St. Clair County
Remnants Of The Past

Murder in Henry County

Osceola Herald
27 July 1871

Murder in Henry.
On the 17th inst., a son of Dr. Logan Clark, well-known to many of our old citizens, shot and killed John Williams, at Windsor, Henry county. We clip the following in regard to the murder from the Clinton Advocate:
”On the morning of the 17th a son of Dr. L. Clark of Windsor, killed John Williams. It seems that Clark was in love with Williams’ sister and his family were opposed to it; so much so that he took his sister away from a neighbor’s house where she was keeping company with Clark. This caused bitter words to be used.
On the 17th Clark and two others named Means and Steele, went out where W. was stacking oats, and told him they wanted to have a talk. W. said he wanted nothing to do with them. Clark pulled out a pistol and commenced shooting; after firing twice, W. fired once, but with no effect; the third shot from C. struck W. near the heart and he died inside of an hour. All three of the guilty parties were arrested and brought to the jail on Tuesday night and the following morning were taken to Windsor for examination.”

St. Clair County Coordinators Note:
According to census, Dr. Clark had one son: John C. Clark, who was born about 1848 in Missouri and had died by June 1900.

1850 Henry Co., MO Census – Tebo Township:
21 August, line 28
18/18 Logan Clark, age 29, married, Physician, $600 real estate, born KY
Harriet E., age 26, female, born KY
John C., age 2, male, born MO
Dana G. Wilder, age 27, male, carpenter, born OH

1860 Morgan Co., KY – Town of Syracuse:
Syracuse P.O., page 132, line 24, 2 August
929/898 Logan Clark, age 44, male, wholesale grocer, $500 real estate, $6000 personal estate, born KY
Harriet, age 33, female, born VA
John, age 12, male, born MO, attended school
F.M. Hendricks, age 24, male, clerk, $640 real estate, $100 personal estate, born KY

1870 Johnson Co., MO Census – Post Oak Township:
Page 13, Line 28, Warrensburg P.O., 13 August
91/89 Clark, Logan, age 48, white male, Physician, $12,000 real estate, $1,600 personal estate, born KY, over age 21
Job, Samuel, age 23, white male, works on farm, born KY, over age 21
Clark, Harriet, age 43, white female, keeps house, born MO
John, age 22, white male, farmer, born IL, over age 21
Washburn, Maria, age 39, black female, domestic, born MO, cannot read or write
Sonella, age 8, black female, born MO
McDonald, Allen, age 18, black male, works on farm, born MO, cannot read or write

1880 Pettis Co., MO Census – Sedalia:
Dist.6, ED 126, Page 39, 14 June
280 Clark, Logan, white male, age 59, married, Physician, born KY, parents born KY
H.B., white female, age 55, wife, married, keeping house, born KY, parents born KY
Edmiston, S.R., white male, age 28, boarder, single, Photographer, born NH, parents born IL
Smith, Mary, black female, age 32, servant, single, Servant, cannot read or write, born MO

1900 Pettis Co., MO Census – Sedalia Township, Town of Sedalia:
Dist. 7, ED 114, Ward 4, Page 1A, 1 June
Living at 214 West 3rd Street
10/13 Clark, Harriet E., head, white female, born June 1826, age 73, widowed, 1 child, 0 children living, born KY, parents born VA, can read & write, speaks English, owned home free