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George Rogers Clark was born on November 19, 1752, in Albemarle County, Virginia, near Charlottesville, the hometown of Thomas Jefferson. [5] [6] He was the second of ten children borne by John and Ann Rogers Clark, who were Anglicans of English and possibly Scottish descent.
William Clark was born in Caroline County, Virginia, on August 1, 1770, the ninth of ten children of John and Ann Rogers Clark. [5] [6] His parents were natives of King and Queen County, and were of English and possibly Scots ancestry. [7]
His first wife was Elizabeth Clark, sister of George Rogers Clark and William Clark. [2] His second wife was Sarah Marshall (1779–1854), a cousin of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. [8]
Byrd's siblings were George, Giles, and Ann, who married George Clark and was the mother of George Rogers Clark. [6] John and Byrd descended from Giles Rogers who immigrated from Worcestershire, England to Virginia in the 1690s [1] and settled in King and Queen County, Virginia. [7]
Two of his uncles had become quite famous: General George Rogers Clark, hero of the taking of Fort Sackville at Vincennes, IN, and considered to be the founder of Louisville, and Captain William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. His younger brothers included civil war general Robert Anderson and Ohio Governor Charles Anderson.
The George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge is expected to partially reopen to vehicle traffic by 6 p.m. Saturday following a Friday semitruck crash and dramatic mid-air rescue.. Firefighters rescued ...
Richard "Dickie" Clark (1760–c. 1784), the younger brother of General George Rogers Clark and Captain William Clark, disappeared while traveling along the Trace in 1784. He had left Clarksville, to travel alone to Vincennes. Accounts varied: one said that his horse had been found with saddlebags bearing his initials.
Breathtaking photos and video captured the rescue Friday of the driver in her cab over the side of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge connecting Louisville, Kentucky, to southern Indiana.