Ola Belle Walker

Other Events:

• 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.

Family/Spouse: Edwin Clark. Edwin (son of Vespasian "Vess" Clark and Marian Dorcas Walker) was born on 13 Apr 1874 in Illinois, USA; died on 31 Aug 1952 in Dallas County, Dallas, Texas, USA; was buried in Navarro County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children: 2. Randall C. Clark   was born about 1917-1919 in Oklahoma, USA. 3. 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.

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

Children: 4. Marvin Henderson

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

• Parents: His obituary appears on his FindAGrave listing, though it is not sourced. It names his parents as Edwin Clark and Ola Belle Walker.
• Census: 24 Apr 1940, Post Prison, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA; Clark, Rufus R., prisoner, male, white, 19, single, highest grade 4, born Oklahoma, 1935 was residing in Altis, Jackson County, Oklahoma, not a farm, institution
• NEWS: Jun 1950, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA; News item stating that Rufus Ray Clark attempted to rob the Summerall grocery store.
• NEWS: 11 Aug 1950, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA; Rufus Ray Clark given a 5-year suspended sentence in the attempted burglary of Summeral Grocery.
• Obituary: Abt September 1952; REEDSVILLE -- Rufus Ray "Tex" Clark Sr., 82, of 64 S. Main St., Reedsville, died at 3:15 a.m. Monday, May 19, 2003, at his residence. Born Jan. 27, 1921, in Coleman, OK, he was a son of the late Edwin and Ola Belle (Walker) Clark. His wife, Virginia C. (Johnson) Clark, died Jan. 6, 1999. Surviving are: a son, Rufus R. Clark, Jr. and his wife Linda, Marquez, TX; a step-granddaughter whom he raised, Beth Kough, Reedsville; a grandson, Matthew J. Clark, Kansas, OK; two step-children, Janice M. Neff, Duncansville, and Michael C. Kough, Lewistown; twin sister, Ruth Braxton, Amarillo, TX; a sister, Mary Lou Simpson, Pampa, TX; a half-sister, Loretta Henderson, OK; an aunt, Evelyn Hutson, Lufkin, TX; five step-great-grandchildren and four step-great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by: a brother, Randall Clark; four half-brothers, Clifford Putman, Chester Putman, Barney Putman and Marvin J. Henderson. He worked at Metlmex Corp., Lewistown, at New Holland, Belleville, and he owned and operated Big Valley Auction Center, Reedsville. He retired in 1985. He served in the U.S. Army. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Bohn Funeral Home, Reedsville, with Rev. John S. Walters and Ronald E. Neff officiating. Interment will be in Juniata Memorial Park. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home
• Residence: Sep 1952, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA; His father's obituary states he was residing in Corsicana.

Notes:

Located a Rufus R. Clark in Corsican and emailed him on 10 April 2014 at rrcj49@yahoo.com

Requested DNA testing

Family/Spouse: Dorothy Jean Cannon. Dorothy died in 1999. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children: 6. Rufus Ray Clark, Jr [DNA]   was born about 1949.

Rufus married Ruth Elizabeth Keeton in Jan 1951 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Email: queenlilliebee@gmail.com GedMatch A247882
• RESEARCH: 5 Dec 2014;

  Email sent to Linda Clark Korenek (queenlilliebee@gmail.com)

  "Hi, Linda, I have gone through my more than 40 kits to find those that match you, and have had some interesting results (color-coded by sibling of descent): Elmer L. Best (Samuel Allen Walker line), 53 total cMs, longest segment 33 cMs, 10 segments; he is your 5th cousin once removed, but the amount of cMs indicates more like 3rd cousin, or 2nd cousin twice removed. However, this is probably accounted for by the fact that Elmer comes down from Samuel Walker in two different lines, so he got a double shot of Walker DNA. Luanna Leisure (Elizabeth Walker & James Hartley line), 41 total cMs, longest segment 16 cMs, 9 segments; she is your 5th cousin, but number of shared cMs indicates more like 3rd. James Ethmer Lynch (Elizabeth Walker & James Hartley line), 64 total cMs, 19 longest segment, 13 segments; also 5th cousin, he and Luanna Leisure are siblings. He shares even a little more with you than she does, reflecting more like 3rd cousin. Gerald Hartley (Elizabeth Walker & James Hartley line), 56 cMs total, 37 cMs longest segment, 11 segments; he is your 4th cousin, once removed. The number of cMs tend to suggest 3rd cousin. Ernest Dale Walker (Jacob Walker line), 91 cMs total, 24 cMs longest segment, 18 segments; he is your 2nd cousin 1x removed; your match to him is right in line with that. Edward L. Walker (Jacob Walker line), 106 cMs total, 43 cMs longest segment, 9 segments; he is your 4th cousin, and yet the number of shared cMs suggests 2nd cousin Rufus Ray Clark, Jr. (Jacob Walker, first cousin?), 878 cMs total, 81 cMs longest segment, 42 segments; you are (if I am right) the first cousin of Rufus Ray Clark, Jr. The degree of you match suggests exactly that relationship. Bonnie L. Compton (Elijah Walker & first wife Matilda King line), 84 cMs total, 54 longest, 13 segments; Bonnie (who recently died) was your 4th cousin 1x removed. The amount of share cMs suggest more like 2nd-3rd cousin. Leon Walker (Elijah Walker & first wife Matilda King line), 53 cMs total, 31 cMs longest, 12 segments; Leon is also your 4th cousin 1x removed. Your shared DNA suggests more like 2nd-3rd cousins Paul Walker (Elijah Walker & first wife Matilda King line), 60 cMs total, 31 cMs longest, 14 segments; is also your 4th cousin 1x removed. Your shared DNA suggests more like 2nd-3rd cousins You reflected no matches with: Mary ?Polly? Walker and George Brazzell line (however, we have only 2 tests on this line, and I only have access to one of those?haven?t found out about the other yet) Joseph H. Walker & Mary Gage line (several tests and was able to check all but one; this line is the most tenuous as a proposed sibling) George H. Walker line (only have two tests, and they are siblings) It?s hard to know exactly how to interpret these results. The fact that the number of cMs you share with many of these Walker descendants tends to suggest that you share more than one ancestor with us?possibly the Walker line of Ola Belle Walker and her father goes back to the same family, as you mentioned. I did a little research on it and see no clear path, but that doesn?t really mean much when you get back that far. If you would like to log on and check your account for matches to these individuals, whose accounts I cannot access, I would love to know the total number of cMs of the match, and the longest segment. The number of segments (which you can find if you compare with them on the chromosome browser) would also be nice! Samuel Allen Walker line Lee Lallier Stephen Edward Belter Roy Andrew Seaton, II Mary ?Polly? (Walker) Brazzel linel Wilson Glenn Hatcher Jacob Walker line Rayna Moore Jon Bjorkman Joseph H. Walker line Dana Sue Tilley Elijah Walker line Richard Hubbard Best, Janis"

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