The sun is shining brightly, I'm caught up with "stuff" and my psychological mood is appropriate for an attempt at unscrambling the Clark Family. I use that term because if you look on the genealogical websites, you will find countless combinations of names and dates for births, deaths, and marriages for our Clark ancestors. In addition, the names were repeated generation after generation which makes it difficult to keep them separated. I am certainly NOT going to tell you that my attempt will be absolutely without error, but I have spent a great deal of time over the last 30 years trying to do the research necessary to come up with the best possible information. So bear with me.
Generation 1. John Clark - Born September 3, 1659 - Surrey, England
Married: Alice Castillion - Born 1664, Surrey, England
Child: Castillion Clark - Born 1884 - England
(There may have been other children.)
Generation 2. Castillion Clark - Born 1884 - England
Died May 1729 - England
Married: May Baker
Born - 1690 - England
Died - 1722 - England
Children: Christianne - Born 1717 - England
Mary - Born 1719 - England
Charles - Born 1721 in Guilford, Surrey, England
Died 1785, Powhatan, James, Virginia
Generation 3. Charles Clark - Born 1721 - Guilford, Surrey, England
Died 1785 - Powhatan, James, Virginia
Married: Marianne Salle
Born August 20, 1731 - Manakin Sabot, Goochland, VA
Died May 26, 1780 - Virginia
Children: Sarah 1775-1861
Susannah 1777
Mary Salle 1779
John 1781
Charles 1784 - Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Jacob 1786
John Salle 1788 - 1829
James 1789
Generation 4. Charles Clark - Born 1784 - Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Died 1857 - Jackson Township, Clay County, Indiana
Married: Nancy Martin - Born 1790, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Died about 1855, Clay County, Indiana
Children: Caroline Matilda - 1804 to 1874
Sarah - 1805
Susannah - 1807 - 1850
William - 1809
John Lardner - January 12, 1811, New Castle, Henry, Kentucky
Charles W. - 1815 - New Castle, Henry, Kentucky
Aug. 25, 1895, Snokomo, Newbery, Wabaunsee,
Kansas
Oliver 1819, New Castle, Henry, Kentucky
1870, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana
Generation 5. John Lardner Clark, Sr. - Born January 12, 1811 - New Castle, Henry, Kentucky
Died August 16, 1888 - Snokomo, Wabaunsee, Kansas
Married First: Mary Flora "Polly" Murphey - Born 1815 - Henry County, Kentucky
Died 1849 - Clay County,
Indiana
Children of this union:
Elizabeth - 1835 to 1911
Charles - 1836 to 1913
James E. - 1839 to 1908
Martin - 1842 to 1910
Oliver Perry - 1845 to 1888
Scion - 1848
Married Second: Sophia Marion Rice - 1851 - Jackson, Clay Co., Indiana
Children of this second union:
Samuel Lawrence - 1854 to 1928
Mary Ellen - 1855 to 1938
Caroline Matilda - 1858 to 1914
Lewis C. - 1860 to 1927
G. Sherman - 1865
Ulysses Grant - 1866 to 1955
Generation 6. James E. Clark - Born September 1839 - Jackson Township, Clay County,
Indiana
Died March 2, 1888 - Maple Hill Township, Wabaunsee,
Kansas
Married in 1860: Anna Larson or Lawson - Born October 1842 in Indiana
Died February 2, 1917, Maple
Hill Township, Wabaunsee Co.
Kansas
(There is disagreement over Anna's maiden name. I have not been able to verify it
personally. Perhaps some future researcher will find a marriage license or
obituary.)
Children of this union:
John "Johnnie" Clark - 1860 to 1918
William Clark - 1864 to
Alice Clark - 1867 to
Mary - 1869 to
Rachel - 1871 to
Arthur - 1874 to
Ellen - 1876 to (1880 Census says Ellen was born in Iowa.)
Jennie - 1880 to
Cora - October 25, 1885
Generation 7. John "Johnnie" Clark - born in October 1860 in Harmony, Jackson, Clay Co.,
Indiana
died on October 21, 1918, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee Co.,
Kansas
Married: Mary Eliza Woody on November 6, 1882 at Topeka, Shawnee Co.,
Kansas
born November 18, 1867, Plattsburg, Platt Co.,
Missouri
died January 10, 1900, Ponca City, Kay,
Oklahoma
Children: Annie Eliza born March 20, 1884 - Soldier Township, Shawnee
Co., KS
James Peter born March 15, 1886 - Shawnee County, Kansas
died December 26, 1948 - Maple Hill, Wabaunsee
Co., KS
(The marriage of John "Johnnie" and Mary Eliza Woody Clark, ended in
divorce in 1894. Mary Eliza Woody Clark was married a second time to
Louis Miller, but more of that in future blogs.)
Generation 8. James Peter Clark - born March 15, 1886 - Shawnee County, Kansas
died December 26, 1948 - Maple Hill, Wabaunsee Co.
Kansas
Marriage: Mabel Rachel Jones - March 15, 1910 - Paxico, Wabaunsee Co.
Kansas
born September 6, 1893 - Near Willard, Shawnee Co.
Kansas
died July 27, 1986 - St. Marys, Pottawatomie Co.
Kansas
Children: Thelma Maree Clark, born August 10, 1911 - Snokomo, Wabaunsee,
Kansas
died October 28, 1995 - Denison, Jackson,
Kansas
John Leander "Tim" Clark, born April 19, 1921 - Maple Hill,
Wabaunsee County, Kansas
died April 26, 1982 - Maple Hill, Wabaunsee
County, Kansas
Generation 9. John Leander "Tim" Clark - born April 19, 1921 - Maple Hill, Wabaunsee
Co., Kansas
died April 16, 1982 - Maple Hill, Wabaunsee
Co., Kansas
Married: January 24, 1942 - Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Lucille Corbin - Born April 22, 1921 - Elbing, Butler County, Kansas
- Died January 5, 2010 - Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Children: Nicholas Leander Clark - born November 16, 1944 - Topeka,
Shawnee, KS
Gary Wayne Clark - born January 26, 1947, Topeka, Shawnee
County, KS
Steven K. Clark - born January 27, 1955, Wamego,
Potawatomie County, KS
Stanley J. Clark - born January 27, 1955, Wamego,
Potawatomie County, KS
I am going to bring this writing to an end and save the narrative for future writings. I thought you might be interested in knowing that I have made entries for 1,373 Clark descendants in my Family Treemaker Genealogical Program for these nine generations.
Happy Trails!
I'm related to your grandfathers sister Annie Eliza... We know very little about the family line due to a generation of unfortunate happenings and I am ever so grateful for the information!
ReplyDeleteNick,
ReplyDeleteWe are probably related. I'm Gary Clark, Paxico, KS.
John L Clark is my great, great grandfather also.
Would like to touch base to share other information on the family.
Gary Clark GEClark45@gmail.com