The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-29
Former Resident of the Town OF Paris
United in Marriage to Captain
C. N. Clark.
HUSBAND A HERO OF CIVIL WAR.
Husband of Kenosha Woman One OF The
Few Survivors of the Famous Army
Raised by John Brown.

| Letters have been received in Keno
sha announcing the marriage Of Mrs.
Jane Williams, former resident of
the town of Paris, in this county. and
C. N. Clark, better known to the
] world as "O1d John Brown" Clark.
The wedding took place at Spokane,
Washington, a short time ago and Mr..
and Mrs. Clark are now residing in
that city. Her husband holds the pc.
sition of night Waterman in the Court
House at Spokane.
| The announcement of the wedding
came as great surprise to Kenosha
people. Mrs. Williams was for many
years one of the most eccentric people
in this section of the country and her
| law suit to recover her husbands prop
erty held the boards in the courts of
this county for more than twelve years
and enlisted in her defense such fa-
nous lawyers as the late 0. S. Head
and United States Senator Joseph V.
Quar1es.
Some years ago Mrs. Williams left
Kenosha and went to Spokane, Wash
ington, to spend her declining years,
and the announcement of her marriage
to Mr.. Clark is the first that has been
| heard of her.
The groom at the wedding is one of
the most famous survivors of the civil
war and was one of the associates of
] John Brown at the seizure of Harpers'
! Ferry, the opening conflict of the civil
strife.
Before he enlisted with the famous
! agitator against slavery Clark had a
record of being the hero of dozen
| bloody battles as a member of the Eng
| fish army, and after the famous trial
of Brown was over Clark served for a
full period of four years as member
of the Fifteenth Kansas infantry.
But these battles were not what
| m ade Clark famous. It is doubtful if
there is another man now living who
was present when old John Brown dis
covered his sons body rid6led with
bullets and who heard the old man as
he stood over the body with up1ifted
hands declare vengeance on the slave
states for the death of his son. 1t is
here that Clark figured and at one time
the rebels offered reward of $500 for
his capture, dead or alive.
| Serving with John Brown, from first
to last, it was by the merest chance of
good fortune that he was not present
at the bloody engagement at Harper's
Ferry when John Brown was captured
and his band slaughtered by COM
mand under Lieutenant Lee.
Clark is an old man now. Seventy
| four summers have come and gone.
His step is not so strong as when he
started on his border warfare, his
hearing is not so good, his hand is not
SO steady when holding the revolver,
but his nerve is still there, and woe be
to the man who attempts to make
robbery of the Court House which he
guards.
Both Clark and his wife are nearly
seventy-five years Of age and their.
marriage was the result Of a romantic
courtship, Mrs. Williams having met
her husband while attending to some
business in the Court House at
| Spokane.
In announcing her marriage to her
| friends in Kenosha Mrs. Clark has
written the following characteristic
| letter to Cashier Charles C. Brown, of
the First National Bank:
SPOKANE, Wash. Mr.. Brown-Dear
Friend:-I will undoubtedly surprise
you when tell you that am the wife
of Capt. Clark, who was with John
Brown before the war. The rebels Of
fered $500 for him dead or alive. He
changed his name and went by the
name of Capt. c. L. Johnson. He was
in all the hard battles between the
North and South. Before that he had
commission in the English army and
| he has been in all the hard battles all
over the world. I was married Oct.
%, 1902. We had large wedding.
There we're 100 guests at the wedding.
The presents were lovely and worth
about 500. have lovely home and
not al ripple to mar my happiness.
Could you ever imagine the poor, old
looking Mrs. Williams travelling
through the cold the wife of Capt.
Clark. I am sure you will rejoice with
me, for Gods watchful eye has been
over me md guided me and given me
a good home in my old age.
Excuse me for taking this liberty,
but Ihave kind feeling for all Keno
sha business men; few favorites
among them. First, Mr.. Brown, Mr..
Geo. D. Head, Mr.. Isermann, C. H.
Hurd, Or. Camfeld. Kind regards to
Mr.. Robinson. Please give my kind
reg ards to all