1900 OH Census Hamilton Co Millcreek Twp
Wm Clark Head M 23 Ohio
Luella Clark Wife F 23 Ohio
Wilber Clark Son M 2 Ohio
1910 MI Census Jackson Co Jackson
William A Clark Head M 33 Ohio
Luella Clark Wife F 32 Ohio
Wilber W Clark Son M 11 Ohio
Hazel D Clark Daughter F 6 Canada
Bessie B Clark Daughter F 4 Ohio
First Jackson boy who lost his life in the war. Member of the 100th Aero Squadron.
Sinking of the Tuscania
The ship left Hoboken, New Jersey, on her final voyage on 24 January 1918 carrying 2,013 American troops and a crew of 384. She joined Convoy HX-20 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and proceeded to cross the Atlantic bound for Le Harve. On 5 February the convoy was sighted seven miles north of the Rathilin Island lighthouse by the German Submarine UB-77 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Wilhelm Meyer. At 5:40pm he fired two torpedoes at the Tuscania, the first of which missed, the second scoring a direct hit. By 7:00pm all the ship's lifeboats had been launched, but approximately 1,350 men remained on board. The convoy's escorting destroyers assisted in removing these, but were hampered by the continuing presence of the UB-77 in the area. The Tuscania finally sank at 10:00pm, over four hours after being struck; 230 people were lost. {One estimate indicated 201 of these were American troops, the remainder crew members.]
The Tuscania was the first ship carrying American troops to be sunk, and public opinion in the USA regarded its loss as an outrage. In 1920 the American Red Cross erected a monument on the Isle of Islay, where many of the victims had been buried before their transfer that year to the American War Cemetery at Brookwood [England] or to their homeland.
Wm Clark Head M 23 Ohio
Luella Clark Wife F 23 Ohio
Wilber Clark Son M 2 Ohio
1910 MI Census Jackson Co Jackson
William A Clark Head M 33 Ohio
Luella Clark Wife F 32 Ohio
Wilber W Clark Son M 11 Ohio
Hazel D Clark Daughter F 6 Canada
Bessie B Clark Daughter F 4 Ohio
First Jackson boy who lost his life in the war. Member of the 100th Aero Squadron.
Sinking of the Tuscania
The ship left Hoboken, New Jersey, on her final voyage on 24 January 1918 carrying 2,013 American troops and a crew of 384. She joined Convoy HX-20 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and proceeded to cross the Atlantic bound for Le Harve. On 5 February the convoy was sighted seven miles north of the Rathilin Island lighthouse by the German Submarine UB-77 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Wilhelm Meyer. At 5:40pm he fired two torpedoes at the Tuscania, the first of which missed, the second scoring a direct hit. By 7:00pm all the ship's lifeboats had been launched, but approximately 1,350 men remained on board. The convoy's escorting destroyers assisted in removing these, but were hampered by the continuing presence of the UB-77 in the area. The Tuscania finally sank at 10:00pm, over four hours after being struck; 230 people were lost. {One estimate indicated 201 of these were American troops, the remainder crew members.]
The Tuscania was the first ship carrying American troops to be sunk, and public opinion in the USA regarded its loss as an outrage. In 1920 the American Red Cross erected a monument on the Isle of Islay, where many of the victims had been buried before their transfer that year to the American War Cemetery at Brookwood [England] or to their homeland.
1900 OH Census Hamilton Co Millcreek Twp
Wm Clark Head M 23 Ohio
Luella Clark Wife F 23 Ohio
Wilber Clark Son M 2 Ohio
1910 MI Census Jackson Co Jackson
William A Clark Head M 33 Ohio
Luella Clark Wife F 32 Ohio
Wilber W Clark Son M 11 Ohio
Hazel D Clark Daughter F 6 Canada
Bessie B Clark Daughter F 4 Ohio
First Jackson boy who lost his life in the war. Member of the 100th Aero Squadron.
Sinking of the Tuscania
The ship left Hoboken, New Jersey, on her final voyage on 24 January 1918 carrying 2,013 American troops and a crew of 384. She joined Convoy HX-20 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and proceeded to cross the Atlantic bound for Le Harve. On 5 February the convoy was sighted seven miles north of the Rathilin Island lighthouse by the German Submarine UB-77 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Wilhelm Meyer. At 5:40pm he fired two torpedoes at the Tuscania, the first of which missed, the second scoring a direct hit. By 7:00pm all the ship's lifeboats had been launched, but approximately 1,350 men remained on board. The convoy's escorting destroyers assisted in removing these, but were hampered by the continuing presence of the UB-77 in the area. The Tuscania finally sank at 10:00pm, over four hours after being struck; 230 people were lost. {One estimate indicated 201 of these were American troops, the remainder crew members.]
The Tuscania was the first ship carrying American troops to be sunk, and public opinion in the USA regarded its loss as an outrage. In 1920 the American Red Cross erected a monument on the Isle of Islay, where many of the victims had been buried before their transfer that year to the American War Cemetery at Brookwood [England] or to their homeland.
Wm Clark Head M 23 Ohio
Luella Clark Wife F 23 Ohio
Wilber Clark Son M 2 Ohio
1910 MI Census Jackson Co Jackson
William A Clark Head M 33 Ohio
Luella Clark Wife F 32 Ohio
Wilber W Clark Son M 11 Ohio
Hazel D Clark Daughter F 6 Canada
Bessie B Clark Daughter F 4 Ohio
First Jackson boy who lost his life in the war. Member of the 100th Aero Squadron.
Sinking of the Tuscania
The ship left Hoboken, New Jersey, on her final voyage on 24 January 1918 carrying 2,013 American troops and a crew of 384. She joined Convoy HX-20 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and proceeded to cross the Atlantic bound for Le Harve. On 5 February the convoy was sighted seven miles north of the Rathilin Island lighthouse by the German Submarine UB-77 under the command of Lt. Cdr. Wilhelm Meyer. At 5:40pm he fired two torpedoes at the Tuscania, the first of which missed, the second scoring a direct hit. By 7:00pm all the ship's lifeboats had been launched, but approximately 1,350 men remained on board. The convoy's escorting destroyers assisted in removing these, but were hampered by the continuing presence of the UB-77 in the area. The Tuscania finally sank at 10:00pm, over four hours after being struck; 230 people were lost. {One estimate indicated 201 of these were American troops, the remainder crew members.]
The Tuscania was the first ship carrying American troops to be sunk, and public opinion in the USA regarded its loss as an outrage. In 1920 the American Red Cross erected a monument on the Isle of Islay, where many of the victims had been buried before their transfer that year to the American War Cemetery at Brookwood [England] or to their homeland.
Gravesite Details
burial 11 Oct 1920-Original news reports list his burial in Scotland with the others on board.
