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Clark

Morrical
Birth Date:

May 5, 1814

Birth Location:

Montgomery County, Virginia

Death Date:

April (or December) 28, 1857

Death Location:

Marshall County, Indiana

Burial:

Not known.

Parents
Father
John Morrical
(1781-1864)
Mother
Not known.
 
Siblings (in birth order)
1
Jacob
Morrical

1802-1859
2
Margaret

Morrical

1803-1888
3
Andrew

Morrical

1804-1884
4
Nancy

Morrical

1808-1865
       
5
Malinda

Morrical

1812-?
6
Clark

Morrical

1814-1857
7
Washington

Morrical

1816-1858
8
Solomon

Morrical

1820-1871
       
9
Elizabeth

Morrical
?-?
10
Oroha
Morrical
?-?
11
Alamanda
Morrical

1828-1891
12
Daughter
Morrical
?-?
       
Marriage

Clark Morrical married Sarah Pence on February 27, 1834, in Randolph County, Indiana.

Clark and Sarah's Family Scrapbook

Children (in birth order)
1
Adam
Morrical

1834-1885
2
Harrison

Morrical

1835-1912
3
Eliza Ann

Morrical

~1837-~1849
Died at age 12.

 

4
Pheby

Morrical

1838-1916
5
Elias

Morrical

1842-1917
6
Aaron
Morrical

?-?

Died at age 1.

 

7
Lewis

Morrical

1847-1930
8
Alamanda

Morrical

1851-1926
9
Sarah X.

Morrical

1856-1873
Notes
  Clark Morrical was born in Mongomery County, Virginia, in 1814.

In 1831, sixteen-year-old Clark moved with his
parents and family to Darke County, Ohio.

In 1834, nineteen-year-old Clark married
Sarah Pence in Randolph County, Indiana.

In 1840, Clark Morrical is living in Butler Township, Darke County,
Ohio, with his wife and four children -- two boys and two girls.

In the early 1840s, Clark and Sarah moved to Henry County,
Indiana, and in the years following worked on farms in the
Indiana counties of Randolph, Fulton, Marshall, and LaPorte.

In 1850, Clark and Sarah Morrical are living in Stony Creek
Township, Randolph County, Indiana.  They have five children
listed living with them:  Adam, Harrison, Phebe, Elias, and Lewis.

In the early 1850s, Clark and Sarah Morrical moved their
family to Otto Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.

On December 15, 1856, Clark Morrical purchased two
pieces of land in Otto Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.

In the spring of 1857, Clark traveled to the town of Tippecanoe in
Marshall County, Indiana to conduct some business.  He died on
April 27, 1857, and was buried in Marshall County.

 
 

An excerpt from the biographical sketch of Clark's son Harrison Morrical as printed in:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Kankakee County, Illinois, 1893

     ...John Morrical, moved from Virginia to Ohio, becoming one of the pioneers of Darke County.  When he settled in that portion of the State, the county was a wilderness and heavily timbered.  On arriving at maturity, Clark Morrical wedded Sarah Pense, who was born in Preble County, Ohio.   In that State for many years he was a farmer, after which, moving to Indiana, he operated farms in Henry and Fulton Counties.  About 1852 he settled in Kankakee County, Ill., and was one of the earlier pioneers of what is now Otto Township.  He opened up a farm and spent a number of years in this locality.  In 1856 he went to Indiana to settle up some business affairs and there died.  His remains lie buried in Tippecanoe.  While in Ohio be became a member of the militia and was promoted to the rank of Colonel.  After surviving her husband for many years, the wife and mother died in the residence of her son and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, at Chebanse.

An excerpt from another biographical sketch of Clark's son Harrison Morrical as printed in:

History of Kankakee County, 1906

     Born among humble surroundings on a farm in Darke County, Ohio, November 26, 1835, Mr. Morrical is of a German ancestry, his family having been established in America by his paternal great grandfather, who came from Germany and settled in Virginia.  Clark Morrical, son of John Morrical, was born in Virginia, moved in later life with his father to Darke County, Ohio, still later settling in Indiana, and in 1855, locating on the farm in Kankakee County.  When his death occurred in November, 1864, he was the father of nine children:  Jacob, Nancy, Andrew, Solomon, Elizabeth, Oroha, Margaret, Washington, and Clark.  Clark, the father of Harrison, was born in Virginia, May 5, 1814, and when a boy moved with his parents to Darke County, Ohio.  In February, 1834, he married Sarah Pence, a native of Preble County, Ohio, and born March 7, 1812.  Mr. Morrical was a man of energy and resource, but a disposition to wander prevented the accomplishment of much in any one place.  For several years he was a colonel in the Ohio state militia, and was filling that office at the time of his removal to Henry County, Ind., in 1842.  Later on he lived in Randolph, Fulton, Marshall, and LaPorte counties, Ind., and in 1855 settled on the farm in Otto township, Kankakee County, Ill., where he spent the balance of his life.  His death occurred while on a business trip to Marshall County, Ind., in 1857.  His wife, who survived him ten years, was the mother of nine children:  Adam, deceased; Harrison; Phoebe; Eliza A., deceased; Elias; Aaron, deceased; Lewis; Alameda; and Sarah, deceased.

 

 

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