Individual Details

Eleanor Ettinger Clark

(5 Sep 1783 - 27 Oct 1867)



Appeared in census in 1850 living with her daughter Sarah; in 1860 in Middletown, Jefferson Co KY with daughter Ann and family. Given names also seen as Ellen and Ettinge. Her middle name probably comes from the surname of her maternal grandmother.

There is a Kentucky Historical Marker, US 68 & KY 80, Russellville
William Clark, coleader of the famous Lewis & Clark Expedition, visited Russellville with his family October 3-7, 1809, while traveling to Louisville and farther east. Benjamin & Eleanor Clark Temple, Clark's niece, lived in Russellville.
(Reverse) On Oct. 21, 1809, Russellville Farmer's Friend newspaper ran one of the first reports of the death of Meriwether Lewis, coleader of the Expedition. Taken from a Tenn. paper, it detailed his suicide at an inn on the Natchez Trace.

Events

Birth5 Sep 1783Virginia
Marriage14 Oct 1801Rev. Benjamin Burnley Temple
Death27 Oct 1867Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Families

SpouseRev. Benjamin Burnley Temple (1776 - 1838)
ChildMary Ann Brooke Temple (1802 - 1854)
ChildSarah B. Temple (1806 - 1899)
ChildEleanor Ettinger Temple (1808 - 1844)
ChildJulia Hancock Temple (1809 - )
ChildJonathan Clark Temple (1812 - 1852)
ChildDr. Robert Baylor Temple (1814 - 1886)
ChildJohn Baylor Temple (1815 - 1886)
ChildJames Norton Temple (1818 - )
ChildGeorge William Temple ( - )
ChildElizabeth Ann Temple (1821 - 1907)
ChildLucy Croghan Temple (1824 - 1900)
FatherGen. Jonathan Clark (1750 - 1811)
MotherSarah Hite (1758 - )
SiblingJohn Hite Clark (1785 - 1822)
SiblingIsaac Clark (1787 - )
SiblingAnn Clark (1792 - )
SiblingWilliam Clark (1795 - )
SiblingGeorge W. Clark (1798 - )
SiblingMary Clark ( - )

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