Giles L. Clark1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 14474, (abt 1845 - 1891)
FatherJames G. Clark4,5 (abt 1800 - bef 1878)
MotherMary Willard Cobb4,5 (6 Jul 1807 - Dec 1878)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1845, Kentucky6,7,8
Death: 5 Mar 1891, Globe, Arizona Territory9
Burial: 6 Mar 1891, Globe3
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Giles L. Clark was born about 1845 in Kentucky.6,7,8
     He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky, in the household of his parents, James G. Clark and Mary Willard Cobb.10
     He appeared with his parents on the 1860 Federal Census of Dycusburg, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, in the household of his mother's brother Gideon.11,12
     Giles has not been found in the 1870 census. By 1880 he had moved to Arizona Territory, where he was a miner.2
     He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Tombstone, Pima Co., Arizona Territory, enumerated 8 Jun 1880, listed with a large number of other miners and mine workers of various trades. Each is listed separately, as if each had his own tent or cabin, but they may have been incorrectly listed independently when they actually lived in some sort of common lodging.2
     He moved to Globe about 1890.13
     Giles died on 5 Mar 1891 in Globe, Arizona Territory.9 He was buried on 6 Mar 1891, after a funeral at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Globe.3
     His obituary says that he left a wife in Carlisle, New Mexico, who was reported to be quite sick. No other record of her has been found. Gold was discovered in Carlisle in 1880, and mine operated there until after World War II. The town is now a ghost town with only a few ruins remaining.3

Citations

  1. [S1824] James Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Giles Clark.
  2. [S2316] Giles L. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pima Co., Arizona.
  3. [S8426] Giles L. Clark obituary, The Arizona Silver Belt.
  4. [S1824] James Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as parent and child.
  5. [S1697] Gideon D. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows them living together as if parent and child.
  6. [S1824] James Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 6 and state.
  7. [S1697] Gideon D. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, shows age 14 and state.
  8. [S2316] Giles L. Cobb household, 1880 U.S. Census, Pima Co., Arizona, shows age 34 and state.
  9. [S8426] Giles L. Clark obituary, The Arizona Silver Belt, shows died Thursday.
  10. [S1824] James Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  11. [S1697] Gideon D. Cobb household, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky.
  12. [S841] Gideon D. Cobb, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Crittenden Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  13. [S8426] Giles L. Clark obituary, The Arizona Silver Belt, show he had lived there about a year.