Obama also descends from the ALLREDs of Randolph County, NC, most notably Solomon Allred. http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html >>"In Dreams from my father, Mr. Obama states, on p. 13: " ... one of my great-great-grandfathers, Christopher Columbus Clark, had been a decorated Union soldier, his wife's mother was rumored to have been a second cousin of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy". This statement is incorrect, as Christopher Columbus Clark [number 54, above] was Mr. Obama's great-great-great-grandfather, not his great-great-grandfather. The rumored connection of Clark's wife's mother, Mrs. Louisiana Duvall Overall [number 111, above], to Jefferson Davis appears to be incorrect. Barbara Clark Rees, a descendant of Alpheus Clark, a brother of Christopher Columbus Clark, writes to say that the parents of Alpheus and Christopher Columbus Clark were Thomas Clark and Elizabeth Davis, and that the correct tradition is that the relationship to Jefferson Davis is through the mother, not the mother-in-law, of Christopher Columbus Clark. "<<
Interesting Tim, my grand daughter is married to an Allred that were in NC and then TN ending up in WY, I have his genealogy as his mother is a strong Mormon. Thelma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Walls" <twwalls@prodigy.net> To: "Fay Clark" <gmcflc@bellsouth.net> Cc: "Randolph County NC List" <ncrandol@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:01 AM Subject: [NCRANDOL] Obama's CLARK connection > Obama also descends from the ALLREDs of Randolph County, NC, most notably > Solomon Allred. > > http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html > >>>"In Dreams from my father, Mr. Obama states, on p. 13: " ... one of my >>>great-great-grandfathers, Christopher Columbus Clark, had been a >>>decorated Union soldier, his wife's mother was rumored to have been a >>>second cousin of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy". This >>>statement is incorrect, as Christopher Columbus Clark [number 54, above] >>>was Mr. Obama's great-great-great-grandfather, not his >>>great-great-grandfather. > > The rumored connection of Clark's wife's mother, Mrs. Louisiana Duvall > Overall [number 111, above], to Jefferson Davis appears to be incorrect. > Barbara Clark Rees, a descendant of Alpheus Clark, a brother of > Christopher Columbus Clark, writes to say that the parents of Alpheus and > Christopher Columbus Clark were Thomas Clark and Elizabeth Davis, and that > the correct tradition is that the relationship to Jefferson Davis is > through the mother, not the mother-in-law, of Christopher Columbus Clark. > "<< > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCRANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >