MOTE, Clark J^[1]

1829 -

• Name	MOTE, Clark J
  Birth	05 Apr 1829	Darke County, Ohio, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I12377	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2021

  
  

  Family	DUTTON, Elmira           b. 09 Mar 1833, Brown County, Ohio, USA           d. 11 Jun 1905, Knox City, Knox County, Missouri, USA (Age 72 years)  [3, 4]
  Marriage	03 Apr 1853	Fulton County, Illinois, USA
  Age at Marriage	He : 24 years - She : 20 years and 1 month.
  Children	1. MOTE, Mary Ellen           b. 22 Apr 1869, Salt River, Knox County, Missouri, USA           d. 14 Aug 1961, Knox County, Missouri, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F3788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2015

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 05 Apr 1829 - Darke County, Ohio, USA Marriage - 03 Apr 1853 - Fulton County, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Veteran Civil War Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920 Name: Clark J Mote Gender: Male Marriage Date: 3 Apr 1853 Marriage Place: Fulton, Illinois Spouse Name: Almira Dutton Spouse Gender: Female ------------ Clark J. Mote, farmer, was born in Darke County, Ohio, April 5, 1829, and is a son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Garlock) Mote. When sixteen years of age Clark left home, with no earthly posessions but clothes on his back , and 50 cents in his pocket. He was strong and ready to work and soon found employment, and helped build the deaf, dumb and blind asylum at Jacksonville, Ill. He then went to Naples, Ill. and worked on a farm two years, and at the expiration of that time, having saved $300, he then purchased a farm of sixty acres, which he cultivated for two years, after which he disposed of the farm and came to Knox County, MO., and located upon a farm he had pre-empted and entered in 1855, and upon which he now lives. In 1853 he was married to Elmira Dutton, and to this marriage ten children were born. When Mr. Mote came to Missouri in 1855, the country was a vast wilderness, inhabited by wild game and beasts, and he is now the oldest settler in the vicinity in which he lives. He has always been a hard worker and an economical man, and now owns 260 acres of some of the best land in the country, well improved and under a good state of cultivation. During the late war our subject fought for his country in the State militia of Missouri from 1861 to 1864, and served in the regular service under Gen. Fiske, about two months. He is a strong Republican, but has never sought or held office. He was a firm opponent to the building of the M. & M. Railroad, and had many others been as decided in the matter as he, Knox County would be in a better condition to-day. Mr. Mote owes no man anything, and himself and family are regarded as among the most prominent and substantial citizens of the county. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Ancestry.com. JudiDegitz45 [S50] Findagrave.com. [S50] Findagrave.com. NE MO [S281] Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900. Name: Almira Dutton Gender: Female Spouse Name: Clark J Mote Marriage Date: 3 Apr 1853 Marriage County: Fulton Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records located at Lewistown, IL.