, 1873-08-04
MlMNES0TA'S FIRST MOTHER;
skctcF4 of n Woman Who Lived in
minnesota FIFTY Ecnrn Ago.

rtoHt tHe MtHHeIpotd 4Tt6HHE.
Died, at Colorado Springs Colorado Territory, on
Sabbath afternoon July 10, Mrs. Charlotte H. Clark
Nidox q the late Nal Nathan Clark Fifth Regiment
Tho subject Of thia notice was born in Hart.
ford, Conn, and was the daughter of Tlomaa
Young Seymour, AL ouainont lawyer OF that city.
The late Thomas Horny seymour, former
Governor Of Connecticut and for o long tilno
Minister at tho Court Of st. Petersburgh, was
her own cousin. Hor brother, Mai. Thomas
Seymour, WAS gallant officer in our army
during the war Of 1872. Hor grandfather, Col.
Seymour served his country honorably unlct
Con. Washington in tho War Of tho Revolution
Hor grandmother was Miss Ledyard, sister OF
the bravo Col. LedyArd WHO waB treachorously
murdered by British officer ut tho storuiug Of
With such antecedents, 1t was natural that
gho should form predilection for military
llfo: When, therefore, Lieut.. Clark a young and
gallant officer, whoso record rs soldier aud
gentleman waa bright and stainless, offered he,
Lis heart and hand, no wonder she was willing
TO leavo her quiet Eastorn homo and follow his
fortune out into tho far, far West. They wero
married In 1919, and camo to Detroit, Mich,
whore the old Fifth WIS then stationed
The wedding journey, which was made through
canada. which still bore evidence of the raYagos
OF War, occupied month, and WAS tedious and
fatig1|ng but sho bore It cheorfully, and in this
which mover loft her during life.
low months wore spent IN Detroit and then
ca1no orders to remove to Fort Wayne, Indiann.
There In tho summer OF 1917 her first child and
only son, Malcolm Clark, WAS born Tho no1t
year Lieut.. Clark obtained furloueh Of somo
longth and took his young family home to Con.
neoticut. His leave Of absence. lowovor, was
gut GU short by orders to join his regiment al
nuaalo and marcl, with them to tue junction Of
Hlyors, whore fort was to bo built.
oheerfully tho young wife and mother pre-
pared to tako this longer journey into tho widor-
nd y tha h1iir
Of friends, who would fain haye kept her with
thom until tho fort was built, aud comfortable
home prepared: She tlld = ret SO understand her
by hor husband In hardship and poril % well ~
III hours Of easo aud comfort.
The spring OF 1910 found them on their way
1owaIds d tho setting sun and on tho 1st day Of
du ohon) wkere, few hours sftor @ her arriv.l f.
her daughter, Mrs. Van. Glove, now residing III
thts city, waa born, and named Charlotte,
tfe toe .ht hor mother, to Which the officers Of
t the added sa for the boa
Tow Woeka sue began that wonderful first Jour-
noy up tho mississippi. and after six wookB'
travelling In koe-boats the troops arrived at what
hont Is now Mdota Afow Woeks g. woro spent in tho
log barracks, aud thon tho beautiful Fort was
ready, aud she took up lor abode In what bocamo
dearly beloved homo. Here, in 1929, third
eha b1 eo s,an An1 this TIM se toschct
batl-BcAool In tAe Northwest, and lAboroI fuit!-
fully for the good of the young people connected
with tho garrison.
Out Of thiH aunday-sohool grow most intor-
est!ng Dblc-casH, OF Which nearly all the ollcorH
aud tholr wiyeh wero mo,nbors, aud which iH
remembered With rea1 Affection by tho fow sur-
ylyors of that llttlo band Of Dihlo stutlont.
After eight yoars rosIdonca at Fort Smelling, hor
luabaud was ortlerod succcBsivoly to lrairio lu
Ohon. Nashville, 8.nithland, Fort Howard, and
Fort Wlnnebago whore, IN 1885, he died. For
many years his widow mato her homo at Ci,oln-
natl, whore, aomo years before. ho Ind pur-
chasod home for hiA family. For tho last
twonty yoars Bao ilas lived alternately with he1
throe daughters, Mrs. Van Oloyo. Mrs, 7. D
Lincoln, and Mrs. William r. Mullen, who au
her only surviving children.
EDWARD D. NELL.