Elizabeth Kortright Gouverneur Heiskell

Notes:

Elizabeth's husband, Harry, served as secretary and treasurer of Washington Steel and Ordnance Company.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret

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Elizabeth married Harry Freeman Clark in 1905. Harry was born on 23 Sep 1871 in Of, Washington, D.C.; died on 11 Dec 1944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Monroe Clark was born on 2 Jul 1912; died on 2 Jul 1912.
2. James Monroe Clark was born in 1913; and died.
3. Living

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Henry was educated at Rock Hill College in Ellicott city, Maryland and at the U>S. Naval Academy.

He was in the mercantile business in Saint Louis and Yazoo City, Mississippi 1869-1876. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Signal Corps from 1876 until that service was transferred to the Agriculture Department as the U.S. Weather Bureau in 1888. He became Professor of Meteorology at the U.S. Weather Bureau in 1913.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison

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Henry married Emma Leona on 16 Oct 1878. Emma was born about 1852; died in 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Henry was a Doctor and served as a major and surgeon in the U.S. Army.

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Died:
Born in "Meechwood".

Henry married Elizabeth Kortright Gouverneur on 9 Jun 1842. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur and Maria Hester Monroe) was born in 1824 in Washington, , District of Columbia, USA; died in 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison

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John married Ann Sowers. Ann was born about 1776; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel was serving as private secretary to President James Monroe when he married the President's daughter. Later correspondence between Samuel and his father-in-law indicates that the President frequently relied upon Samuel's political advice and, incidently, for financial aid.

After the Monroe administration, Samuel served in the New York legislature in 1825. From 1828 to 1836, he was Postmaster of New York City. Late in life, having moved to Maryland, he exerted his influence against Maryland's succession from the Union when it's fate hung in the balance, before effective steps were taken by federal military forces to insure the defeat of those advocating joining the South.

Sam Gouverneur was described as "a real geniel man - no saint". This characterization was verified by the testimony of a contemporary to the effect that sixteen baskets of champaign were frequently consumed at one of his entertainments at Washington. A man of social and sporting tastes, he was interested in racing and the theater, being the owner of a famous horse "Post Boy", and part owner of "The Bowry Theater" in New York. A New York newspaper carried the account of his loss of a bet of twenty thousand dollars on a foot race.

Because of his love of champaign, race horses and reckless wagers, he went through the substantial fortune which had been amassed by his mercantile ancesters. Samuel died in 1867, at the age of 68 years, in greatly reduced circumstances.

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Samuel married Maria Hester Monroe on 9 Mar 1820 in Washington, , District of Columbia, USA. Maria (daughter of James Monroe, 5th US President and Elizabeth Kortright) was born in 1803 in Paris, , Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1850 in Richmond, Richmond (city), Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maria was married in the East Room of the White House to her maternal first cousin, Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur. She was the first daughter of a President to be married in the White House.

One reference gives Maria's birthplace as Fredericksburg, Virginia, but she was born in Paris while her father was serving as a minister to France. Another reference says she died in "Oak Hill", Loudoun County, Virginia.

Ref: Clan Munro files - Stroud, Anna Margaret
- Monroe, James Harrison

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Married:
Samuel and Maria were, who were first cousins, married at the White House.