OK thinking out loud - your W. H. Clark's his son was born 15 Feb 1862 so W, H. could have been born about 1840, not much later, but maybe earlier. Now the Ohio family we have did include William D. Clark Born: December 21, 1832 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania Died: Aft. 1887 in Illinois, near Champaign. So he died in the wrong place and may have the wrong middle initial. He did have son William A. Born: January 8, 1882. But he doesn't fit. We also have William Holmes Clark Born: October 25, 1927 in Hopewell Township, Perry County, Ohio, on his father's farm. He is my brother-in-law and is living in Tacoma, Washington. In this ocean of Clarks we have only a handful of castaways. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn N. Lewis" <[email protected]> To: "Arthur Laube" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [CLARKE] Re: Clark Family > Hi, > > Here is what I have: > > W. H. Clark, b.? > Date ? > Mar. ? > Death? > > Only child I know about: > > Harper Bryant Clark > B. Brookhaven MS (?) > 15 Feb 1862 > Married a widow Malvina Cauthen McCool in 1890's (He may have been a widower > himself) > Died: 13 June 1932, Canton, Madison Co., MS > > Children: > > Burton Bryant > Harper Jr. (my grandfather) > Robert > John Burdett > Campbell (died in infancy) > > We are related to the Cauthen family irregardless of how it is spelled, > Kirkwood family and Campbell families. > > Robert and his wife and son, Kirkwood, went to Chicago, I think in the > 1940's. All are dead. the other boys did not have children except for my > grandfather Harper. He married Viola Hoffmann in Madison County (I sure it > was Canton MS. They had one child, my mother, Doris Virginia. > > I really hope something rings some bells. I have been researching the Clark > line for over 2 years and only discovered W. H. Clark 2 years ago. > > Thanks so much, > > Lynn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arthur Laube" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:32 PM > Subject: Re: [CLARKE] Re: Clark Family > > > > Lynn - I lost track of the family after they went to Champagne, Ill. If > > the names our common - tell me what you know about them and we will see if > > there is a fit. Regards Hal > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Lynn N. Lewis" <[email protected]> > > To: "Arthur Laube" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [CLARKE] Re: Clark Family > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Did any of your Clarks go to Mississippi? Please let me know as you > have > > > several names that are in my line. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Lynn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Arthur Laube" <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:22 PM > > > Subject: [CLARKE] Re: Clark Family > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Cousin Vicki - apparently you and my wife, Betty Jean Clark of > > > > Glenford, Ohio, aka BJ, have Thomas and Hannah as common > grandparents. > > > > That is wonderful. You are the first of their surviving descendants, > > > > except for immediate family, that we have had the pleasure of > meeting. > > > > > > > > Let us get acquainted. Thomas and Hannah are my wife's > > g-g-granparents. > > > > If you are of her generation then you are third-cousins - if you are > > > younger > > > > than BJ then you are once or twice removed. At a recent luncheon with > > my > > > > Lauve first-cousins, omne of my cousins said, "Thank God for > cousins." > > > As > > > > you get into the last half century of your life on this earth, and > have > > no > > > > parents, no aunts, no uncles - that comment is very meaningful. And > of > > > > course for those of us writing about our ancestors there is always the > > > > chance that a cousin will know something we don't. > > > > > > > > Here is a bit of what we know. We have written a book about Thomas > and > > > > Hannah's Perry County descendants. We determined in 1984 to write > > > whatever > > > > we could find and add a bit of historicaly correct fiction to their > > > story. > > > > We wrote for our children and close cousins.We have eight grandparents > > and > > > > we have writen a book about six of them. We have all the data we are > > > going > > > > to get for the seventh, one of my grandparents, and we are putting it > > > > together. The eighth is a Campbell grandmother - wife of Elmer > > Elsworth > > > > Clark, grandson of Thomas and Hannah. The bare bones of the Campbell > > line > > > > have long been documented back to the first of the clan to enter > > Guernsey > > > > County in 1804, from memory. We have added info on a couple of > spouses. > > > But > > > > that last book will give us a chance to reintroduce some early Ohio > > > > History - > > > > > > > > The Clark story was our first. It has several serious errors in it. > We > > > did > > > > some guessing and did not properly indicate that we were guessing. > As > > we > > > > went along we came to realize that what we write is not solely for our > > > > children's entertainement but that we must clearly indicate when we > are > > > > making an assumption without reasonable documentation. (If one only > > > > publishes what can be documented by a first source - there would be > very > > > > little published - and since census eumerators and ministers who could > > not > > > > spell very well - much of that so called documented datga would be in > > > > accurate. > > > > > > > > We have no documented facts concerning Thomas and Hannah before they > > > came > > > > to Madison Township about 1833, son James was born in Ohio 1834. Let > us > > > find > > > > out what you may have - have you seen " Portrait and Biographical > > Album > > > of > > > > Champaign, Illinois - 1887." Celia G. Snyder - [email protected] > > sent > > > > that to us several years ago. > > > > > > > > Thomas died August 9, 1854 and is buried in Mt. Perry. There are two > > > dates > > > > of birth. Birth location not given. For some reason unknown to us > > > Hannah > > > > sold the farm and took her minor children to Champaign, Illinois. > She > > > > never married but was a very succesfull farmer. Seems immposible - we > > > take > > > > our hat off to that lady. But why did she not stay Ohio? Her married > > son > > > > John Milton was quite well off and her married daughter Margaret > > Melick > > > > was also quite well off. We have speculated but leave that for an > other > > > > time. > > > > > > > > OK.. I have some wonderful Lake Michigan Coho Salmon - caught on my > > 83rd > > > > Birthday, june 30, and my grandson's birthday - four miles off > downtown > > > > Chicago. They have been iced down and frozen and are as fresh as the > > > > minute we caught them. I am going to call myh daughter in Winettka > and > > > tell > > > > her what I am doing- then I am going to smoke most of the batch and > > grill > > > > enough for supper. > > > > > > > > Cousin Vicky - let us hear from you. Vanessa is a jewel. Our very > > best > > > > personal regarda Hal and BJ > > > > > > > > we live in Chapel Hill, NC. send me you telephone number and I will > > call > > > > you some weekend... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > > > Message Board > Clarke ~ copies to the CLARKE-L > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.clarke > > > > List Manager's address [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > CLARKE Archives & List search > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clarke > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CLARKE > > > >