In 1850, John and Sarah Clark are living in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Indiana.  They have four children living with them:  Orin B., Berick E., Lucinda, and Lydia.

In the early 1850s, John and Sallie Clark moved from Indiana to Iroquois County, Illinois, and bought 160 acres next to the Beaver Creek Cemetery (then known as the Jones Cemetery).  They brought with them their three sons William, Bradford, Orrin, and Barak; their daughter Mahala remained in Indiana.  It is not known what happened to Lucinda and Lydia.

In 1858, John Clark died; after his death, wife Sallie went to live with her son Orrin B. Clark and his wife, Sylvia.

In 1861, Orrin B. Clark died.  Sallie continued to live with her daughter-in-law Sylvia for a while, but in 1862 she moved in with her son William Clark, who also lived in Iroquois County.  Over the years, she also lived with her other son Bradford, and her daughter Mahala McQueen.

Within two years of Orrin B. Clark's death, Sylvia married Stephen Benjamin.

A disagreement occurred between Sallie Clark and her daughter-in-law Sylvia
over Orrin B. Clark's estate.  On October 8, 1870, Sallie Clark sued her daughter
in-law, Sylvia Wadley Clark Benjamin, for support from the Clark farm,
which she claimed she had not received since her son Orrin died.

 The court case lingered on for years.  In November 1873, Judge Chamberlin
decided in favor of Sallie Clark.  Sallie Clark died six months later, in May 1874.

Above:  Sallie Clark's death notice was printed on May 28, 1874 in the Kankakee Gazette.  Below:  The gravestone of John Clark's wife, Sallie.