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John C. Clark

John C. Clark

Male 1849 - 1933  (84 years)

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  • Name John C. Clark  [1
    Born 3 Mar 1849  Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1. John L. Clark, 36, male, farmer, real estate $400, North Carolina
    2. Lydia Clark, 33, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. Leonard Clark, 14, male, Tennessee
    4. James Clark, 13, male, Tennessee
    5. William Clark, 11, male, Tennessee
    6. Thomas Clark, 10, male, Tennessee
    7. Rebecca Clark, 6, female, Tennessee
    8. Mary Clark, 4, female, Tennessee
    9. John Clark, 1, male, Tennessee  
    Census 1860  Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1. J.L. Clark, 50, male, farmer, real estate $2500, personal $200, Virginia
    2. [Ludy? Lidy?] Clark, 43, female, Tennessee
    3. James Clark, 22, male, Tennessee
    4. Thomas Clark, 17, male, Tennessee, attended school within the year
    5. Willy Clark, 13, male, Missouri, attended school within the year
    6. John C. Clark, 10, male, Missouri, attended school within the year
    7. Franklin P. Clark, 7, male, Missouri, attended school within the year
    8. L.E. Clark, 3, female, Missouri
    9. Benton Clark, 8, male, Missouri, attended school within the year  
    Census 21 Jun 1870  Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    1. Clark, John C., 21, male, white, farmer, real estate $600, personal $280, Missouri
    2. _____, Mary, 22, female, white, keeping house, Missouri
    3. _____, Lucinda, 9 months, female white, at home, Missouri
    4. _____, Louisa, 9 months, female, white, at home, Missouri 
    Census (State) 1876  Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    1. Clark, John C., male 21-45
    2. _____, Susan C., female, 21-45
    3. _____, Lucinda F., female, under 10
    4. _____, George F., male, under 10
    5. _____, Franklin P., male 21-45
    6. _____, Sarah [S.?], female, 12-18
    7. _____, John L., male, over 41
    8. _____, Lydia A., female, over 41 
    Census 29 Jun 1880  Benton township, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    1. Clark, John, white, male, 30, married, farmer, Missouri, [blank], [blank]
    2. _____, Caroline, white, female, 26, wife, married, keeping house, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
    3. _____, George F., white, male, 8, son, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
    4. _____, Minie [Minnie], white, female, 3, daughter, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee
    5. _____, Monroe, white, male, 1, son, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee 
    Census 18 Jun 1900  Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    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 16 Apr 1910  Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    1. Clark, John C., head, male, white, 61, widowed, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule no. 30
    2. _____, William A. M., son, male, white, 19, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, farm laborer, home farm, can read and write
    3. _____, Bessie F., daughter, female, white, 16, single, Missouri, Missouri, Tennessee, can read and write, not attending school
    3. Black, Bessie May, granddaughter, female, white, 11, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, can read and write, attending school 
    Census 22 Jan 1920  Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    1. Clark, John C., head, owns, farm, male, white, 70, married, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Tennessee, farmer, general farming, own account, farm schedule 119
    2. _____, Jennie L. [Lula Beaman], wife, female, white, 5 [50], can read and write, Missouri, North Caroina, Missouri
    3. Devine, Tomie [Tommy], grandson, male, white, 12, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri
    4. _____, Blanche, granddaughter, female, white, 6, attending school, Missouri, Kentucky, Missouri 
    Census 15 Apr 1930  Benton township, Howell County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    1. Clark, John, head, owns, farm, male, white, 81, married, first married age 19, can read and write, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, farmer, general farm, farm schedule no. 64
    2. _____, Lula, wife, female, white, married, first married age 21, Missouri, North Carolina, Missouri retail merchant, grocery store
    3. _____, Bill, grandson, male, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, farm labor, general farm 
    NEWS 12 May 1932  West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Sheriff orders sale of 160 acres belonging to John C. Clark, Sec. 2, Twp 22N, R 10W. Sale scheduled for 7 June 1932, courthouse steps.  
    Died 6 Jul 1933  Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11
    Buried South Fork-Mt. Zion Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I2725  Full
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2022 

    Father John Lawson Clark,   b. Abt 1814, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1876  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Lydia Ward,   b. Abt 1817, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1876  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married Abt 1832  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Family ID F948  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Patsy Sutton,   b. Jun 1850, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1868  (Age ~ 17 years) 
    Married 17 Sep 1866  Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15
    • Need to obtain book and page number, which clerk omitted when sending.
    Children 
     1. Ivy J. Clark,   b. 7 Sep 1868,   d. 18 Sep 1881  (Age 13 years)
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F917  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Ann Sutton,   b. 28 Mar 1848, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1874, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 27 Dec 1868  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18
    Children 
     1. Louisa Clark,   b. Aug 1869, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Before 1876, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 6 years)
     2. Lucinda Clark,   b. Aug 1869, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. George Frank Clark,   b. 25 Apr 1871, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1959, Vivians Nursing Home, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F918  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Susan Caroline Clark,   b. 14 Jan 1854, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1908, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1875  Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 19, 20, 21
    Children 
    +1. Minnie Belle Clark,   b. Abt 1877, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1900, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 23 years)
    +2. James Monroe Clark,   b. 10 Apr 1879, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1943, Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    +3. Ausker Ed Clark,   b. 21 Sep 1883, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1972  (Age 88 years)
    +4. Ida M. Clark,   b. Jun 1886, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1916, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years)
    +5. John Lawson Clark,   b. 6 Jan 1889, Amy, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1952, Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +6. William Andrew Murvin "Murven" Clark,   b. 12 May 1891, South Fork, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1982, West Plains, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +7. Bessie F. Clark,   b. 23 Nov 1893, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1983  (Age 89 years)
    +8. Leroy Clark,   b. 13 Jun 1896, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1993  (Age 96 years)
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F916  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Lula Beaman,   b. 21 Nov 1869, Windsor, Henry County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1931, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1915  [2, 22
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F62  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    John C. Clark (1849-1933), son of John Lawson Clark and Lydia Ward; husband of Susan Caroline Clark.
    John C. Clark (1849-1933), son of John Lawson Clark and Lydia Ward; husband of Susan Caroline Clark.
    georgesprice [George S. Price?], "Price Family Tree," John C. Clark, photo, tree pages, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 28 February 2016).

  • Notes 
    • Lula CLARK his final wife - may have been the widow of his cousin Louis W. Clark. IF so, her maiden name was Lula Lusty Turner. More research is necessary on this point. See the file under Louis W. Clark, son of George T. Clark.
    • (Research):Wrote to Osage co circuit clerk, enclosing copying charges to obtain marriage data on John C. Clark's first three marriages: Patsy Sutton, her sister, and Caroline Clark. May 7 2007.

  • Sources 
    1. [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).

    2. [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 C. Clark, Howell County, Missouri, certificate no. 22990 (1933) (Reliability: 3), 8 May 2007.
      Registration District No. 336 (386?)
      Primary Registration District No: 5538
      File # 22990
      Registered No. 12
      Place of Death: Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri
      John C. Clark male, white, widowed
      Wife: Lula Clark
      Date of birth: 3 March 1849

    3. [S5200] 1870 U.S. census, Osage County, Missouri, population schedule, Crawford township, p. 38 (penned), p. 97b (stamped), dwelling 287, family 289, John C. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 November 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 796. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7163/4273715_00198/6027722.

    4. [S5201] 1876 Missouri State census, Osage County, Crawford township, p. 43 [stamped], line 29, John C. Clark and household; ?Missouri, State Census Collection, 1844-1881,? digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 November 2017); citing Missouri State Censuses, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

    5. [S5199] 1880 U.S. census, Osage County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 115, page 43 (penned), p. 402a (stamped), dwelling 378, family 383, John Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 November 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 707. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6742/4242028-00391/48585549.

    6. [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.

    7. [S5198] 1910 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, North Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 2A (penned), p. 57a (stamped), dwelling 26, family 26, John C. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 23 November 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 784.

    8. [S5235] 1920 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 7A (penned), p. 223a (stamped), dwelling 115, family 119, John C. Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 December 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 920.

    9. [S5275] 1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Benton township, enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 3B (penned), p 3b [stamped], dwelling 65, family 67, John Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 December 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1191.

    10. [S6546] "Execution Sale" The Journal-Gazette (West Plains, Mo.), 12 May 1932, p. 7, col. 4, for sale of land of John C. Clark, by sheriff; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 14 March 2022).

    11. [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 C. Clark, Howell County, Missouri, certificate no. 22990 (1933) (Reliability: 3), 8 May 2007.
      Registration District No. 336 (386?)
      Primary Registration District No: 5538
      File # 22990
      Registered No. 12
      Place of Death: Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri
      John C. Clark male, white, widowed
      Wife: Lula Clark
      Date of birth: 3 March 1849
      84 years, 3 months, 3 days
      farmer
      Father: "can't tell", bp Tenn
      Mother: "can't tell", bp Tenn
      Informant: A.E. Clark
      Burial Mt. Zion, 7 July 1933
      Date of death 6 July 1933
      Cause of death: senility
      Signed by J.W. Black, MD, South Fork, Mo

    12. [S295] Clark, John L. (1814) - email (Margaret H. Gentges, 17 July 1998), (Margaret H. Gentges [e-mail address for private use] to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 17 July 1998; regarding the Clark and Sutton families of Osage County, Missouri).

    13. [S274] Missouri - Marriage Index 1851 - 1900 (Ancestry), («i»Ancestry.com«/i» (), subscription database, "Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900," compiled by Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, from microfilm copies of original county documents.), Osage County Court Records, Film # 0913741 - 0913744 (Reliability: 3).
      Clark, John
      Gender: Male
      Spouse: Patsie Sutton
      Marriage Date: Sep 27, 1866
      County: Osage
      More About: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 0913741 - 0913744

    14. [S275] Clark, John C. - marriage, Patsy Sutton (1866), (Osage County, Missouri, Circuit Clerk (PO Box 825, Linn, MO 65051), entry for John C. Clark and Patsie Sutton, 27 Sept 1866 [marriage book and page number not included by clerk with the copies]; copy received from Circuit Clerk May 2007.).

    15. [S74] Missouri - Marriage records 1802-2002 (Ancestry), ("Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital image, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com)), Osage County, John Clark-Miss Patsy Sutton, [no book number/letter, no title page], p. 123, 27 September 1866, (Reliability: 3), 9 Jun 2008.

    16. [S271] FamilySearch.org - IGI, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((), "International Genealogical Index"), Clark, John C. to Mary A. Sutton 27 Dec 1868, Osage Co MO Batch M515531, Serial Sheet 2250 (Reliability: 3).

    17. [S277] Clark, Lenard - Clark family (Jim Clark email), (Jim Clark to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 26 Aug 1997; regarding the Lenard Clark family, and descendants.), E-mail d 22 May 1998 "He next married her sister, Mary Ann Sutton on Dec. 27, 1868.€ Mary Ann was born March 28, 1848." (Reliability: 3).
      "He next married her sister, Mary Ann Sutton on Dec. 27, 1868. Mary Ann was born March 28, 1848."

    18. [S274] Missouri - Marriage Index 1851 - 1900 (Ancestry), («i»Ancestry.com«/i» (), subscription database, "Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900," compiled by Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, from microfilm copies of original county documents.), Osage County Court Records, Film # 0913741 - 0913744 (Reliability: 4).
      Clark, John C.
      Gender: Male
      Spouse: Mary A. Sutton
      Marriage Date: Dec 27, 1868
      County: Osage
      More About: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 0913741 - 0913744

    19. [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).

    20. [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.]

    21. [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.).

    22. [S5860] "Many Attend Funeral Of Mrs. J. C. Clark," The West Plains Journal (West Plains, Mo.), 11 June 1931, p. 1, col. 5; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 15 October 2019).