Clary, John

Flourished: 1834-05-05 Sangamon County, Illinois

Clary moved from Tennessee to what became Clary's Grove, Illinois (which he founded), with his wife Rhoda Armstrong in 1819. In 1830, there were ten people in his household.

Benjamin P. Thomas, Lincoln's New Salem (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1934), 7, 44; U.S. Census Office, Fifth Census of the United States (1830), Sangamon County, IL, 200.