Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . ions, influenced them, in October, 1784, to turn their facestowards the wilderness of the west, accompanied by theyounger children. John had died in Virginia of diseasecontracted in the service of his country, and Jonathan andEdmund joined the parents at the falls of the Ohio sometime after the conclusion of the war. It was a long and tedious journey for the old people andthey did not arrive at the falls of the Ohio until March, 1785,having been detained by bad weather and various othervexat
Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783 : and, life of Gen George Rogers Clark . ions, influenced them, in October, 1784, to turn their facestowards the wilderness of the west, accompanied by theyounger children. John had died in Virginia of diseasecontracted in the service of his country, and Jonathan andEdmund joined the parents at the falls of the Ohio sometime after the conclusion of the war. It was a long and tedious journey for the old people andthey did not arrive at the falls of the Ohio until March, 1785,having been detained by bad weather and various othervexatious but unavoidable causes. They located at a place a few miles southeast of Louis-ville, then and still known as Mulberry Hill, and herethey spent the few remaining years of their lives. Here the) were bur-ied, and herestill the dustof their bodiesmingles withthe soil. Shedied Decem-ber 24, 1798,and he in thenext July o rAugust. Here is a picture from a photograph of the house wherethey lived and died, which is still standing (1895) but in asadly dilapidated condition. It is historic in other re-. The Homestead of Gen. Clarks FatherAt Mulberry Hill, Ky. (Still standing). 44 ANCESTORS OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK. spects, having been frequently shot into by Indians, thelogs showing where the balls were also is a picture of theold springhouse on thisClark home-stead at Mul-berry Hill. The place isnow owned bya descendantof GeneralJonathanClark, and the
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