Were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ever married?

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2026-05-22 14:15

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Meriwether Lewis courted a few women in his time, but never married, and died a bachelor.

William Clark married Julia Hancock on January 5, 1808. They had 5 children: Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr., William Preston Clark, Mary Margaret Clark, George Rogers Hancock Clark and John Julius Clark.

After Julia's death in 1820, he remarried to her first cousin Harriet Kennerly Radford. With her Clark had 3 kids: Jefferson Kearny Clark, Edmund Clark, and Harriet Clark.

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