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Virginia Anderson, daughter of John S. and Melvina Young Anderson, was born in Huntsville, Illinois on March 14, 1853. When she was a little girl she was present at the famous Lincoln-Douglas debate held in 1858 at Quincy, Illinois. She was united in marriage to Thomas J. Clark on September 17, 1874. She passed away May 13, 1953, two months after 100th birthday, at her home at 203 West Green Stree in Jacksonville, Illinois. She was buried in the Mt. Sterling City Cemetery beside her husband, Thomas J. Clark.
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