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Leafy Francis Clark Mead

1826–1866/67

Also recorded as Leafy Francis Clark, Leafy Mead.

Biography

Leafy Francis Clark connects the Clark and Mead branches. The Clark genealogy names her parents as Aaron Barnum Clark and Mary Ann Randolph and gives her birth as August 2, 1826, in Ohio.

It reports her marriage to Thompson Mead on May 10, 1846, in Berrien County, Michigan. Their son Miner Clark Mead was born in South Bend in 1848. Leafy’s death is given only as 1866 or 1867; the account describes an initial burial on the family farm near Little Sioux, Iowa, and later reburial.

Family connections

Parents

  • Aaron Barnum Clark

    1799–1854

    Reported in the family source

    The family compilation explicitly names this parent-child connection. It remains a compiled family account; original vital records have not been checked for this link.

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  • Mary Ann Randolph Clark

    1802–1878

    Reported in the family source

    The family compilation explicitly names this parent-child connection. It remains a compiled family account; original vital records have not been checked for this link.

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Marriages and partners

  • Thompson Mead

    1820–c.1880

    Reported in the family source

    The Clarks reports marriage on May 10, 1846, in Berrien County, Michigan.

    Source for this connection

Siblings

Children

These are the relationships currently documented in this archive, not necessarily a complete list of relatives. Provisional connections remain clearly marked.

What still needs checking

Her death year is unresolved between 1866 and 1867.

A separate family tradition in The Meads estimates her birth around 1820; the detailed Clark entry gives August 2, 1826. The conflict remains open.

Sources for this page

  1. The Clarks · PDF page 4 · printed 4 Read cited record Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.
  2. The Clarks · PDF page 6 · printed 8 Read cited record Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.
  3. The Meads · PDF page 19 · printed 26 Family account Historical excerpt checked against the cited scan; a family compilation rather than an independently verified vital record.

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