William Edward CLARK^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1883 - 1958  (74 years)

• Name	William Edward CLARK  [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21]
  Born	7 Dec 1883	Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA   [9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Feb 1958	Gallipolis, Gallia, OH, USA   [9, 12, 20, 22]
  Buried	22 Feb 1958	Rio Grande, Gallia, OH   [9, 20]
  Person ID	I13	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Andrew James CLARK,   b. 8 Feb 1860, , Gallia, OH, USA ,   d. 3 Jul 1935, Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Lola Cora TOBIN,   b. 5 Feb 1862, , Gallia, OH, USA ,   d. 8 Jun 1940, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH  (Age 78 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1883	Rio Grande, Gallia, OH, USA   [14, 22]
  Family ID	F6215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace EVANS,   b. 19 Jul 1887, Raccoon Twp., Gallia, OH, USA ,   d. 4 Sep 1974, Hamilton, Butler, OH, USA  (Age 87 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1910	Gallipolis, Gallia, OH, USA
  Children	1. Wanda Evans CLARK,   b. 28 Nov 1910, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH ,   d. 5 May 1991, Hamilton, Butler, OH, USA  (Age 80 years)   2. Tabitha Avanell CLARK,   b. 9 Jan 1914, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH ,   d. 20 Apr 1978, Fairfield, Butler, OH, USA  (Age 64 years)   3. Marcena Irene CLARK,   b. 1 Mar 1916, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH ,   d. 17 Sep 2019, Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, USA  (Age 103 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  William was the oldest of seven children and only son born to Andrew and Lola Tobin Clark. He assisted his father in the operation of his store while a youth. When William Edward Clark was dating his wife Grace Evans Clark, he sent her a postcard from Rio Grande to Vinton, Ohio. It is mentioned because it is still in possession of Linda Coate Dudick in the Clark Document File, and because it was so formal, not written on except for William Edward Clark's initials. His future bride obviously saved it as a special memory. During their marriage and lifetime together, he operated a small grocery store in Rio Grande and worked as a carpenter-building many complete homes totally by hand in his Rio Grande community. He also did some farming which helped his daughters feel little effect of the Depression. In the 1930 census for Rio Grande, Ohio, he is listed as a mechanic by trade working in a garage. They owned their home which was valued at $1600.00 at the time. They lived next door to Barbara Tobin. He owned one of the first cars in Rio Grande and ran a kind of "Taxi" service. (C-687) William Clark was a member of the Raccoon Fox Hunters Association. A newspaper clipping in his Memorial book, states that a hunt was dedicated to W.E. Clark, who was one of the "leading fox hunters of Rio Grande." (CL-191a) Another newspaper clipping in Washington's Birthday, 1949 reported that Bill Clark's dog took the lead among 45 hounds and 150 hunters. (CL-DOC) He was also a member of the Simpson Valley Methodist Church in Rio Grande. (CL-DOC) A transcription of a newspaper article in the GALLIPOLIS (O.) DAILY, dated approximately Feb. 19, 1958 follows. The original is in possession of Marcena Clark Coate. "William Clark of Rio Grande Dies Wednesday William (Will) Edward Clark, 74, a lifelong resident of the Rio Grande community died in Holzer Hospital at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. He had been a patient at the hospital since Sunday. He was born at Rio Grande, the eldest of seven children born to the late Andrew and Lola Tobin Clark, on Dec. 7, 1883. He assisted his father in operation of a store in the old Clark home on the college corner in the village. Later (it became the property of) Rio Grande College and is used for dormitory purposes. In later years he was engaged as a carpenter and built several homes in the community. His marriage to the former Grace Evans took place on April 7, 1909, and three daughters along with the wife survive, Mrs. Charles (Wanda) Getz, Mrs. Paul (Avanell) Sunderhaus and Mrs. Albert (Marcena) Coats, all of Hamilton. A grandson, Robert Hall, was reared in their home. Other survivors are six sisters, Mrs. Edith Henson of Rio Grande, Mrs. Mary Lewis and Mrs. Nellie Cottrell, both of Columbus, Mrs. Sophia Liggett of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Lola Merriam of Adrian, Mich., and Mrs. Wilbur Alban of near Thurman. Clark was a member of the Simpson Chapel Methodist church at Rio Grande and of the Methodist Men's brotherhood and the Raccoon Fox Hunter club. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Simpson Chapel church. Rev. George Holcombe will officiate and burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery under the direction of the Steve Thomas Funeral home. The body will lie in state at the church for one hour before the service. Friends may call at the funeral home in Thurman after 6 p.m. Thursday and until the funeral hour. The family requests that in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the Gallia County chapter, American Heart society." (CL-53b)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2658] William Edward Clark Memorial Book (Unpublished). [S2663] 1900 U.S. Census Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio. [S2670] Talmage Cottrell? to James Clark Letter dated July 10, 1920 In Linda Coate files. [S2679] William E. Clark Gallipolis Daily Gallipolis, Ohio. [S2683] A.J. Clark Intestate Papers. [S2591] Andrew J. Clark Probate File submitted July 13, 1940. [S2597] Andrew James Clark and Lola Tobin Clark Family Group Sheet June 1985 corrections added by Sophie Liggett Clark. [S2603] 1930 U.S. Federal Population Census, Raccoon Twp., Rio Grande, Gallia Co., Ohio (www.ancestry.com). [S208] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), 1,60525::0. (Reliability: 0). [S103] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2002 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,6224::0., Year: 1930; Census Place: Raccoon, Gallia, Ohio; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 2341537 (Reliability: 0). [S117] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,6061::0., Year: 1920; Census Place: Detroit Ward 19, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T625_817; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 577 (Reliability: 0). [S3242] Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007, Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,5763::0., Ohio Department of Health; Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (Reliability: 0). [S3246] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2016 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), 1,61378::0. (Reliability: 0). [S120] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,7602::0., Year: 1900; Census Place: Raccoon, Gallia, Ohio; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1241271 (Reliability: 0). [S113] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,2442::0., Year: 1940; Census Place: Rio Grande, Gallia, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03072; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 27-27 (Reliability: 0). [S115] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), 1,7884::0., Year: 1910; Census Place: Raccoon, Gallia, Ohio; Roll: T624_1184; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1375197 (Reliability: 0). [S121] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2005 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,6482::0., Registration State: Ohio; Registration County: Gallia County (Reliability: 0). [S3239] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2011 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,2469::0. (Reliability: 0). [S3259] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), 1,1002::0., The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 (Reliability: 0). [S3305] Web: Gallia County, Ohio, Burial Index, 1811-2011, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2013 Place:Provo, UT, USA), 1,9249::0. (Reliability: 0). [S371] 1950 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2022 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), 1,62308::0., United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Rio Grande, Gallia, (Reliability: 0). [S2635] Family Bible belonging to Lola Tobin Clark (Family Bible as passed down through Grace Ann Getz McClain).