Oliver Robert Clark1

b. 22 June 1873, d. 2 December 1906
Oliver Robert Clark (cropped)
photo courtesy Carol Lockas
FatherJames Peter Clark2,3 b. 10 Aug 1833, d. 31 Jul 1924
MotherAnn Eliza Blunt2,3 b. 8 Jul 1847, d. 8 Jun 1929
Birth22 Jun 1873 Oliver Robert Clark was born on 22 Jun 1873 in Lodi, Washington County, Virginia.4 
Migration  Sometime after the 1900 census and before his marriage in late 1905 Oliver left Virginia and migrated west to Oklahoma. He may have participated in one of the Oklahoma land openings of the early 1900s. 
Marriage20 Dec 1905 He married Sallie J. "Kate" Neff on 20 Dec 1905 in Washington County, Virginia. Oliver's place of residence was given as Kay County, Oklahoma.5 
Migration  Shortly after their wedding Oliver and Sallie headed to Oklahoma, settling in Beaver County (became Texas County after statehood in 1907) where Oliver homesteaded 160 acres of land in section 24 of township 5 north of range 18 east.6,7 
  However Oliver suffered from poor health and died less than a year later; 3 weeks before the birth of the couple's first child, a daughter Sallie named Olive. 
Death2 Dec 1906 Oliver died on 2 Dec 1906 in Tyrone, Texas County, Oklahoma, at age 33.4 
Burial He was buried at Tyrone Cemetery in Texas County, Oklahoma.4 

Related Links and Images:

Oliver (holding hat in back row) with his parents and siblings just before the turn of the century. Click on camera icon, then move cursor over faces to see names8
Oliver's father, his brother Charles and sisters in front of the family home8
Oliver and Sallie's marriage license
Oliver's headstone

Family

Sallie J. "Kate" Neff b. 15 Jan 1877, d. 5 Sep 1953
Child
  • Olive Clark2,7 (22 Dec 1906 - 15 Nov 1998)
ChartsDescendants of James Clark and Isabella Breckenridge
Last Edited11 Dec 2011

Citations

  1. [S1771] Carol Lockas, "Clarks/Washington Co.," e-mail to D. Powell, 17 Jul 2007.
  2. [S5] Elizabeth Kelly Allison, Early Southwest Virginia Families, p. 70-85.
  3. [S1835] Carol Lockas, "James Peter Clark-Anna Eliza Blunt" family group sheet. James P. Clark and Ann Eliza Blunt were Carol's great grandparents.
  4. [S1835] Carol Lockas, "James Peter Clark-Anna Eliza Blunt" family group sheet. Sallie Neff and Oliver Robert Clark were Carol's grandparents.
  5. [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.
  6. [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.
  7. [S1771] Carol Lockas, "Clarks/Washington Co.," e-mail to D. Powell, 21 Jun 2007.
  8. [S1376] Image courtesy of Carol Lockas.