Date Original
1861
Description
This collection contains a photocopy of a diary kept by Isaac Clarke during the Civil War.
Biographical/Historical Note
Isaac Asbury Clarke was born in Overton County, Tennessee, on March 22, 1837. At the age of six, he and his mother moved to Berryville, Arkansas. Clarke enrolled at the University of Missouri in 1860, but left a year later to enlist in the Confederate Army, in which he served until the end of the Civil War. Since the Berryville school was burned during the war, Clarke founded his own academy in Berryville on January 14, 1867, and taught there for thirty-five years. Clarke's Academy taught students from all over northwestern Arkansas, as well as from eastern Texas, Oklahoma, and southwestern Missouri. Clarke married Virginia G. Layton of Taney County, Missouri, in November, 1871. They had three children, Cuthbert, Vinnie, and Fannie. Isaac Clarke died on May 26, 1907, and was buried in the Berryville Memorial Cemetery.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas; Missouri; Indian Territory
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.076.001
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Isaac Clarke diary (photocopy), SMC.076.001
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Isaac Clarke diary (photocopy), Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
