Sarah Deborah Braden (1835-1915) and her husband, John G. Clark

Sarah Deborah Braden was born 21 September 1835 on the family farm near Jefferson, Clinton Co., Indiana, and was the daughter of Burr and Mary (Jenners) Braden.  The family seems to have usually called her "Debbie."

She is not listed with the family on the 1850 census, but since she would have only been 15, I suspect she was just missed.  The 1860 census for Clinton Co. shows her with her parents and gives her age as 25.

On 6 December 1861, Sarah's father, Burr, died.  On 26 December 1861, Sarah Deborah married John Gilkeson Clark in Clinton Co., Indiana.  The Clark family was listed next door to the Bradens on the 1850 census and so John and Sarah grew up as neighbors.

John G. Clark was born in February 1836 in Virginia.  His parents, Dr. John M. and Sarah V. Clark, moved from Virginia to Indiana about 1837.  John G. Clark rose to the rank of Colonel when he served in the Civil War from Indiana.

John G. Clark

On 5 September 1863, Sarah's mother, Mary, died.  On 26 February 1864, Sarah and John's son, Addison Braden Clark, was born.

Apparently, after her mother died, Sarah took her younger siblings into her home.  On the 1870 census, besides John, Sarah, and Addison Clark, the household also included Sarah's brother, Addison B. Braden, and her sister, Lucy J. Braden.  On the 1880 census, Sarah, John, and Addison Clark were living in Frankfort, Indiana.

The household on the 1900 census was:  Clark, John G, head, wm, born Feb 1836, 64, married 39 years; Clark, Sarah D, wife, wf, born May 1836, married 39 years, 1 child born & living; Clark, Braden, son, wm Feb 1863, 37, salesman.  Also Irene Hedley, 18, servant.  They were living in Frankfort.  On the 1910 census, they were living at 408 E. Clinton St. in Frankfort;  the household was listed as: Clark, John G., head, 74, married 1 time for 49 years; Sarah B., wife, 74, married 1 time for 49 years, 1 child, 1 living; Braden A., son, 46, single.

John G. Clark died 28 December 1910 at his home in Frankfort, Indiana.  He was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort.

Sarah Deborah (Braden) Clark died 6 June 1915 at her home in Frankfort, Indiana.  She was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort.

Their son, Addison Braden Clark, attended law school at the University of Michigan.  He never married and had no children.  He died 24 September 1917 of a stroke in Sault St. Marie, Michigan.   He was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Frankfort, Indiana.

To date, I have found no pictures of Sarah D. (Braden) Clark or Addison Braden Clark.