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Meriwether

Lewis

&

William

Clark

Common Ancestor Common Ancestor

Father: William E. Warner Father: John Clarke
Hoe, Norfolk, England Wrotham, Kent, England
1540 - 1611 1448 - 1497

Mother: Mary Ann Hunt Mother: Lucia Moyle
Norwich, Norfolk, England London, Canterbury, Kent,
1542 - 1616 England
1486 - 1558

Born: Died: Born: Died:
18 August 1774 1 October 1809 1 August 1770 1 September 1838

Meriwether Lewis was born in Albemarle
William Clark was an American explorer,
County, Colony of Virginia, in the present-day
soldier, Indian agent, and territorial
community of Ivy. He was the son of William governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up
Lewis, of Welsh ancestry, and Lucy
in pre-statehood Kentucky before later
Meriwether, of English ancestry.
settling in what became the state
Lewis had no formal education until he was of Missouri. Clark was a planter and
13 years of age, but during his time in Georgia slaveholder.
he enhanced his skills as a hunter and
Along with Meriwether Lewis, Clark
outdoorsman. He would often venture out in the helped lead the Lewis and Clark
middle of the night in the dead of winter with
Expedition of 1804 to 1806 across
only his dog to go hunting. Even at an early age, the Louisiana Purchase to the Pacific
he was interested in natural history, which
Ocean, and claimed the Pacific Northwest
would develop into a lifelong passion. His
for the United States. Before the
expedition, he served in a militia and

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