Marysville (KS) Advocate-Democrat October 11, 1945:
T. J. Clark Is Dead
Funeral Held Here Monday for a Retired Farmer
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Clark, aged 89 years, were held Monday afternoon at the Kinsley Chapel, with the Rev. John H. Newton, pastor of the Christian church, officiating. Burial was in Deer Creek cemetery.
Mr. Clark died Saturday, October 6, 1945, at Beatrice, Nebraska.
He was born March 11, 1856, on a farm near Elliott, Iowa, and spent his childhood on a farm with his parents. He helped them farm and operate a country store in their log cabin home, a trading post for the area, as Council Bluffs, the closest city, was 35 miles away.
At the age of 20, Mr. Clark went to Wymore, Nebr., with his parents, and in 1880 he married Mary Mayhew. To them were born eight children, three of whom preceded the father in death. Mrs. Clark died in 1902.
Mr. Clark spent most of his life farming near Wymore and in Marshall county. He retired in 1930 and spent his last years at his home in Wymore and visiting his children.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Anna Wise, Marysville, and Mrs. Edith McKee, Home City; three sons, Ambrose Clark, Broadwater, Nebr., George Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Harry Clark, Elliott, Iowa; 19 grandchildren; and 15 great grand-children.
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Born near Elliott, Iowa.
Married to Mary A. Mayhew Nov. 20, 1881 in Gage Co., NE
Censuses:
1880 Pleasant Township, Cass County, IA
1885 Paddock Precinct, Gage County, NE
1895 Oketo Township, Marshall County, KS
1900 Marysville Township, Marshall County, KS
1905 Oketo Township, Marshall County, KS
1930 Ashby Precinct, Grant County, NE [in household of son-in-law John Dunkel]
T. J. Clark Is Dead
Funeral Held Here Monday for a Retired Farmer
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Clark, aged 89 years, were held Monday afternoon at the Kinsley Chapel, with the Rev. John H. Newton, pastor of the Christian church, officiating. Burial was in Deer Creek cemetery.
Mr. Clark died Saturday, October 6, 1945, at Beatrice, Nebraska.
He was born March 11, 1856, on a farm near Elliott, Iowa, and spent his childhood on a farm with his parents. He helped them farm and operate a country store in their log cabin home, a trading post for the area, as Council Bluffs, the closest city, was 35 miles away.
At the age of 20, Mr. Clark went to Wymore, Nebr., with his parents, and in 1880 he married Mary Mayhew. To them were born eight children, three of whom preceded the father in death. Mrs. Clark died in 1902.
Mr. Clark spent most of his life farming near Wymore and in Marshall county. He retired in 1930 and spent his last years at his home in Wymore and visiting his children.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Anna Wise, Marysville, and Mrs. Edith McKee, Home City; three sons, Ambrose Clark, Broadwater, Nebr., George Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Harry Clark, Elliott, Iowa; 19 grandchildren; and 15 great grand-children.
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Born near Elliott, Iowa.
Married to Mary A. Mayhew Nov. 20, 1881 in Gage Co., NE
Censuses:
1880 Pleasant Township, Cass County, IA
1885 Paddock Precinct, Gage County, NE
1895 Oketo Township, Marshall County, KS
1900 Marysville Township, Marshall County, KS
1905 Oketo Township, Marshall County, KS
1930 Ashby Precinct, Grant County, NE [in household of son-in-law John Dunkel]
Marysville (KS) Advocate-Democrat October 11, 1945:
T. J. Clark Is Dead
Funeral Held Here Monday for a Retired Farmer
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Clark, aged 89 years, were held Monday afternoon at the Kinsley Chapel, with the Rev. John H. Newton, pastor of the Christian church, officiating. Burial was in Deer Creek cemetery.
Mr. Clark died Saturday, October 6, 1945, at Beatrice, Nebraska.
He was born March 11, 1856, on a farm near Elliott, Iowa, and spent his childhood on a farm with his parents. He helped them farm and operate a country store in their log cabin home, a trading post for the area, as Council Bluffs, the closest city, was 35 miles away.
At the age of 20, Mr. Clark went to Wymore, Nebr., with his parents, and in 1880 he married Mary Mayhew. To them were born eight children, three of whom preceded the father in death. Mrs. Clark died in 1902.
Mr. Clark spent most of his life farming near Wymore and in Marshall county. He retired in 1930 and spent his last years at his home in Wymore and visiting his children.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Anna Wise, Marysville, and Mrs. Edith McKee, Home City; three sons, Ambrose Clark, Broadwater, Nebr., George Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Harry Clark, Elliott, Iowa; 19 grandchildren; and 15 great grand-children.
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Born near Elliott, Iowa.
Married to Mary A. Mayhew Nov. 20, 1881 in Gage Co., NE
Censuses:
1880 Pleasant Township, Cass County, IA
1885 Paddock Precinct, Gage County, NE
1895 Oketo Township, Marshall County, KS
1900 Marysville Township, Marshall County, KS
1905 Oketo Township, Marshall County, KS
1930 Ashby Precinct, Grant County, NE [in household of son-in-law John Dunkel]
T. J. Clark Is Dead
Funeral Held Here Monday for a Retired Farmer
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Clark, aged 89 years, were held Monday afternoon at the Kinsley Chapel, with the Rev. John H. Newton, pastor of the Christian church, officiating. Burial was in Deer Creek cemetery.
Mr. Clark died Saturday, October 6, 1945, at Beatrice, Nebraska.
He was born March 11, 1856, on a farm near Elliott, Iowa, and spent his childhood on a farm with his parents. He helped them farm and operate a country store in their log cabin home, a trading post for the area, as Council Bluffs, the closest city, was 35 miles away.
At the age of 20, Mr. Clark went to Wymore, Nebr., with his parents, and in 1880 he married Mary Mayhew. To them were born eight children, three of whom preceded the father in death. Mrs. Clark died in 1902.
Mr. Clark spent most of his life farming near Wymore and in Marshall county. He retired in 1930 and spent his last years at his home in Wymore and visiting his children.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Anna Wise, Marysville, and Mrs. Edith McKee, Home City; three sons, Ambrose Clark, Broadwater, Nebr., George Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Harry Clark, Elliott, Iowa; 19 grandchildren; and 15 great grand-children.
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Born near Elliott, Iowa.
Married to Mary A. Mayhew Nov. 20, 1881 in Gage Co., NE
Censuses:
1880 Pleasant Township, Cass County, IA
1885 Paddock Precinct, Gage County, NE
1895 Oketo Township, Marshall County, KS
1900 Marysville Township, Marshall County, KS
1905 Oketo Township, Marshall County, KS
1930 Ashby Precinct, Grant County, NE [in household of son-in-law John Dunkel]
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