Minnie Mathilda "May" Story b. 2 Dec 1888 Arkansas, USA d. 8 Feb 1923 Missouri, USA: Our Family History

1888 - 1923 (34 years)

Name	Minnie Mathilda "May" Story
Born	2 Dec 1888	Arkansas, USA [1]
Gender	Female
Census	1 Jun 1900	Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA [2]
	1. Samuel P. Story, white, male, March 1856, 44, widowed, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky, farmer, can read and write, owns farm, no mortgage, farm schedule 1 2. Jesse E. Story, daughter, white, female, Feb 1885, 15, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, attended school 4 months this year, can read and write 3. Minnie M. Story, daughter, white, female, Dec 1887, 12, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, attended school 3 months, can read and write 4. Charty F. Story, daughter, white, female, Dec 1889, 11, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois, attended school 3 months this year, can read and write 5. George Story, son, white, male, Sept 1892, 8, Missouri, Illinois, Illinois 6. Samuel Story, son, white, male, Dec [1894?], Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois 7. Lizzie Story, daughter, white, female, Sept 1896, 3, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois
Census	23 Apr 1910	Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [3]
	1. Story, Samuel P., head, male, white, 54, widowed, Illinois, Illinois, Kentucky, farmer, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage 2. _____, Samuel A., son, male, white, 16, single, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois, farm labor, can read and write, attended school this year 3. Clark, John L., son-in-law, male, white, 20, first marriage, married 2 years, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farmer, can read and write, renting farm 4. _____, Minnie, daughter, female, white, 21, first marriage, married 2 years, 1 child 1 living, Arkansas, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 5. _____, Irene, grand daughter, female, white, 1, Missouri, Missouri, Arkansas
Newspaper Article	18 Jul 1912	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [4]
	West Plains Journal-Gazette: "Mrs. John Clark of Willow Springs arrived in this city last Friday and went to South Fork for a visit with her father, Sam P. Story.\"
Census	22 Jan 1920	Benton township, Howell County, Missouri, USA [5]
	1. John L. Clark, head, renting, male, white, 32, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farmer 2. May M. Clark, wife, female, white, 32, married, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 3. Irean D. Clark, daughter, female, white, 11, attended school within the year, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 4. Raymond L. Clark, son, male, white, 9, attended school within the year, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 5. [Maren?] Clark, daughter, female, white, 8, attended school within the year, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 6. Edna Clark, daughter, female, white, 5, attended school within the year, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 7. David L. Clark, son, male, white, 4, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri 8. Thelma Clark, daughter, female, white, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri
Obituary	8 Feb 1923	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [6]
	From the West Plains Journal: "Mrs. May Clark of Amy Succumbs After Brief Illness Mrs. May Clark, age 33 years, died at her home near Amy, in the southern part of Howell county, Thursday morning at 6 o\' clock following a few days illness from influenza and complications. her sister, Mrs. Charles Lape of West Plains, who conducts the Oriental Hotel on South street, was called to her bedside the day before her death. The deceased is survived by her husband, seven young children, an aged father, S. P. Story of Amy, three sisters, Mrs. Willia Carter of Amy, Mrs. Harry Duggar of Springfield, and the sister residing in West Plains, two brothers, Sam Story of Mt. Grove and George Story of Westboro, Mo. All the above relatives attended the funeral services which were conducted at Mt. Zion church Friday."
Died	8 Feb 1923	Missouri, USA [7]
Buried	Aft 8 Feb 1923	Mt. Zion Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA [8, 9]
Obituary	15 Feb 1923	West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA [10]
	From The Journal-Gazette: "Dies A Victim of Influenza Mrs. May Clark, wife of John Clark a farmer residing at Amy, in the southwest part of this county, died Friday morning at 6 o'clock from influenza. The funeral was held the following day at Mt. Zion church and interment was in Mt. Zion cemetery in the southern part of the county. Mrs. Clark is survived by a husband and three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Charles Lape, of West Plains; Mrs. Harry Dugger, of Springfield; Mrs. Willie Carter, Amy, Sam Story, Mountain Grove, and George Story, Westbro. S. P. Story, of Amy, is her father."
Person ID	I1242	Full
Last Modified	17 Mar 2021

Father	Samuel Patterson Story, b. 3 Mar 1856, Illinois, USA , d. 17 May 1928, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA (Age 72 years)
Mother	Minnie Ellen Hill, b. Abt 1869, Illinois, USA , d. 2 Jan 1899, Pitts, Poinsett County, Arkansas (Age ~ 30 years)
Married	22 Mar 1884	Howell County, Missouri, USA [11, 12, 13]
	The Story Resource book offers their marriage date as 22 Mar 1884. However, the Howell Co Marriage book states: S. P. Story- Minnie M. Hill 23 Feb 1884, by J. W. Mustion, MG. The latter must be in error, as the marriage license application is dated 22 March 1884. It states Sam's age as 28, and Minnie's age as 14.
Family ID	F784	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family John Lawson Clark, b. 6 Jan 1889, Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA , d. 12 May 1952, Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA (Age 63 years)

Married 8 Feb 1908 Howell County, Missouri, USA [14, 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

Photos

Minnie Matilda "May" Story, born 2 December 1888, Arkansas.
Detail from marriage photo with her husband, John Lawson Clark, 1908.

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,
Documents	$Obituary, Minnie Matilda \'May\' (Story) Clark, 1923, West Plains, MO$	Obituary, Minnie Matilda \"May\" (Story) Clark, 1923, West Plains, MO

Notes

Cannot find a Missouri death certificate. Could she have died elsewhere?

Ordered Arkansas death certificate (attempt) through VitalCheck on 7 May 2007. Order #VTI-223. Expedited. They telephone 10 May 2007, with a few additional questions, but it looks unlikely that they will find a record of her death.

Sources

[S7] Missouri, Howell - census 1900, (1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule), Benton township, ED 50, sheet no. 1A, dwelling 1, family 1, Samuel P. Story household; (Reliability: 3), 9 Mar 2008.
[S5534] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule , Benton township, ED 50, sheet no. 1A, dwelling 1, family 1, Samuel P. Story household;. digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.
[S5535] 1910 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township (north half), ED 75, sheet no. 5B, dwelling 95, family 96, Samuel P. Story household: digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Jan 2008); citing National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 784.
[S5575] \"Those Who Come and Go\"The Journal-Gazette (West Plains, Mo.), 18 July 1912, p. 8, col. 4, item regarding Mrs. John Clark; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 24 February 2019).
[S5536] 1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, ED 86, sheet no. 7B, dwelling 120, family 124, John L. Clark household;. digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920.
[S5563] ?Mrs. May Clark of Amy Succumbs After Brief Illness,? The West Plains Journal (West Plains, Mo.), 8 February 1923, p. 1, col. 3; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 20 February 2019).
[S700] Missouri, Howell - Cemetery, Mt. Zion, (3 miles south of South Fork on State Road EE, in Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri in section 7, township 22, range 9), marker for Minnie May Clark (Reliability: 3).
[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).).
[S52] Missouri, Howell - Cemeteries, 1795-1987 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1988.).
[S5861] "Dies A Victim of Influenza," The Journal-Gazette (West Plains, Mo.), 15 February 1923, p. 5, col. 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 15 October 2019).
[S237] Story Resource Book, Mrs. Arthur Zeigle, (703 East 7th Maryville MO 64458 Info passed on to me by Elizabeth Story Moore.).
[S6] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 1, 1866-1889 (book, Gen Soc'y), Audrey Teeter Caplinger, Irene McDaniel Kimberlin, Idell Vest Vaughan, transcribers, (West Plains, Missouri: South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, n.d.).
S.P. Story to Minnie M. Hill, on 23 Feb 1884, Howell County, Missouri.
[S4875] Howell County, Missouri, marriage license application no. 337, S. P. Storey-Minnie H. Hill (1884); digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 3 August 2015) > "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991" > Howell > Marriage Applications 1881-1891 > images 717-718. .
[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
[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. .