John Woodruff Clark
John Woodruff Clark (1822-1903) was born 3 Jul. 1822 in New Britain, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He was the son of John Clark and Prudence Woodruff and a third cousin of Wilford Woodruff. He married Caroleen Beckley on 7 Apr. 1858 in New Britain. He wrote a letter to Wilford Woodruff on 8 Feb. 1892 to determine their kinship. He died 24 May 1903 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey.
John Woodruff Clark (KCSW-D7K), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 3 Apr. 2024). John Woodruff Clark, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/john-woodruff-clark, accessed 3 Apr. 2024). The Hartford Courant, “Death of J. W. Clark” (Hartford, Connecticut), 26 May 1903, vol. 67, no. 125, p. 14; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://newspapers.com, accessed 4 Apr. 2024). "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 9 Apr. 2024); Caroleen Beckley Sheppard, death, 13 Sep. 1941, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California, certificate 12489; citing Los Angeles Co., California, State Board of Health, “Los Angeles City, California, index of deaths, 1877-1962 and death records, 1930-1963,” image 29/2787; DGS 5599426. Hartford Daily Courant, “Marriages” (Hartford, Connecticut), 8 Apr. 1858, vol. 22, no. 83, unpaginated, 2nd page; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://newspapers.com, accessed 11 Apr. 2024). 1860 U.S. Census, 3rd Dist. 12th Ward, New York Co., New York, p. 106, John W. Clark; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 May 2024).