Ezra T Clark

MESSAGE from our PRESIDENT

Welcome!

Welcome to the Ezra Thompson Clark Family Organization Website!

"If I could behold the spirit of union and mutual love and support in the conduct of my family as I now look upon their future lives, I should feel that great satisfaction and pleasure that I have always enjoyed in the happiness that comes from family union" - Ezra T. Clark, Parting Testimony

This family organization shares that vision of family unity and love that Ezra had a vision of so long ago. As our numbers increase, we urge you to please add your name to the family register and subscribe to receive updates for family news, ancestor insights. upcoming events and exciting family projects.

Share this website and the information it contains with your families and relatives. Our legacy is a rich one, and we welcome your contributions. We love to hear from you and welcome your comments!

Kelly K. Wight,
President

2023 Family Register*

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2023 Family Register*

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Be Counted

...and count yourself blessed.

At age 17, Ezra handed Joseph Smith all the money he had, to help build the Nauvoo Temple. In return, the prophet placed his arm over Ezra's shoulder and said, 'Brother Clark, you will always be blessed spirtually, financially and with the necessities of life and your children will be the nobility of the earth.'

60 years later, Ezra , now patriarch of a large family, had witnessed Joseph's promises fulfilled.

In his "final and parting instructions" Ezra made several requests and admonitions to his posterity, with equally rich promises and blessings. Among them, he specifically requested his descendants gather annually "...for the purpose of maintaining the interest of the family and for keeping a family register and for mutual aid and encouragement."

The purpose of this website, our Family Register and biennial reunions is to fulfill these requests.

Our goal is to account for each of Ezra's descendants by hits 200th birthday in 2023. We need everyon's help to make it happen. Do your part by filling our the register. It takes only a few seconds...

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The Latest

2025 June Reunion Schedule Forthcoming

Reunion will mark 175th anniversary of Clark Family Settling in Farmington

On April 3rd 1850, The Clark Family moved from their North Canyon cabin in present-day Bountiful to their farm along North Cottonwood Creek (Farmington). This year's Ezra T. Clark Family Reunion & Picnic will be held in Farmington Utah on Saturday June 7th or 14th from 9am to 2pm. The day will consist of a hike, walking tours, a program and a picnic.

January 2, 2023

Rock Home Restoration: Doors in the Floors

Removal of 70-year-old carpet reveals hidden door

Solid fir flooring was all we hoped to find under the well-worn '50s-era brown carpet. But, we got a few other unexpected surprises: A colorful '40s-era linoleum 'rug' and another 'access door' near the hearth, which upon further inspection, revealed at least one large hole beneath the floor. Purpose unknown...

Notable Visitors to Clark Home

Women Eliza Roxcy Snow, 2nd President of R.S., Wife of J. S. and B. Y. 'Aunt' Zina Diantha Huntigton Young, 3rd President of the R.S., Suffragist, Wife of J. S. and B. Y. Mary Ann Phelps, Wife of J.S. and Charles C. Rich Emmeline B. Woodward Wells, 5th President of R.S., Suffragist, Wife of Newel K. Whitney, Daniel H. Wells Lucy Augusta Rice Clark, Wife of Timothy Baldwin Clark, Politician, Suffragist Elizabeth Stevenson, Mother of Mary and Edward Stevenson, Owner of ‘Book of Martyrs’ Men Brigham Young, Apostle, Prophet Martin Harris, Book of Mormon Witness John Taylor, Apostle, Prophet John W. Taylor, Apostle Wilford Woodruff, Apostle, Prophet (Son’s namesake) –Was there with G.A. Smith the fateful night in 1854 when the roof blew off Heber C. Kimball, Apostle Amasa Lyman, Apostle (Son’s namesake) Charles C. Rich, Apostle (Son’s namesake) - 3GG John Wickersham Woolley purchased Rich’s Centerville home on Power Lane and also lived there. It was later moved to ‘This Is The Place’ Park in 80s/90s. Orson Hyde, Apostle Orson Pratt, Apostle Lorenzo Snow, Apostle, Prophet G.A. Smith, Apostle, 1st Counselor to B.Y. E.T. Benson, Apostle Joseph F. Smith (Long White beard) Apostle, Prophet George Teasdale, Apostle Heber J. Grant? Morris Phelps, husband of Laura Clark, Sister of Ezra T. Clark

Who is Ezra?

A BRIEF HISTORY of EZRA THOMPSON CLARK

On NOVEMBER 23, 1823, 'BALDWIN' and 'MARY' CLARK welcomes the tenth of what woudl be 12 children into their already large family, situated in frontier Illinois. Polly "Mary' Keeler and Timonthy 'Baldwin' Clark were both six boys were roughly two years apart, ranging from age 20 to newborn. They were a farming family from connecticut who migrating westward through indian territory, seeking the choices farmland.
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At age 17, Ezra handed Joseph Smith all the money he had, to help build the Nauvoo Temple. In return, the prophet placed his arm over Ezra's shoulder and said, 'Brother Clark, you will always be blessed spirtually, financially and with the necessities of life and your children will be the nobility of the earth.'

A 19th-century daguerreotype of the original Nauvoo Temple

Nauvoo, Illinois, 1840's

Main Street, Salt Lake City

His family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1835; he was baptized in 1836. The family moved to Missouri where he was a participant in the persecutions heaped upon the Saints during that time. Leaving Missouri, his family relocated to Iowa where he grew to manhood and eventually married Mary Stevenson.

He and his wife Mary had a baby, Ezra James, in Lee County, Iowa and then began the trek westward with the pioneers. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1848, after spending an extra year in Winter Quarters. They lived two winters in the North Canyon area of Bountiful before settling in Farmington where he lived the remainder of his life. He and Mary had 11 children, including two who lived to be over 100 years of age. Ezra Thompson Clark served five missions for The Church, including a mission to England where he became acquainted with the family of Susan Leggett, who would become his second wife and bear him 10 additional children. A noted financier, Ezra was heavily involved in Church, social, political, and family activities his entire life.
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EZRA WIVES TESTIMONY