Knox Co. Indiana obit ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ File submitted by Deborah Cavel-Greant and Brenda McClure . ----------------------------------------------- From Vincenne Times Bruceville News, May 19, 1866 Death of Old Citizen Mr. Levin Clark, the oldest man in Washington township died at his residence near this place, on Sunday evening the 6th inst. aged eighty one years. Mr. Clark although singular in some respects, was a good citizen and an honest man. When he first located on the spot that has been his home for so many long years, he could view from his door yard the surrounding country for miles. Nothing was to be seen at that time but a few scattering oaks and prairie grass. Since then a growth of heavy timber has sprung up. Mr. Clark, as was usual at that early day, purchased his land on time. The next thing to be done was to pay his way out and procure for himself and family a home free from debt. To do this he adopted what would be called in this fast age, a "slow coach" method. He procured four stout crocks and had a sack made in such a manner that they might be conveniently carried on a horse, two on each side. Then with his baskets of eggs on one arm and four crocks of butter thrown across his saddle he could be seen every week wending his way a distance of ten miles to Vincennes, at that time the nearest market. The proceeds of his sales were applied to the payment of his land, and in this manner we are told he actually liquidated his debt. He also served six months as a Ranger in the War of 1812. -------------------