Elizabeth "Bettie" Johnson^[1]

1848 - 1906  (58 years)

• Name	Elizabeth "Bettie" Johnson
  Born	8 Jul 1848	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Sep 1906	Wilson, North Carolina
  Buried	Maplewood Cemetery Wilson, North Carolina   [2]
  Person ID	I21227	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	William Thomas Clark,   b. 29 Dec 1837, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 23 May 1898, Wilson Co., North Carolina  (Age 60 years)
  Married	6 Apr 1864
  Children	1. Jane Tarpley Clark,   b. 1 Jul 1873, Wilson Co., North Carolina ,   d. 23 Apr 1897, Wilson Co., North Carolina  (Age 23 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2019
  Family ID	F7939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63576184/bettie-clark. Bettie Johnson Clark Birth 8 Jul 1848 Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Death 6 Sep 1906 (aged 58) Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina Burial: Maplewood Cemetery Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina Parents Jane D. Barnes White, 1823?1873 Spouse William Thomas Clark, 1837?1898 Siblings John Richard Martin, 1848?1848 Rawley Martin White, 1864?1864 Tarpley White, 1868?1868 Children James Johnson Clark, 1865?1924 William Thomas Clark, 1867?1939 Jane Tarpley Clark, 1873?1897 Elizabeth Clark Connor, 1878?1937 Mary Garland Clark, 1882?1898 Elizabeth "Bettie" Johnson was born 1848 near Chatham, Pittsylvania County, VA, the youngest of 2 daughters born to James Johnson (ca. 1805-1855) and Jane D. Barnes. Her only sister, Ellen Johnson (1845-1921) would marry Dr. Rawley Wight Matin, CSA, of Pittsylvania County who served as Lt. Col. with the 53rd Virginia Regiment, and was wounded and captured in 1863, spending some time in federal prisons, was exchanged, and became Confederate prison director at Columbia, SC from 1864-1865. Bettie was about age 7 when her father died and her mother (who was almost 20 years younger than her father), soon remarried Tarpley White, clerk of court in Pittsylvania County, and one of the many prominent White family in that area. Bettie and Ellen were raised by Tarpley White, and several children were born of this second union. Bettie was just 15 years old when she wed William T. Clark on April 6, 1864, who was then a wealthy 26-year old tobacco planter. The couple would remain on his family plantation, "Pineville" where they would become parents of 6 known children, and a 7th born after relocating to Wilson, NC: James Johnson Clark (1865-1924), William Thomas Clark Jr. (1867-1939), John Augustine Clark (1869 - aft 1900) Ellen Douglass Clark (1871 - aft 1910) Jane Tarpley Clark (1873-1897) Elizabeth "Lizzy" Clark (ca. 1878) Mary Garland Clark (1882-1898) The couple remained in Chatham until about 1880, when they relocated to Wilson, NC where William helped to build the Tobacco Industry in Wilson, no doubt with connections to his in-laws, the Tredways and Hughes. In 1897 her daughter, Jane Tarpley Clark, died at age 24. Less than a year later, Bettie was widowed in May of 1898 when her husband of 34 years died at age 60. Then, a little over 2 months later in August 1898, her youngest daughter Mary Garland Clark, died at age 16. Bettie would survive another 8 years, remaining in Wilson until her death in 1906 at age 58. Her surviving sons, and daughter Ellen Douglass Clark, would remain in Wilson as well. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63576184/bettie-clark.