people. He was a grand comrade, a true friend. He was a great worker and often had corn to share with his poor neighbors. He loved to have ministers at his home and attended their meetings with his family. He was old time religion. In early times he took loads of buffalo hides to Leavenworth to trade for flour. he made a brave sheriff. He once took a horse thief to Leavenworth and kept him all safe at night by binding on of his wrist to the prisoner with a handcuff.
Richard Clark's good labors are now over and the weary weak aged worker is now ready to enter into his rest. His children and grand children gathered around his bedside. 'Tis sweet to minister to parents who have helped us in infancy. So he fell asleep to awake at home in a better land. Many old settlers and friends and relatives gathered at Beverly Methodist Church last Friday afternoon at the funeral services. Favorite and familiar hymns were sung. Rev. Plantz read Ecil 12 Chapter, "Remember how thy creator" and chose his text from St. John 11 Chapter, "Our friend sleepth." Bro Bradbury gave the obituary of his life. Old settlers and soldiers were pallbearers. The burial was in the Beverly cemetery along side of his dear wife. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of corn cometh in his season." Job 5:26. His son Van from North Dakota and niece, Miss Emma CLARK, of Chanute, Kansas, came to attend the funeral.
Contributor: Steve Wiesner
The Lincoln Sentinel, July 31, 1913, Page 8
---"Uncle Dick", Lincoln County's first homesteader. The lives of the early settlers of Kansas were full of adventure and romance, self-sacrifice and hard work. We love them for the good they have done us; for we are reaping what they sowed. Richard, the youngest of a family of eleven children was born in Decatur County, Indiana, April 7, 1830 and passed away July 24, 1913 at the age of 83 years , 3 months and 17 days. He was raised on a farm. When a young man he worked on a flat boat that freighted on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. During the gold excitement at Pikes Peak, he went to Colorado and was there placer mining in 1861 when the call came for volunteers. He enlisted in Com G 1st Colorado Infantry and marched with his regiment from near Denver to the border of Old Mexico; fought in the battles of Apache Canyon and Pigeon's Ranch, assisting in driving the enemy out of New Mexico. Returning to Colorado they were stationed at Fort Lyon and there were made a calvary regiment. As the Indians were causing trouble on the plains the men were detailed to escort the overland mail coaches through the danger zone. He was at the battle of Sand Creek where they fought the Cheyenne Indians. He was at the treaty with the Arapahoes and Cheyennes October 1865 at the mouth of the Little Arkansas River.
Returning from the treaty he was given a short furlough and with two or three comrades visited the Saline Valley for the purpose of taking government land. The Civil War was now over and they would soon be discharged. His roving life on a freighter, a miner , or a soldier had lost its charm and they wanted homes. Here they found what they sought and when discharged in the fall of 1865, six comrades came to the Saline Valley, arriving in the latter part of December.
These six men were the first permanent settlers in what is now Lincoln County. They are known as the Colorado boys - their names are Jim ADAMS, Tom THOMPSON, Richard CLARK, Isaac DeGRAFF, Calvin SKINNER and Ed JOHNSON. All are gone now to other shores. "Uncle Dick" CLARK, the frailest, lived the longest. On January 23, 1873, he was married to Martha Ann WOODY. She was an earnest Christian, the daughter of minister, Elder WOODY. To them eight children were born. His wife died January 25, 1897. He lived on his homestead, one and one half miles from Beverly, nearly half a century. During the Indian War of 1868-1869 he did his part in driving back the savage foe. He saw his country in the rough, filled with wild animals and bands of savage men. We see what it is now.
When the county was organized he was the first sheriff elected by the people. He was a grand comrade, a true friend. He was a great worker and often had corn to share with his poor neighbors. He loved to have ministers at his home and attended their meetings with his family. He was old time religion. In early times he took loads of buffalo hides to Leavenworth to trade for flour. he made a brave sheriff. He once took a horse thief to Leavenworth and kept him all safe at night by binding on of his wrist to the prisoner with a handcuff.
Richard Clark's good labors are now over and the weary weak aged worker is now ready to enter into his rest. His children and grand children gathered around his bedside. 'Tis sweet to minister to parents who have helped us in infancy. So he fell asleep to awake at home in a better land. Many old settlers and friends and relatives gathered at Beverly Methodist Church last Friday afternoon at the funeral services. Favorite and familiar hymns were sung. Rev. Plantz read Ecil 12 Chapter, "Remember how thy creator" and chose his text from St. John 11 Chapter, "Our friend sleepth." Bro Bradbury gave the obituary of his life. Old settlers and soldiers were pallbearers. The burial was in the Beverly cemetery along side of his dear wife. "Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of corn cometh in his season." Job 5:26. His son Van from North Dakota and niece, Miss Emma CLARK, of Chanute, Kansas, came to attend the funeral.
Contributor: Steve Wiesner
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