Hello everyone- This is some of my Clark ancestry from Erath County, Texas. Anyone make any connections or have anything to offer? Descendants of George Marshall Clark Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE MARSHALL2 CLARK (JOEL1) was born 17 Nov 1849 in Missouri Twp, Pike Co. AR, US1,2,3,4,5, and died 01 Aug 1925 in Stephenville, Erath Co, TX, US6,7. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) CATHERINE ANN HILTERBRAND 03 Oct 1878, daughter of JOHN HILTERBRAND and SOPHIA SMATHERS. He married (3) ANNIE HARRISON 1914. Notes for GEORGE MARSHALL CLARK: R257 - Letter from Harvey C. Byrd, Grand Secretary of Masonic Lodge. Records reflect the following: G.M. Clark Stephenville Lodge, No. 267 Initiated 7-12-1890 Passed 9-12-1890 Raised 1-8-1891 Died 8-1-1925 Served as Senior Steward 1901 Notes for CATHERINE ANN HILTERBRAND: The following was written by J.D. Jackson, Baptist Minister. Catherine Clark died 14 May 1911. ----------------------------------------- " In Memoriam Catherine Ann Hilterbrand Clark I was summoned to take part in conducting the funeral service of Mrs. Katy Clark, wife of our dearly beloved Geo. M. Clark. Deceased had been a good and useful member since organization of the Methodist Church of Smith Springs. During nearly a quarter of century I have lived almost in sight of the smoke of the chimney of the family. I have worked in Mr. Clark's fields, have eaten at his table, and slept in his home, and can speak advisedly of the Christian life of the deceased. She was in deed and in truth salt of the earth. And in her death the Church neighborhood, her husband, and her children have met with a loss which cannot be expressed in words. Their home was a home of charity. It has been an adage in the community that no one ever went to the Clark house for a favor and was turned away. In these graces husband and his wife were equally matched. Their hearts were open doors through which the needy and distressed found entrance and relief. Both have walked the rugged path of life, hand in hand and heart in heart performing God's required duties six days in the week of doing religion. But, alas, the end has come and God has said to Sister Clark, "Come up higher, your work is ended." I will say to my dear friend Geo. M. Clark, "You carry with you in this saddest hour of your life, the sympathy of the multitudes of friends who mingle their tears with yours as you journey on until God shall call you up to the home of the beloved." Deceased was 51 years old, was mother of eleven children some of whom preceded her to Celestial regions above. - J.D. Jackson " ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- Children of GEORGE CLARK and CATHERINE HILTERBRAND are: i. ADA C3 CLARK, b. 18798; d. 1921, Near Sidney, TX; m. BAKER, 1897. ii. J T (JACK) CLARK, b. 1880; d. 1922; m. LINNIE WITHERS. iii. MATTIE CLARK, b. 21 Aug 1882; d. 1966, Stephenville, Erath Co, TX; m. JASPER FANNIN, 1897. iv. HATTIE G CLARK, b. 22 Nov 18889; d. 1972; m. STANLEY GATLIN, 1902. v. ANNIE L CLARK, b. 20 Aug 1893, TX, USA10,11; d. 18 Aug 1954, Cahone, CO; m. WILLIAM D. SMART, 03 Jan 190912. vi. JOHN FREEMAN CLARK, b. 29 Jan 1898, Stephenville, Erath Co, TX13,14,15; d. 28 Oct 1988, Pampa, Gray Co, TX; m. HAZEL D. BECKWORTH, 11 Jul 1925, Stephenville, Erath Co, TX. vii. EULA BEE CLARK, b. 18 Sep 1899, Stephenville, Erath Co, TX16,17; d. 06 Sep 1990, Tyler, Smith Co, TX18,19; m. CLAUD OZMAN MORGAN, 06 Oct 1915, Stephenville, Erath Co, TX. Endnotes 1. unknown, Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol 2, Erath CO, TX, 89-91. 2. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1850 Arkansas, Pike County, Household 235. 3. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1900 Texas, (Soundex), C462 - Erath County, Precinct 1, ED 64. 4. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1860 Arkansas, Missouri Twp, Pike County, Page 482. Enumerated with Joel Clark (father). 5. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1910 Texas, Erath County, ED 18, Soundex Code C462. 6. State of Texas, Index to Death Records, Vols 10-18, Roll 1267, Texas, (Index of microfilmed death certificates). 7. unknown, Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol 2, Erath CO, TX, 91. 8. US Census Bureau, Census, 1880 Texas, Erath County, Precinct 1, ED 149, Enumerated with G.M. Clark (father). 9. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1900 Texas, (Soundex), C462 - Erath County, Precinct 1, ED 64, enumerated with George M Clark (father). 10. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1900 Texas, (Soundex), C462 - Erath County, Precinct 1, ED 64, enumerated with George M Clark (father). 11. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1910 Texas, Erath County, ED 18, Soundex Code C462. Enumerated with George M. Clark (father). 12. 1910 Census - Erath Co, TX, Precinct 27. Census taken 24 April 1910. 13. State of Texas, Index to Probate Birth Records - Texas, Roll 1260. 14. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1900 Texas, (Soundex), C462 - Erath County, Precinct 1, ED 64, enumerated with George M Clark (father). 15. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1910 Texas, Erath County, ED 18, Soundex Code C462. Enumerated with George M. Clark (father). 16. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1900 Texas, (Soundex), C462 - Erath County, Precinct 1, ED 64, enumerated with George M Clark (father). 17. U.S. Census Bureau, Census, 1910 Texas, Erath County, ED 18, Soundex Code C462. Enumerated with George M. Clark (father). 18. R246 - Obituary of Eula Bee Morgan, from Tyler Morning Telegraph, 7 Sep 1990, p 6. 19. Cemetery Records, Flint Cemetery - Tombstone Inscription. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- Richard R. Morgan rmorgan@woa.com Applications Programmer Overlooking the beautiful Washington World Airways, Inc. 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