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| | Beers: Clark p. 175 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | JAMES MURRAY CLARK who has been a lifelong resident of Washington County was the only issue of David and Eliza J. Clark, and was born under the parental roof in Hopewell Township March 7, 1828. |
 | | James married Nancy Reed of Lancaster County, and settled on land near the site of Harrisburg; thence he moved to "Clark's Fancy" which embraced the ground whereon Upper Strasburg was built, near Clark's Gap, Cumberland County. |
 | | Their children were all born at the Clark homestead in Canton township, and were as follows: David, married to Eliza Johnston Clark; Esther, married to Rev Joseph Stockton; James, to Jane Henderson; Nancy, to David Larimer; Betsy, to Daniel Houston; Mary, to Paul Anderson; and Jane and William who died in tender years. |
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