John Lawson Clark b. 6 Jan 1889 Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA d. 12 May 1952 Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA: Our Family History

1889 - 1952 (63 years)

Name	John Lawson Clark [1, 2]
Born	6 Jan 1889	Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
Census	18 Jun 1900	Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA [4]
	1. Clark, John C., head, white, male, March 1850, 50, married 26 years, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 121 2. _____, Corine [Caroline], wife, white, female, January 1854, 41, married 26 years, 9 children 8 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write 3. _____, Edd, son, son, white, male, September 1884, 15, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm labor, attended school 3 months, can read and write 4. _____, Ida M., daughter, white, female, June 1886, 13, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, attended school 4 months, can read and write 5. _____, John, son, white, male, June1888, 12, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm labor, attended school 4 months, can read and write 6. _____, Marvin, son, white, male, May 1891, 9, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 7. _____, Bessie, daughter, white, female, November 1893, 7, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 8. _____, Leroy, son, white, male, July 1897, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
Census	23 Apr 1910	Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA [5]
	1. Story, Samuel P, head, male, white, 54, widowed, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky, farmer, general farm, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule 97 2. _____, Samuel A., son, male, white, 16, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois, farm labor, home farm 3. Clark, John L., son in law, male white, 20, first marriage, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, can read and write, renting farm, farm schedule 98 4. _____, Minnie, daughter, female, white, 21, first marriage, married 2 years, 1 child 1 living, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois 5. _____, Irene, granddaughter, female, white, 1, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas
Occupation	Jun 1917	Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA [2]
	Carrying mail and farming.
Residence	5 Jun 1917	Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA [2]
	"Wife and 5 kids"
Census	22 Jan 1920	West Plains to Bakersfield Rd., Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [6]
	1. Clark, John L., head, renting, male, white, 32, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer, general farming, own account, farm schedule 124 2. _____, May M., wife, female, white, 32, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. _____, Irean [Irene] D., daughter, female, white, 10, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. _____, Raymond L., son, male, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. _____, Mayren [Marion], daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 6. _____, Edna, daughter, female, white, 5, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 7. _____, David L., son, male, white, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 8. _____, Thema, daughter, female, white, 2, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
Residence	Jul 1939	Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA [7]
	Place of residence at the time of son Roland\'s death.
Census	2 May 1940	Dale township, Atchison County, Missouri, USA [8]
	1. Clark, John, head, male, white, 52, married, completed grade 4, Missouri, in 1935 lived in rural Nodaway County on a farm, worked 40 hours, labor, farm, worked 26 weeks, $150 annual income, income from other sources 2. _____, Virginia, wife, female, white, 21, married, completed grade 8, Missouri, Nodaway County (1935) 3. _____, Allen Oren, son, male, white, 2, Missouri
SON	21 Dec 1944	Maryville, Nodaway County, MIssouri, USA [9]
	Twin boys were born prematurely, in the car on the way from Atchison County to the hospital in Maryville, Nodaway County. They infants were not names, but are buries in Walkup Grove Cemetery, Atchison County, Missouri.
Died	12 May 1952	Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA [1, 10]
Buried	16 May 1952	Maryville-Oak Hill Cemetery, Nodaway County, Missouri [1]
Person ID	I1232	Full
Last Modified	3 Apr 2022

Father	John C. Clark, b. 3 Mar 1849, Osage County, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Jul 1933, Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri (Age 84 years)
Mother	Susan Caroline Clark, b. 14 Jan 1854, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA , d. 28 Sep 1908, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 54 years)
Married	11 Apr 1875	Osage County, Missouri, USA [11, 12, 13, 14]
Family ID	F916	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Minnie Mathilda "May" Story, b. 2 Dec 1888, Arkansas, USA , d. 8 Feb 1923, Missouri, USA (Age 34 years)

Married 8 Feb 1908 Howell County, Missouri, USA [1, 15, 16]

1930 Howell Co MO census indicates that John was first married at age 19, confirming that his original marriage date was around 1907.

Children

+	1. Dessie Irene "Irene" Clark, b. 16 Oct 1908, Amy, Howell County, Missouri , d. 30 Dec 2005, Sublimity, Marion County, Oregon (Age 97 years)
+	2. Raymond Lee Clark, b. 5 Jul 1910, Missouri, USA , d. Mar 1982, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon (Age 71 years)
+	3. Marion Clark, b. 5 Nov 1911, Willard, Greene County, Missouri, USA , d. 7 Dec 1981, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri (Age 70 years)
+	4. Edna Virginia Clark, b. 9 Feb 1914, Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 27 Nov 1998, Village Care Center, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA (Age 84 years)
+	5. David Floyd Clark, b. 11 Dec 1915, Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 4 Feb 2001, Sugar Loaf, San Bernardino, California, USA (Age 85 years)
	6. Thelma Luetta Clark, b. 31 Dec 1917, Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Jul 1998 (Age 80 years)
	7. Rolland L. Clark, b. 4 Jul 1920, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 15 Jul 1939, Page County, Iowa, USA (Age 19 years)

Last Modified 10 May 2020

Family ID F501 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Virginia Maxine Rowlett, b. 8 Aug 1918, Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA , d. 9 Mar 1994, Colorado, USA (Age 75 years)

Married Before 1938 [8]

Children

+	1. Allen Oren Clark
	2. Jackie Clark, b. 18 Oct 1940, Fairfax, Atchison County, Missouri, USA , d. 19 Jul 1953, Graham, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA (Age 12 years)
+	3. Iola Jewell Clark, b. 13 Aug 1942, Fairfax, Atchison County, Missouri, USA , d. 20 Jan 2006, Nebraska, USA (Age 63 years)
	4. Frankie Clark, b. [Probably no Frankie]
	5. [Unnamed premature twin male] Clark, b. 21 Dec 1944, Atchison or Nodaway County, Missouri, USA , d. 21 Dec 1944, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA (Age 0 years)
	6. [Unnamed premature twin male 2] Clark, b. 21 Dec 1944, Atchison or Nodaway County, Missouri, USA , d. 21 Dec 1944, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, USA (Age 0 years)

Last Modified 12 Feb 2022

Family ID F502 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
Family ID	F1342	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Photos		John Lawson Clark John Lawson Clark, born 6 January 1889, Howell County, Missouri. Married Minnie Matilda "May" Story.
Photos		John Lawson Clark Possibly taken in the 1920s? Place unknown.

Documents		John L. Clark and wife Minnnie Story, 1920 Howell County, MIssouri, census. 1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 7B (penned), p. 223b (stamped), dwelling 120, family 124, John L. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 13 May 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920.
Documents		Death certificate, Jackie Rader (probably born Jackie Clark). Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 25793 (1953), Jackie Rader, Nodaway County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1963,

Notes

Married a second time in North Missouri and had a couple of children. One of them named Allen. They had a little girl who died in a drowning accident while young. Allen was close to the California family group, Marion, Thelma, and David's families. [17]

Sources

[S40] Missouri - Death records 1910 - 1955 (MO Archives online), («i»Missouri Digital Heritage«/i» (http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/), "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1956," digital image,), entry for John Lawson Clark, certificate no. 17911, Jasper County, Missouri (1952) (Reliability: 3).
Division of Health, State of Missouri
Registration District 155
Primary Registration District 5579
Registrar's Number 73
State File Number 17011
Place of Death: Mineral, Jasper County, Missouri
Hospital: Jasper County TB Hospital
Length of Stay: 5 years
Usual residence: Atchison County, Missouri; Tarkio
Name: John Lawson Clark
Date of Death: 12 May 1952
Male, white, married
Date of Birth: 6 Jan 1889
Age: 62 years, 4 months, 6 days
Farmer
Born in West Plains, Missouri
Father's Name: John Clark
Mother's Name: Carolina Clark
Name of Husband/Wife: Minnie May Story
Disease leading to death: Pulmonary tuberculosis
Other conditions: diabetes
The physician of record had been treating him since August 1947. Death occurred at 10am.
Jesse E. Douglass, M.D., Webb City, Missouri
Burial 16 May 1952, Oak Hill Cemetery, Maryville, Missouri
Informant: Records
[S6545] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 March 2022), John Lawson Clark, serial no. 632, order no. 39, precinct, 2 (Benton) Howell County, Missouri; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509.
[S7] Missouri, Howell - census 1900, (1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Benton township, ED 50, sheet no. 7B, dwelling 129, family 129, John C. Clark household; (Reliability: 3), 8 Mar 2008.

[The census data for the John C. Clark family in 1900 Howell County, MO, is difficult to interpret, due to a poor digital image, taken from a poor original. As an aid to interpretation, I downloaded the census page from another source on rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/howell/howecen.htm. The digital image on rootsweb is better than the ancestry image, and with photoshop enhancement, the data was available for transcription.]
[S5197] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 7B (penned), p. 7b (stamped), dwelling 130, family 130, John C. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 November 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.
[S5277] 1910 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, North Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 5B (penned), p. 60b (stamped), dwelling 95, family 96, Samuel P. Story household, for John L. Clark family; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 784.
[S4843] 1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 7B (penned), p. 223b (stamped), dwelling 120, family 124, John L. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 13 May 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920.
[S4859] Clark Boy Killed In Auto Accident Near Braddyville, Maryville Daily Forum (Maryville, Mo.), 17 July 1939, p. 1, col. 8; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : downloaded 16 July 1953).
[S3673] 1940 U.S. census, Atchison County, Missouri, population schedule, Dale township, enumeration district (ED) 3-9, sheet 10A, p. 90 (stamped, recto), household no. 191, John Clark household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 August 2013); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2082.
[S6494] Missouri State Board of Health, death certificate no. 41752 (1944), Infant Clark, Nodaway County; "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1963,? digital images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives : accessed 12 February 2022); Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
[S377] Clark, John Lawson - Funeral arrangement sheet (1952), (Funeral arrangement sheet of John Lawson Clark, Price Funeral Home (120 E. 1st Street, Maryville, MO 64468), 12-16 May 1952; copied by Letha Marie Mowry, Research Secretary, Nodaway County Genealogical Society, May 2007; copies in the collection of Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC)).
[S271] FamilySearch.org - IGI, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((), "International Genealogical Index"), "Clark, John C. to Caroline Clark 11 April 1875, Osage Co MO" Batch # M515531, serial sheet 3010 (Reliability: 3).
[S7] Missouri, Howell - census 1900, (1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, ED 50, Sheet 7B, Dwelling 129, Family 129, John C. Clark household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

[The census data for the John C. Clark family in 1900 Howell County, MO, is difficult to interpret, due to a poor digital image, taken from a poor original. As an aid to interpretation, I downloaded the census page from another source on rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/howell/howecen.htm. The digital image on rootsweb is better than the ancestry image, and with photoshop enhancement, the data was available for transcription.]
[S272] Clark, John C. - marriage, Caroline Clark (1875), (Osage County, Missouri, Circuit Clerk (Charlene Eisterhold, PO Box 825, Linn, MO 65051), entry for John C. Clark and Miss Caroline Clark, 11 April 1875 [marriage book and page number not included by clerk with the copies]; copy received from Circuit Clerk May 2007.).
[S273] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Mt. Zion, Mt. Zion Cemetery (Howell County, Missouri; 3 miles south of South Fork on State Road EE, in Section 7, Township 22, Range 9).
[S16] Missouri, Howell - census 1910 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
[S6071] Howell County, Missouri, marriage [1908]:164, license and return, John L. Clark-Minnie M. Storey, 8 February 1908; "Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 May 2020); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .
[S53] Walker, Lula Fay DeBoard - Informal conversations, (Informal conversation between Lula Fay (DeBoard) Walker (Beaverton, OR) and her daughter Janis Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), 1984 through the present (2007).), Interview Oct 2003. (Reliability: 3).