Would either of you have a Nancy Clark(e) in your families? She married Almon Coats in Angelica, Allegany Co., NY in 1840. They then lived in Friendship, Allegany Co., NY, then went to OH, on to IL, and then to MN and NE. She had children: Walter Scott, Florence, Albert W., Clark Allen, Electa, and Hattie. > Subject: > [CLARKE] Re: Percy Clarke and California Clarkes > Date: > 29 Jul 2001 04:59:23 -0600 > From: > clarkedj@infoblvd.net > To: > CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > The Percy Clarke I know of, lived in Allegany County, NY in the > 1800s and 1900s, and was the oldest son of Chester Smedley > Clarke. My grandfather, Ford Stillman Clarke, was one of > Percy's younger brothers. Their brother, Clarence had a son > Peter who lives in California now and I am in touch with him. > > ______________________________ > > > Subject: > [CLARKE] Chester and Percy Clarke > Date: > 29 Jul 2001 05:05:24 -0600 > From: > clarkedj@infoblvd.net > To: > CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Chester is my gg-grandfather, was born in Scott, NY in 1849, > moved to Alfred NY in 1868 or so, to go to school. He married > Ann Ophelia Stillman and took to farming in Nile, NY until > about 1898, when he took over his father-in-law's farm. He > left the family in 1905, and moved to Binghamton, NY, where he > had a shoe repair shop and owned a number of properties (having > been a significant stockholder in the Celadon Terra Cotta > Company). He died in 1925, and was buried in Chenango Valley > Cemetery. Ophelia is buried in Seattle, WA where she had > joined her daughter in the 1930s, I believe. > > ______________________________