CLARK, Halsey Steele

UPDATE - Halsey Steele Clark has been claimed and is going home!

Identification on photo: HALSEY STEELE CLARK
Photo taken: J.T. Colyers studio, Waterbury CT, circa 1900
Purchased: Aug 2018 at the Madison-Bouckville (NY) Antiques Week

In this photo, Halsey Steele Clark appears to be in his early to mid 50's. The look of the photo, and fashion worn, place it around 1900-1910. So the subject was born around 1850-1860.

A quick search on Ancestry.com finds a "Halsey Steel Clark" born on New Year's Day 1855, in Prospect Connecticut, to parents Merritt Clark (1818-1894) and Mary Augusta Skilton (1822-1901). He had siblings Marion Adela (1850-1904), Kate Colette (1853-1875), and Lavergne Grant (1862-1945).

1880 Census > CT > New Haven > Prospect
CLARK, Merit, 62, Farmer, born in Ct of CT parents
CLARK, Mary A., 56, wife, born in CT of CT parents
CLARK, Marion A., 30, daughter, born in CT
CLARK, Halsey S., 25, son, laborer, born in CT
CLARK, Lavergne, 17, son, laborer, born in CT

On 25 May 1881, Halsey is married to Fannie Moulton Phipps (1852-1937) a daughter of William and Mary Phipps of Newton, Mass. The marriage Certificate states the bride was born in Paxton, Mass. This union produced a son, Clifford Phipps Clark (1883-1969).

1900 Census > CT > New Haven > Prospect
CLARK, Halsey S., head, 45, Jan 1855, Farmer
CLARK, Fannie, wife, 47, Dec 1852, born in CT
CLARK, Clifford P., son, 16, Jun 1880, born in CT, at school
CLARK, Marion A., sister, 56, Jul 1842, born in Massachusetts, dress maker
CLARK, Mary, mother, 90, Jan 1810, born in Massachusetts

This newspaper insert from the 20 Aug 1941 issue of the Hartford Courant states that Halsey was killed in an automotive accident on August 2, 1941:

He is buried at Prospect Town Cemetery, Prospect, CT, alongside his wife Fannie, son Clifford and daughter-in-law Claribel Shepard.