John Lee Clark1
b. 13 February 1889 or 19 February 1889
Father | John Harvey Clark2,3,4 b. 17 Oct 1848, d. 17 Dec 1906 |
Mother | Rosa Miriam Edmondson2,4 b. 25 Mar 1851, d. 18 Apr 1892 |
Birth | 13 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-Death | 1892 | John's mother died in 1892; his father remarried a few years later. |
Cens-1900 | 4 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-Reg | 5 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 |
Charts | Descendants of John Buchanan and Ann Ryburn Descendants of John Edmondson and Martha Moore Descendants of Robert Clark and Martha Harvie |
Last Edited | 6 Mar 2007 |
Citations
- [S30] Audrey Honegger, "William Haytor Clark Info," e-mail to Diana Powell, 2 Nov. 2000.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.