Oldest son of Charles Henry and Nettie Olive (Glazier) Clark.
Joseph H. Clark was born at the Glazier residence on Pleasant Street in Waverly, barely on the Pennsylvania side of the border with New York. His mother was only 16 years old.
Soon after his birth, his family moved to Auburn, NY, where a widowed aunt on his mother's side of the family lived. In 1893, Seward Clark was born to Charles and Nettie, and Joseph had a little brother to play with.
The Clarks were listed in the annual Auburn City Directories between 1890 and 1894. One year, Charles' father, Charles Madison Clark, was listed as living with them.
In the 1900 Census, the Clark family turned up in Newark, NJ, living on Warren Street. The Clark family would work and live in this general area of New Jersey for the next half century. By 1910, the entire Glazier family and William Edward Clark (Joseph's uncle) and his wife had all moved from Waverly to Newark.
Charles and Nettie separated around 1907, but still lived near each other in Newark according to the 1910 Census. Nettie ran a boarding house to make ends meet.
Joseph married Gertrude White at her house, also on Warren Street, on 22 December 1909. They would stay married for 53 years until he died in his sleep of a heart attack.
Joseph initiated the first jitney (small bus) service between Waverly and Elmira, NY, in 1915 with the help of Seward, who had gone back to Waverly in 1911. When legal resistance was encountered from the local railroad and trolley companies, he moved to Andover, NJ, in 1917 where he initiated the first jitney service between there and Newton. He drove a Ford REO jitney bus. Records he kept showed that he regularly bought cigars when he had to refuel.
His only child, Joseph Gilbert Clark, was born at their house on High Street on August 27, 1920.
In 1923, he and Gertrude bought a beautiful old house on the main street of town.
In 1924, his mother died of rectal cancer in Newark at age 52.
In 1926, William E. Clark died in Newark from pneumonia. Around this time, Joseph started getting notices from large bus companies that they would be moving into his area. So Joseph moved his family back east to Irvington, NJ, near Newark, where he became a confectioner, like his father had been. From records, Joseph was actually taking on the store at 1107 Stuyvesant Avenue from his brother-in-law, George White. Also, Joseph's father was in poor health and lived with Joseph's family until his death there the following year. The family lived above the store. The 1940 census indicates that by 1935, the Clarks had moved into a house at 509 Boyden in Maplewood, which was about 8 blocks from the store.
In 1950, Joseph sold the confectionery when the local government greatly increased the business operation fees/taxes. He moved back to his old house in Andover, which he apparently had kept as an investment and as a vacation house. There he worked at various jobs, mainly for the Remington Rand company. His house, which dates back to the 1860's, is currently an antique store.
To his five grandchildren, he was known as being a very sweet, kind and loving man. They have fond memories of their vacation times at the Andover house.
Joseph H. Clark was born at the Glazier residence on Pleasant Street in Waverly, barely on the Pennsylvania side of the border with New York. His mother was only 16 years old.
Soon after his birth, his family moved to Auburn, NY, where a widowed aunt on his mother's side of the family lived. In 1893, Seward Clark was born to Charles and Nettie, and Joseph had a little brother to play with.
The Clarks were listed in the annual Auburn City Directories between 1890 and 1894. One year, Charles' father, Charles Madison Clark, was listed as living with them.
In the 1900 Census, the Clark family turned up in Newark, NJ, living on Warren Street. The Clark family would work and live in this general area of New Jersey for the next half century. By 1910, the entire Glazier family and William Edward Clark (Joseph's uncle) and his wife had all moved from Waverly to Newark.
Charles and Nettie separated around 1907, but still lived near each other in Newark according to the 1910 Census. Nettie ran a boarding house to make ends meet.
Joseph married Gertrude White at her house, also on Warren Street, on 22 December 1909. They would stay married for 53 years until he died in his sleep of a heart attack.
Joseph initiated the first jitney (small bus) service between Waverly and Elmira, NY, in 1915 with the help of Seward, who had gone back to Waverly in 1911. When legal resistance was encountered from the local railroad and trolley companies, he moved to Andover, NJ, in 1917 where he initiated the first jitney service between there and Newton. He drove a Ford REO jitney bus. Records he kept showed that he regularly bought cigars when he had to refuel.
His only child, Joseph Gilbert Clark, was born at their house on High Street on August 27, 1920.
In 1923, he and Gertrude bought a beautiful old house on the main street of town.
In 1924, his mother died of rectal cancer in Newark at age 52.
In 1926, William E. Clark died in Newark from pneumonia. Around this time, Joseph started getting notices from large bus companies that they would be moving into his area. So Joseph moved his family back east to Irvington, NJ, near Newark, where he became a confectioner, like his father had been. From records, Joseph was actually taking on the store at 1107 Stuyvesant Avenue from his brother-in-law, George White. Also, Joseph's father was in poor health and lived with Joseph's family until his death there the following year. The family lived above the store. The 1940 census indicates that by 1935, the Clarks had moved into a house at 509 Boyden in Maplewood, which was about 8 blocks from the store.
In 1950, Joseph sold the confectionery when the local government greatly increased the business operation fees/taxes. He moved back to his old house in Andover, which he apparently had kept as an investment and as a vacation house. There he worked at various jobs, mainly for the Remington Rand company. His house, which dates back to the 1860's, is currently an antique store.
To his five grandchildren, he was known as being a very sweet, kind and loving man. They have fond memories of their vacation times at the Andover house.
Oldest son of Charles Henry and Nettie Olive (Glazier) Clark.
Joseph H. Clark was born at the Glazier residence on Pleasant Street in Waverly, barely on the Pennsylvania side of the border with New York. His mother was only 16 years old.
Soon after his birth, his family moved to Auburn, NY, where a widowed aunt on his mother's side of the family lived. In 1893, Seward Clark was born to Charles and Nettie, and Joseph had a little brother to play with.
The Clarks were listed in the annual Auburn City Directories between 1890 and 1894. One year, Charles' father, Charles Madison Clark, was listed as living with them.
In the 1900 Census, the Clark family turned up in Newark, NJ, living on Warren Street. The Clark family would work and live in this general area of New Jersey for the next half century. By 1910, the entire Glazier family and William Edward Clark (Joseph's uncle) and his wife had all moved from Waverly to Newark.
Charles and Nettie separated around 1907, but still lived near each other in Newark according to the 1910 Census. Nettie ran a boarding house to make ends meet.
Joseph married Gertrude White at her house, also on Warren Street, on 22 December 1909. They would stay married for 53 years until he died in his sleep of a heart attack.
Joseph initiated the first jitney (small bus) service between Waverly and Elmira, NY, in 1915 with the help of Seward, who had gone back to Waverly in 1911. When legal resistance was encountered from the local railroad and trolley companies, he moved to Andover, NJ, in 1917 where he initiated the first jitney service between there and Newton. He drove a Ford REO jitney bus. Records he kept showed that he regularly bought cigars when he had to refuel.
His only child, Joseph Gilbert Clark, was born at their house on High Street on August 27, 1920.
In 1923, he and Gertrude bought a beautiful old house on the main street of town.
In 1924, his mother died of rectal cancer in Newark at age 52.
In 1926, William E. Clark died in Newark from pneumonia. Around this time, Joseph started getting notices from large bus companies that they would be moving into his area. So Joseph moved his family back east to Irvington, NJ, near Newark, where he became a confectioner, like his father had been. From records, Joseph was actually taking on the store at 1107 Stuyvesant Avenue from his brother-in-law, George White. Also, Joseph's father was in poor health and lived with Joseph's family until his death there the following year. The family lived above the store. The 1940 census indicates that by 1935, the Clarks had moved into a house at 509 Boyden in Maplewood, which was about 8 blocks from the store.
In 1950, Joseph sold the confectionery when the local government greatly increased the business operation fees/taxes. He moved back to his old house in Andover, which he apparently had kept as an investment and as a vacation house. There he worked at various jobs, mainly for the Remington Rand company. His house, which dates back to the 1860's, is currently an antique store.
To his five grandchildren, he was known as being a very sweet, kind and loving man. They have fond memories of their vacation times at the Andover house.
Joseph H. Clark was born at the Glazier residence on Pleasant Street in Waverly, barely on the Pennsylvania side of the border with New York. His mother was only 16 years old.
Soon after his birth, his family moved to Auburn, NY, where a widowed aunt on his mother's side of the family lived. In 1893, Seward Clark was born to Charles and Nettie, and Joseph had a little brother to play with.
The Clarks were listed in the annual Auburn City Directories between 1890 and 1894. One year, Charles' father, Charles Madison Clark, was listed as living with them.
In the 1900 Census, the Clark family turned up in Newark, NJ, living on Warren Street. The Clark family would work and live in this general area of New Jersey for the next half century. By 1910, the entire Glazier family and William Edward Clark (Joseph's uncle) and his wife had all moved from Waverly to Newark.
Charles and Nettie separated around 1907, but still lived near each other in Newark according to the 1910 Census. Nettie ran a boarding house to make ends meet.
Joseph married Gertrude White at her house, also on Warren Street, on 22 December 1909. They would stay married for 53 years until he died in his sleep of a heart attack.
Joseph initiated the first jitney (small bus) service between Waverly and Elmira, NY, in 1915 with the help of Seward, who had gone back to Waverly in 1911. When legal resistance was encountered from the local railroad and trolley companies, he moved to Andover, NJ, in 1917 where he initiated the first jitney service between there and Newton. He drove a Ford REO jitney bus. Records he kept showed that he regularly bought cigars when he had to refuel.
His only child, Joseph Gilbert Clark, was born at their house on High Street on August 27, 1920.
In 1923, he and Gertrude bought a beautiful old house on the main street of town.
In 1924, his mother died of rectal cancer in Newark at age 52.
In 1926, William E. Clark died in Newark from pneumonia. Around this time, Joseph started getting notices from large bus companies that they would be moving into his area. So Joseph moved his family back east to Irvington, NJ, near Newark, where he became a confectioner, like his father had been. From records, Joseph was actually taking on the store at 1107 Stuyvesant Avenue from his brother-in-law, George White. Also, Joseph's father was in poor health and lived with Joseph's family until his death there the following year. The family lived above the store. The 1940 census indicates that by 1935, the Clarks had moved into a house at 509 Boyden in Maplewood, which was about 8 blocks from the store.
In 1950, Joseph sold the confectionery when the local government greatly increased the business operation fees/taxes. He moved back to his old house in Andover, which he apparently had kept as an investment and as a vacation house. There he worked at various jobs, mainly for the Remington Rand company. His house, which dates back to the 1860's, is currently an antique store.
To his five grandchildren, he was known as being a very sweet, kind and loving man. They have fond memories of their vacation times at the Andover house.
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