Sallie J. "Kate" Neff1

b. 15 January 1877, d. 5 September 1953
Sallie (Neff) Clark (cropped)
photo courtesy Carol Lockas
Birth15 Jan 1877 Sallie J. "Kate" Neff was born on 15 Jan 1877.2 
Marriage20 Dec 1905 She married Oliver Robert Clark, son of James Peter Clark and Ann Eliza Blunt, on 20 Dec 1905 in Washington County, Virginia. Oliver's place of residence was given as Kay County, Oklahoma.3 
Migration  Shortly after their wedding the young couple headed to Oklahoma, settling in Texas County (Beaver County until 1907) where they homesteaded 160 acres of land.4,5 
  Oliver suffered from poor health and died 18 days before the couple's first anniversary. Three weeks after Oliver's death Sallie gave birth to a baby girl in Seward County, Kansas (just across the state line from Texas County, Oklahoma) and named the infant Olive. 
Migration  Following Olive's birth Sallie returned to Virginia for a period, however she eventually returned to Kansas where she married for a second time.6 
Marriage She married second Albert G. Thompson in Seward County, Kansas.6 
Cens-191010 May 1910  Sallie and Albert were recorded on the 1910 census for Liberal township in Seward County less than a year after their marriage. Albert was a 42 year old farmer, "Kate" was 33. Three year old Olive was also enumerated.7 
Land-Patent16 May 1913 On 16 May 1913 Sallie received the homestead patent for the land she and Oliver had settled on after their marriage. It was described as the northeast quarter of section 24 in township 5 north of range 18 east.4 
Death5 Sep 1953 Sallie died on 5 Sep 1953 at age 76.2 

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Sallie and Oliver's marriage license

Family

Oliver Robert Clark b. 22 Jun 1873, d. 2 Dec 1906
Child
  • Olive Clark8,5 (22 Dec 1906 - 15 Nov 1998)
Last Edited18 Apr 2013

Citations

  1. [S1771] Carol Lockas, "Montgomery and Clark Family Group Sheets," e-mail to D. Powell, 17 Sept. 2007. Oliver Clark and Sallie Neff were Carol's grandparents.
  2. [S1771] Carol Lockas, "Happy New Year," e-mail to D. Powell, 2 Jan 2013. Carol is the granddaughter of Sallie (Neff) Clark.
  3. [S1771] Carol Lockas, "Montgomery and Clark Family Group Sheets," e-mail to D. Powell, 17 Sept. 2007. Oliver Clark and Sallie Neff were Carol's grandparents. She provided a copy of their marriage licenses.
  4. [S1683] United States Bureau of Land Management, "Patent Search", database, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch : accessed Sept. 2007), entry for Sallie Thompson (also entered under Sallie Clark & Oliver R. Clark), Woodward office, #012020.
  5. [S1771] Carol Lockas, "Clarks/Washington Co.," e-mail to D. Powell, 21 Jun 2007.
  6. [S1771] Carol Lockas, "Clark & Montgomery Family Group Sheets," e-mail to D. Powell, 23 Sept 2007.
  7. [S1842] Albert G. Thompson household, 1910 U.S. cens., Seward Co., Kansas, pop. sched., Liberal township, ED 197, sheet 21B, dwelling 413, family 425, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2007, image 42 of 53. Household includes: Albert G. Thompson, 42, marr #1, marr 0 yrs, b. IN, farmer; Kate, wife, 33, marr #2, mother 1 child, is living, b. IN, father b. KY, mother b. OH; Olive Mille [?], step daughter, 3, b. KS, parents b. IN.
  8. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 70-85.