Charles Clark
Born: May 24, 1811
Birthplace: Lebanon, Ohio
Father: Major James B. Clark 1786 – 1859
(Buried: Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, Mississippi)
Mother: Charlotte Alter 1791 – 1844
(Buried: Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, Mississippi)
Wife: Ann Eliza Darden Clark 1818 – 1875
(Buried: Clark Cemetery, Beulah, Mississippi)
Children:
Emma Clark Cooper 1840 – 1915
(Buried: Clark Cemetery, Beulah, Mississippi)
Annie Clark Jacobs 1847 – 1929
(Buried: Clark Cemetery, Beulah, Mississippi)
Occupation before War:
Represented the Choctaw Nation over land in Mississippi Delta
Plantation Owner in Beulah, Mississippi 5,000 acres of land
Civil War Career:
Brigadier General of Mississippi State troops
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
Major General of Mississippi State Troops
Division Commander during the Battle of Baton Rogue, Louisiana
1862: Wounded and captured during Battle of Baton Rogue, Louisiana
1862: Held as Prisoner of War by the Union Army
1863 – 1865: Governor of Mississippi
1865: Removed from office by the United States Army
1865: Imprisoned briefly in Savannah Georgia at Fort Pulaski
Occupation after War:
1871 – 1877: Owner of Routhland Plantation in Natchez, Mississippi
Died: December 18, 1877
Place of Death: Bolivar County, Mississippi
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Clark Family Cemetery, Beulah, Mississippi
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