Randall C. Clark

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• Court: 14 Sep 1937, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA; Randall was convicted on this date of "theft over $50" and began serving his sentence on 2 October 1937. Two-year-sentence, expected to end on 14 September 1939.
• Note: 8 Apr 1940, Oklahoma County Jail, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA; He may be the "R. C. Clark," age 20, found in the Oklahoma City jail in the 1940 census.

Notes:

Birth:
1920 census age 1 3/12; Jan census, calculates to birth fall of 1918.

Criminal record gives his age as 20, birth year 1917.

Family/Spouse: Unknown Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Linda Clark, DNA

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• Parents:
• Census: 27 Apr 1910, Precinct 6, Navarro County, Texas, USA;

  1. Clark, Edwin, head, male, white, 37, widowed, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farm, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule 160 2. _____, Charley, son, male, white, 9, Texas, Illinois, Texas, not attending school 3. _____, Vernon, son, male, white, 5, Texas, Illinois, Texas 4. Fox, Thomas F., hired man, male, white, 30, second marriage, Texas, [blank], [blank], [remainder blank] 5. _____, Elective [Electa] V., housekeeping, female, white, 22, first marriage, married 2 years, 1 child 1 living, Texas, Illinois, Arkansas, housekeeper, private family, can read and write 6. _____, Ellen H., boarder, female, white, 1 yr 7 months, Texas, Texas, Texas

• World War I Draft Registration: 12 Sep 1918, Atoka County, Oklahoma, USA
• Census: 6 Jan 1920, Myrick township, Johnston County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Clark, Edwin, head, renting, male, white, 45, married, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 33 2. _____, Ola V., wife, female, white, 27, married, can read and write, Texas, Tennessee, Texas 3. _____, Randell, son, male, white, 1 3/12, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas 4. Putman, Clifford F., step son, male, white, 9, not attending school, Texas, Alabama, Texas 5. _____, Chester, step son, male, white, 9, not attending school, Texas, Alabama, Texas 6. _____, Barney M., step son, male, white, 6, not attending school, Texas, Alabama, Texas
• Census: 1930, 200 Main St., Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas, USA; [Edwin's wife Ola, enumerated without him as a widow--though he was still living] 1. Clark, Ola, head, renting, $25, not a farm, female, white, 36, widowed, first married age 16, can read and write, Texas, Texas, Texas, seamstress, at home 2. Putman, Chester P., son, male, white, 18, single, can read and read, Texas, Alabama, Texas 3. _____, Barney, son, male, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Texas, Alabama, Texas 4. Clark, Randall C., son, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas 4. _____, Rufus C., son, male, white, 9, attending school, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas 5. _____, Ruthie M., daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, Oklahoma, illinois, Texas 6. _____, Mary L., daughter, female, white, [age 1 or 2?], Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas
• Census: 14 Apr 1930, Precinct 6, Navarro County, Texas, USA; 1. Clark, Charlie L., head, renting, farm, male, white, 28, first married age 27, can read and write, Texas Illinois, Texas, farmer, general farm, not a veteran, farm schedule no. 43 2. _____, Bessie, wife, female, white, 19, first married age 19, can read and write, Texas Mississippi, Mississippi 3. _____, Edward [Edwin], father, male, white, 55, first married age 25, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Missouri, laborer, farm, not a veteran
• Obituary: 3 Sep 1952, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA;

  Obit, Dallas Morning News, Edwin Clark

  "Edwin Clark Dies Corsicana, Texas, Sept. 2?Edwin Clark, 78, died at the home of a son, C. L. Clark, in Dallas. Surviving are three other sons, Vernon Clark, ofCalifornia; Randall E. Clark, Hereford, and Rufus Ray Clark, Corsicana; two daughters, Mrs. Ruthie Mae Braxton, Shamrock, and Mrs. Mary Lou Simpson, McLean, and eleven grandchildren."

Edwin married Ola Belle Walker. Ola (daughter of James Wesley Walker and Mary Elizabeth Webb) was born on 18 Dec 1892 in Texas, USA; died on 20 Nov 1974 in Frances Hospital, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 19 Jun 1900, Justice Precinct 6, Harrison County, Texas, USA;

  1. Walker, James W., head, white, male, March 1869, 31, married 7 years, Texas, Tennessee, Texas, sawmill log-sawing, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Mary, wife, white, female, January 1867, 23, married 7 years, Texas, Texas, Texas, can read and write 3. _____, Ola B., daughter, white, female, December 1893, 6, Texas, Texas, Texas 4. _____, Herbert, son, white, male, June 1895, 4, Texas, Texas, Texas 5. _____, Murta, daughter, white, female, January 1897, 3, Texas, Texas, Texas 6. _____, Roy H., white, male, January 1899, 1, Texas, Texas, Texas

• Census: 6 Jan 1920, Myrick township, Johnston County, Oklahoma, USA; 1. Clark, Edwin, head, renting, male, white, 45, married, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, farmer, general farm, own account, farm schedule no. 33 2. _____, Ola V., wife, female, white, 27, married, can read and write, Texas, Tennessee, Texas 3. _____, Randell, son, male, white, 1 3/12, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas 4. Putman, Clifford F., step son, male, white, 9, not attending school, Texas, Alabama, Texas 5. _____, Chester, step son, male, white, 9, not attending school, Texas, Alabama, Texas 6. _____, Barney M., step son, male, white, 6, not attending school, Texas, Alabama, Texas
• Census: 5 Apr 1930, 200 Main St., Shamrock, Wheeler County, Texas, USA;

  1. Clark, Ola, head, renting, $25, female, white, 36, widowed, first married age 16, can read and write, Texas, Texas, Texas, seamstress, at home, employed 2. [Putman, crossed out], Chester P., son, male, white, 18, single, can read and write, Texas, Alabama, Texas 3. [Putman, crossed out], Barney, son, male, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Texas, Alabama, Texas 4. Clark, Randall C., son, male, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas 5. _____, Rufus C., son, male, white, 9, attending school, Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas 6. _____, Ruthie M., daughter, female, white, 9, attending school, Oklahoma 7. _____, Mary L, daughter, female, white, [1?], Oklahoma, Illinois, Texas [Though listed as a widow, Edwin Clark lived until the 1950s. They were probably divorced.]

• Census: 16 Apr 1940, Justice Precinct 6, Harrison County, Texas, USA; 1. Clark, Ola, owns home, value $500, head, white, [51? 57?], widowed, did not attend school or college, highest grade 0, Texas, same house in 1935, home, housework 2. Perkins, Mary, aunt, female, white, 74, widowed, did not attend school, highest grade 0, Texas, same place in 1935, unable to work, other source of income
• Residence: 1974, 401 E. 7th St., McLean, Gray County, Texas, USA;

  Although she died in Amarillo, her usual place of residence was listed as McLean, in Gray County.

Notes:

Died:

Cause of death: bladder cancer.

Children: 1. Randall C. Clark was born about 1917-1919 in Oklahoma, USA. Rufus Ray Clark was born on 27 Jan 1921 in Coleman, Johnston County, Oklahoma, USA; died on 19 May 2003 in Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Juniata Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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• Census: 20 Jun 1870, Township 7, Range 7, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; 1. Walker, Jacob, 48, male, white, farmer, real estate $3000, personal $500, Tennessee 2. _____, Martha J., 39, female, white, keeping house, North Carolina 3. _____, Marian D., 17, female, white, no occupation, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Edward, 11, male, white, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Richard, 5, male, white, attending school
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; 1. Clark, Vespastian [Vespasian], white, male, 29, married, farmer, Illinois, South Carolina, Tennessee 2. _____, Miraim [Marion], white, female, 26, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 3. _____, Edwin, white, male, 6, son, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, Charles, white, male, 3, son, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, Bertrand, white, male, 3 months, born in April, son, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 6. Best, Katie, white, female, 17, cousin, Illinois, Illinois, Tennessee 7. Walker, Richard, white, male, 16, brother in law, works on farm, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois
• Obituary: 16 Dec 1936, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA; Obituary, Vess Clark, Corsicana Daily Sun:

  "Octogenarian Dies Wednesday Morning, Burial Thursday Vess Clark, aged 84 years, died at his home on South Twenty-Seventh street Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock. The funeral services will be held at Ward cemetery Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock where interment will be made. The rites will be conducted by E. E.Starks, Church of Christ minister of Corsicana. He was a native of Illinois but had resided here for a number of years. Surviving are his wife, two sons, Edwin Clark, Corsicana, and Charles Clark, Kansas City' two step-sons, John Mathews, Pursley, and Will Mathews, Chickasha, Oklahoma, and a step-daughter, Mrs.Pearl Glab, Wichita Falls. Pallbearers will be Roy Miller, Edwin Stark, William Bunch, Bob Petty,Clice Rogers and John Griffin. Corley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements."

Notes:

Name:

Also seen as "Best P." Clark, it is clear that his name was some version of Vespasian, sometimes shortened to "Vess."

Vespasian married Marian Dorcas Walker. Marian (daughter of Jacob Walker and Martha Ann Spence) was born about 1853 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 20 Jun 1870, Township 7, Range 7, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; 1. Walker, Jacob, 48, male, white, farmer, real estate $3000, personal $500, Tennessee 2. _____, Martha J., 39, female, white, keeping house, North Carolina 3. _____, Marian D., 17, female, white, no occupation, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Edward, 11, male, white, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Richard, 5, male, white, attending school
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA;

  1. Clark, Vespastian [Vespasian], male, white, 27, married, farmer, Illinois, South Carolina, Tennessee 2. _____, Marian, white, female, 26, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois 3. _____, Edwin, white male, 6, son, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 4. _____, Charles, white, male, 3, son, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, Bertrand, male, white, 2 months, April, son, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois 6. Best, Katie, white, female, 17, cousin, single, Illinois, Illinois, Tennessee 7. Walker, Richard, white, male, 16, brother in law, single, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois [Living next to Elijah Clark and James Clark]

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• Census: 9 Aug 1870, Center (post office), Precinct 1, Shelby County, Texas, USA;

  1. Walker, James, 43, male, white, farmer, real estate $1000, personal $1462, Alabama, cannot read or write 2. _____, Mary A., 24, female, white, keeps house, Tennessee, cannot read or write 3. _____, [J. J.?], 18, male, white, at school, Texas 4. _____, D. [S.], 17, male, white at school, Texas 5. _____, R. M., 15, female, white, at home, Texas 6. _____, Mary, 13, female, white, at home, Texas 7. _____, Charlotte, 2, female, white, Texas 8. _____, James W., 1 month, male, white, Texas

• Census: 19 Jun 1900, Justice Precinct 6, Harrison County, Texas, USA;

  1. Walker, James W., head, white, male, March 1869, 31, married 7 years, Texas, Tennessee, Texas, sawmill log-sawing, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Mary, wife, white, female, January 1867, 23, married 7 years, Texas, Texas, Texas, can read and write [birth year calculates to 1877, not 1867, which would agree with her possible death cert] 3. _____, Ola B., daughter, white, female, December 1893, 6, Texas, Texas, Texas 4. _____, Herbert, son, white, male, June 1895, 4, Texas, Texas, Texas 5. _____, Murta, daughter, white, female, January 1897, 3, Texas, Texas, Texas 6. _____, Roy H., white, male, January 1899, 1, Texas, Texas, Texas

James married Mary Elizabeth Webb about 1893. Mary was born on 27 Jan 1877 in Texas, USA; died on 9 Jan 1910 in Hiram, Kaufman County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:

The death certificate does not offer the given name of deceased.

An Ancestry tree page lists this as her death certificate.

Children: 3. Ola Belle Walker was born on 18 Dec 1892 in Texas, USA; died on 20 Nov 1974 in Frances Hospital, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA. Herbert Walker was born in Jun 1895 in Texas, USA. Murta Walker was born in Jan 1897 in Texas, USA. Roy H. Walker was born in Jan 1899 in Texas, USA.

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• Biography: 1891;

  RANDAL CLARK BIOGRAPHY For more than half a century this gentleman has resided upon a farm on section 20, Gillespie Township. Since 1839 he has been the owner of a part of his present farm, and during all the years which have since come and gone, has been not only an eye-witness of the growth and development of the county, but has also taken a prominent part in its upbuilding. As one of the pioneers and most highly esteemed citizens of Macoupin County, we are pleased to present his portrait to our readers. Mr. Clark claims South Carolina as the State of his nativity. The date of his birth is November 30, 1815, and the place Greenville County. Joseph Clark, father of our subject, was also a native of Greenville County, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. He grew to manhood upon his father's farm, and served as a private during the War of 1812, participating in many important engagements during that struggle. When the country no longer needed his services he returned to his native home, and was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary Taylor, who also spent her childhood days in Greenville County. Her father, William Taylor, was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary War, and under fire at many important engagements, including the battle of Cowpens. His fidelity to duty made him a favorite with comrades and officers alike. His last days were spent in Georgia, where after a two years' residence he died at the age of eighty years. His wife survived him four years, and she too was well advanced in years when called to her final rest. After their marriage Joseph Clark and his wife settled upon a farm in Greenville County, where the husband died at a comparatively early age, Randal being then about eight years old. Mrs. Clark afterward came to Illinois and died in Montgomery County, at the age of eighty-seven years. She was a member of the Methodist Church, and a noble Christian woman, whose many graces of character endeared her to the hearts of all. Our subject is the eldest of five children, and has two sisters yet living - Elizabeth, who resides in Dorchester; and Eunice, widow of Lawson Boyce, living on a farm which is known as the Clark homestead. At the age of twenty years Randal Clark arrived in this county, and not only was he without capital, but upon him hung an indebted ness of $50 which he had incurred to pay the expenses of the trip. However, it was not long before he found work as a farm hand, and although his wages were very small, he was faithful to his duty, and in course of time became able to purchase a small tract. He entered eighty acres of wild land on section 20, Gillespie Township, which forms a part of his present fine farm, began clearing it and in course of time gathered abundant harvests as the reward of his labors. For some years he also devoted considerable attention to stock-raising, breeding good grades of horses and cattle, and in this line materially increased his income. As his financial resources were increased he made judicious investments of his capital in real estate, adding to his former purchases until his landed possessions now aggregate more than one thousand five hundred acres in Gillespie Township. Much of this has been cleared and developed by Mr. Randal's own efforts. He has divided it into fields of convenient size, all of which he has supplied with good farm buildings and has it well stocked. He also owns considerable property in Kansas, Missouri, and elsewhere. Not long after his arrival in this county, Mr. Clark was united in marriage with Miss Lucy P. Gray, a Virginia lady, born in the Old Dominion February 25, 1816. She was only a child when her parents, James and Marian (Baber) Gray, following the course of emigration which was steadily flowing Westward, came to Illinois. They traveled overland with teams and spent some years in Sangamon County, whence they came to Macoupin County, making their home in Hilyard Township until they departed this life. They were members of the old school Baptist Church, and are numbered among the pioneer settlers of this community. After a long and happy wedded life, Mrs. Clark died at her home in Gillespie Township, July 17, 1887. She was the mother of thirteen children, but five are now deceased: Mary, Elizabeth and James, all of whom were married, have now passed away; and William and Edward died in childhood. Those who still survive are: Marian, wife of William Whitfield, a resident farmer of Gillespie Township; Noah, who wedded Rachel Meadows, and lives in Oklahoma; Josephus, who wedded Jane Walker, and carries on farming in St. Clair County, Mo.; Elijah, who was joined in wedlock with Ella Rose, and is engaged in the same pursuit in Gillespie Township; Best P., a farmer of Texas, first married Miss Dorcas Walker, and after her death wedded Matilda A. Rockenbaugh; Ann is the wife of Newton Gwin, who is engaged in farming in St. Clair County, Mo.; Lincoln married Frances Walker, and is a farmer of Gillespie Township; and Isabella completes the family. She is the wife of Orange Walker, and they reside with Mr. Clark on the old homestead. The name of Randal Clark is inseparably connected with this county's history. For fifty-si years he has here resided, and has done his part toward promoting its best interests and aiding in its progress. He has also served as Supervisor of his township, being elected by the Republican party, of which he and his sons are stanch supporters. The wild and unimproved prairies he has seen transformed into beautiful homes and farms, has seen towns and villages spring up, witnessed the introduction of the railroads, the telegraph and telephone, seen countless manufactories established and the whole county transformed from an almost barren wilderness to a blooming garden. His life has been such as to win the confidence and regard of all with whom he has come in contact. He is now living a retired life, and for some time has been confined to his room by paralysis, but he bears his misfortune uncomplainingly, and takes pleasure in the enjoyments yet left to him.

• Residence: 1840-1891, Section 20, Gillsepie township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA

Randal married Lucy P. Gray. Lucy was born on 25 Feb 1816 in Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jul 1887 in Gillespie township, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 9 Nov 1850, Township 7 and 8 Range 6 and Township 7 Range 7W, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ;

  1. Walker, John M., 34, male, farmer, real estate $1000, Tennessee 2. _____, Danah, 32, female, Illinois 3. _____, Carline, 10, female, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Mary, 9, female, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Agnes, 9, female, Illinois, attending school 6. _____, Honor, 5, female, Illinois, attending school 7. _____, James, 2, male, Illinois 8. Free, John, 8, Germany 9. Walker, Jacob, 28, farmer, real estate $200, Tennessee

• Census: 3 Sep 1860, Township 7 Range 7, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 20 Jun 1870, Township 7 Range 7, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:

1. Walker, Jacob, 37, male, farmer, real estate value $1500, personal $680, Tennessee
2. _____, Martha, 29, female, North Carolina
3. _____, Luella, 9, female, Illinois, attending school
4. _____, Marian, 7, female, Illinois, attending school
5. _____, Edward, 2, male, Illinois
6. _____, Christiana, 17, female, Illinois

[Same page as Archalaus Walker in the Daniel Sawyer home]

Census:

1. Walker, Jacob, 48, male, white, farmer, real estate $3000, personal $500, Tennessee
2. _____, Martha J., 39, female, white, keeping house, North Carolina
3. _____, Marian D., 17, female, white, no occupation, Illinois, attending school
4. _____, Edward, 11, male, white, Illinois, attending school
5. _____, Richard, 5, male, white, attending school

Jacob married Martha Ann Spence on 21 Nov 1850 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. Martha was born about November 1832 in North Carolina, USA; died on 14 Jan 1874 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Wayne Cemetery, Dorchester, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:

Cemetery stone gives date of death as 14 January 1874, and states that Martha was 42 years, 10 months and 7 days old, calculating to a birthdate of 7 November 1832.

Children: Luella Walker was born on 19 Aug 1851 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; died on 6 Feb 1921 in Rush County, Kansas, USA; was buried in McCracken Cemetery, McCracken, Rush County, Kansas, USA. 5. Marian Dorcas Walker was born about 1853 in Illinois, USA. Marion Edward Walker was born on 11 Dec 1858 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; died on 26 Jan 1948 in Worthen, Navarro County, Texas, USA; was buried in Boardtree Cemetery, Dawson, Navarro County, Texas, USA. Richard Merrick Walker was born about 1865 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; and died.