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Emmaline

Benjamin
 (a.k.a. Nellie Clark)
Birth Date:

July 2, 1863 or 1864

Birth Location:

Papineau, Illinois

Death Date:

April 28, 1942

Death Location:

Kankakee, Illinois

Burial:

Jones Cemetery (Beaver Creek)
Rural Papineau, Illinois

Parents
Father
Stephen Benjamin
(1835-1872)
Mother
Sylvia Wadley
(~1839-1913)
Half Siblings Full Siblings
1
Lydia
 Clark

1858-1865
2
Alice
 Clark

1859-1861
3
Major
 Clark

1861-1937
1
Emmaline
 Benjamin

1864-1942
2
Caroline
 Benjamin

1866-1913
3
Levi
 Benjamin

1871-?
Marriage

Emma Benjamin married Horace J. Clark on January or December 31, 1878
in Waldron, Illinois (present day Aroma Park).  They divorced in 1893.

Children (in birth order)
1
Sylvester
 Clark

1878-1960
2
Arthur
 Clark

1882-1923
3
Gertrude
 Clark

1886-1928
     
Notes

In 1902, Nell Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 242 S. Third Avenue.

In 1904, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 37 West Avenue.

In 1911, Miss Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 37 West Avenue.

In 1913-1914, Miss Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 367 S. West Avenue.

In 1915, Mrs. Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 367 S. West Avenue.

In 1916, Mrs. Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 171 S. West Avenue.

In 1918, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 367 S. West Avenue, as the widow of Horace.

In 1918, Nellie Clark is listed in the Gary city directory,
as living at 372 Van Buren, working as a clerk.

In July 1923, Nellie Clark's name appears in the Lake County Times
as living  at 432 Elm Street.  It is assumed the city is Gary, Indiana.

In 1925-1926, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 1410 S. Third Avenue, as the widow of H.J.

In 1927, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 367 S. West Avenue.  It says she provides "furnished rooms."

In 1929-1930, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 1410 S. Third Avenue, as the widow of Horace.

In 1931, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 367 S. West Avenue, as the widow of Horace.

In 1933, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 367 S. West Avenue, as the widow of Horace.
Her place of residence is listed as the "Parkside Hotel."

In 1935, 1937, 1939, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 367 S. West Avenue, as the widow of Horace.

In 1941, Nellie Clark is listed in the Kankakee city directory,
as living at 367 S. West Avenue.

After her death, Nell's body was placed
in a grand mausoleum in the Beaver
Creek Cemetery.  Rumors that the
 tomb held some of her wealth caused
caused vandals to break in an disturb
her remains.  In 1991, authorities removed her body and the bodies of other family members.  (The mausoleum is believed to have held the remains of not only Nellie, but also Carrie Benjamin Langan, Sylvia Wadley Smith, Arthur Clark, and Gertrude Clark Berchier.)   The deceased were buried in unmarked graves, and today the mausoleum stands empty.

Right:  Nell's mausoleum
 as it appeared years ago.
(Kankakee Journal photo.)

Below:  Nell's mausoleum
 as it appeared in 2002.

 

 

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