"I denounce before high heaven and the civilized world this unparalleled act of tyranny and usurpation.
I only yield obedience because I have no power to resist."
~Charles Clark while bieng arrested June 3, 1865
Charles Clark was born in Lebanon, Ohio, right outside Cincinnati, on May 24, 1811 to Revolutionary war veteran James Clark and his wife Charlotte Alter. He completed a degree in law at Augusta College in Kentucky. After graduating he worked shortly as a school teacher while building up his law practice. He also enlisted and fought in the Mexican American war. On September 17th, 1835 Clark married his wife Ann Elizabeth Darden, who descended from a affluent family. Not long after the wedding, the small family moved to the Delta in Mississippi. He continued his practice of the law and it was here that he won the case that put his name on the books and granted him his land to build Doro plantation in Bulah, Mississippi(1840's).
After the plantation was built he and his wife were graced with two daughters, Emma Clark Cooper (1840-1915) and Annie Clark Jacobs (1847-1929). Emma and Annie were raised well by governesses and slaves, the same as many other privileged young girls in the south before the war. The girls were taught to be proper ladies of the south and were as well educated as women during that period could be.
Annie Clark Cooper grew up to write a book titled "The Master of Doro, an Epic of the Old South" depicting her time on the plantation, what it was like to be the governors daughter, and living through the Civil War. The book can still be found today, although there are only three copies in existence and sell for about $300.00.
Clark died of pneumonia on December 18th, 1877. He was buried in the family plot on the Doro Plantation. The cemetery still stands today even though there are no remains of the house itself.
General Charles Clark 1811-1877
Annie Elizabeth Clark Jacobs
1847-1929
Emma Clark Lenoir Cooper
1840-1915
