John Lee Clark1

b. 13 February 1889 or 19 February 1889
FatherJohn Harvey Clark2,3,4 b. 17 Oct 1848, d. 17 Dec 1906
MotherRosa Miriam Edmondson2,4 b. 25 Mar 1851, d. 18 Apr 1892
Birth13 Feb 1889 or 19 Feb 1889 John Lee Clark was probably born on 13 Feb 1889 or 19 Feb 1889 in Meadow View, Washington County, Virginia. However, a third source (1900 census) reports the date as Oct. 1888.5,2 
Moth-Death1892  John's mother died in 1892; his father remarried a few years later. 
Cens-19004 Jun 1900  In 1900 11 year old John was enumerated living on his father's farm with his stepmother, his 3 siblings and his 2 half-siblings.3 
Milit-Reg5 Jun 1917  As a young man he apparently left home to work on the railroad. When the World War I draft registration was taken in June 1917 John was living in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The form indicates that he was working as a brakeman on the Reading Railroad. John was described as single, of medium height with blue eyes and light brown hair.6 
ChartsDescendants of John Buchanan and Ann Ryburn
Descendants of John Edmondson and Martha Moore
Descendants of Robert Clark and Martha Harvie
Last Edited6 Mar 2007

Citations

  1. [S30] Audrey Honegger, "William Haytor Clark Info," e-mail to Diana Powell, 2 Nov. 2000.
  2. [S85] Fridley, "Washington Co., VA Births 1889-1896" online database from original data, <www.Ancestry.com>. John Clark, born 13 Feb. 1889 to John and Marian Clark.
  3. [S574] John H. Clark household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring district - Meadow View precinct, ED 109, sheet 2B, dwelling 35, family 35, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Mar. 2007, image 4 of 29. Enumeration includes: John H. Clark, 51, b. Oct. 1848, marr 5 yrs, farmer; Bettie, wife, 34, b. Jan. or June 1866, marr 5 yrs, mother of 2 children, both living; Rosa, dau, 22, b. Apr. 1878; Clarance, son, 17, b. Oct. 1882; Graham, son, 13, b. Sept. 1886; John L., son, 11, b. Oct. 1888; A_ B., son, 3, b. Mar 1897; Mary M., dau, 1, b. Mar 1899; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
  4. [S120] William Hayter Clark document, recorded after 1892 and before 1936. Names John Lee Clark of Bluefield, W Va as child of John H. Clark and Mariam Edmondson.
  5. [S1620] "World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918", subscription database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com : viewed March 2007), John Lee Clark data; uses 19 Feb. 1889.
  6. [S1620] "World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918", subscription database with images, Ancestry.com (http://www.Ancestry.com : viewed March 2007), John Lee Clark data.