Person:William Clark (219)

William Howson Clark, the builder of Banister Lodge, was born 23 January, 1805, at Chester, Halifax County, the son of John and Priscilla Sims Clark. He was educated at home by private tutor and at Hampden-Sydney College and the University of Virginia.

He was married 8 May, 1828, to Elvira Ann Henry, the daughter and only child of Elvira Cabell and Patrick Henry,Jr., son of the famed orator. She was born 27 September, 1804, at Union Hill, the Nelson County home of her mother, just five days after death of her father.

The marriage of William H. Clark and Elvira Ann Henry took place at Woodbourne, the Halifax County home of her mother and stepfather. Described as a glittering affair, the ceremony was attended by many prominent Virginians and by members of the Cabell, Henry, Bruce and Clark families, foremost among them all Mrs. Dorothea Dandridge Henry, the aging widow of Patrick Henry

1.   William and Elvira Clark are buried in unmarked graves at Banister Lodge. Red Hill Foundation Website)