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Thomas Franklin “Tom” Clark

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Thomas Franklin “Tom” Clark

Birth
Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
Death
1918 (aged 72–73)
Joplin, Newton County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Diamond, Newton County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Thomas Franklin Clark was born on Dec 27, 1845 in Buchanan County, Missouri to Rev. Barnes Clark 1812-1892 and Catherine Thornton Clark 1818-1869. He was one of at least 12 children. His siblings included:

Isaac B Clark 1837-
Euphemia A Clark Ferguson 1839-1872
Mary J Clark 1839-1860
Susan Frances Clark Lewis 1841-1892 died in Texas
Rebecca Clark Cornelius White 1841-1912 died in Texas
John Thornton Clark 1844-1934
Barnes H Clark, Jr 1847-
Daniel Jackson Clark 1849-1917
Nancy Elizabeth Clark Blakeliy Korp 1852-
Julia Ann Clark Thornton 1854-1913
James Marion Clark 1857-1925

On November 17, 1870 Thomas Franklin Clark married Teckley Jane Warriner Clark 1856-1945, daughter of Willis Washington Warriner and Louisa Eliza Coffey Warriner. Thomas and Teckley had four children:

William Edward Clark
Ella Mae Clark
Willis Romulus Clark 1885-1956 died in California
Laura Millicent "Millie" Clark Joseph 1892-1982

Thomas Franklin Clark passed away in 1918, after which his wife then moved to Denver, Colorado in about 1940; she died in 1945 in Denver, Colorado.

Thomas' wife's parents:
Willis Washington Warriner
Louisa Eliza Coffey

Note on his mother:
Catherine Thornton Clark died on April 25, 1869 in Missouri and is buried in DeKalb, Missouri.

Info on Thomas' father, Rev. Barnes Clark:

Rev. Barnes Clark is a native of Tennessee, born on September 22, 1812. He is the son of Isaac Clark, a native of Tennessee, and the son of John Clark, who was a native of Virginia and removed to Tennessee soon after the Revolutionary War, in which he served as a captain.

The father came in a keelboat to Big Arrow Rock, Saline County, MO., in 1816, and in the fall of the same year removed seven miles above to Little Arrow Rock on the Missouri River. Here he established a ferry, which he ran for three years, when he bought a farm in La Fayette County, where he located, and remained until his death about 1829. The mother was Rebecca (Nave) Clark, also a native of Tennessee.

Our subject was reared on a farm, but in 1831 went to the Rocky Mountains on a trapping expedition for the Sublet & Camplett Fur Company. Remaining four months, he came home, but in 1832 returned to the mountains, remaining fifteen months.

In 1837 he removed to La Fayette County, MO., and in 1838 removed to Buchanan County, where he lived until 1882; he then located in De Kalb County. He is a farmer by vocation, but is also a good blacksmith and gunsmith.

On February 25, 1836, he was united in marriage with Catherine Thornton, of Saline County. She was the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Nave) Thornton. Twelve children were born to them as follows: Isaac B., born in 1837; Mary J., born in 1839; Euphenia A. (Mrs. William Ferguson), born in 1839; Susan F., now Mrs. Louis Lewis, of Texas, in 1841; Rebecca, now Mrs. Calvin White, also of Texas, in 1842; John T., in 1844; Thomas F., in 1846; Barnes H., born in 1847; Daniel J., born in 1849; Nance E., now Mrs. Charles Korp, of Texas, in 1852; Julia A., now Mrs. B. F. Thornton, in 1854; James M., in 1857. Our subject's wife died on April 25, 1869.

On July 15, 1872 he chose for his second wife Mrs. Sarah Tiller, widow of John Tiller. Her children by her first marriage are Wallace E., John M., Nebuzaraden, Eliza A. (now Mrs. John A. Bowen), and William T. Rev. Clark and wife are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He was licensed to preach in 1844, and in 1847 was ordained a Baptist minister.

He has been a member of the Masonic order for about forty years, being the first member admitted to the St. Joseph Lodge. He was captain of a company in the late war, but was in the service only six weeks, when he was taken sick and returned home. Politically, he is a Democrat.

- "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County"; 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Company
Thomas Franklin Clark was born on Dec 27, 1845 in Buchanan County, Missouri to Rev. Barnes Clark 1812-1892 and Catherine Thornton Clark 1818-1869. He was one of at least 12 children. His siblings included:

Isaac B Clark 1837-
Euphemia A Clark Ferguson 1839-1872
Mary J Clark 1839-1860
Susan Frances Clark Lewis 1841-1892 died in Texas
Rebecca Clark Cornelius White 1841-1912 died in Texas
John Thornton Clark 1844-1934
Barnes H Clark, Jr 1847-
Daniel Jackson Clark 1849-1917
Nancy Elizabeth Clark Blakeliy Korp 1852-
Julia Ann Clark Thornton 1854-1913
James Marion Clark 1857-1925

On November 17, 1870 Thomas Franklin Clark married Teckley Jane Warriner Clark 1856-1945, daughter of Willis Washington Warriner and Louisa Eliza Coffey Warriner. Thomas and Teckley had four children:

William Edward Clark
Ella Mae Clark
Willis Romulus Clark 1885-1956 died in California
Laura Millicent "Millie" Clark Joseph 1892-1982

Thomas Franklin Clark passed away in 1918, after which his wife then moved to Denver, Colorado in about 1940; she died in 1945 in Denver, Colorado.

Thomas' wife's parents:
Willis Washington Warriner
Louisa Eliza Coffey

Note on his mother:
Catherine Thornton Clark died on April 25, 1869 in Missouri and is buried in DeKalb, Missouri.

Info on Thomas' father, Rev. Barnes Clark:

Rev. Barnes Clark is a native of Tennessee, born on September 22, 1812. He is the son of Isaac Clark, a native of Tennessee, and the son of John Clark, who was a native of Virginia and removed to Tennessee soon after the Revolutionary War, in which he served as a captain.

The father came in a keelboat to Big Arrow Rock, Saline County, MO., in 1816, and in the fall of the same year removed seven miles above to Little Arrow Rock on the Missouri River. Here he established a ferry, which he ran for three years, when he bought a farm in La Fayette County, where he located, and remained until his death about 1829. The mother was Rebecca (Nave) Clark, also a native of Tennessee.

Our subject was reared on a farm, but in 1831 went to the Rocky Mountains on a trapping expedition for the Sublet & Camplett Fur Company. Remaining four months, he came home, but in 1832 returned to the mountains, remaining fifteen months.

In 1837 he removed to La Fayette County, MO., and in 1838 removed to Buchanan County, where he lived until 1882; he then located in De Kalb County. He is a farmer by vocation, but is also a good blacksmith and gunsmith.

On February 25, 1836, he was united in marriage with Catherine Thornton, of Saline County. She was the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Nave) Thornton. Twelve children were born to them as follows: Isaac B., born in 1837; Mary J., born in 1839; Euphenia A. (Mrs. William Ferguson), born in 1839; Susan F., now Mrs. Louis Lewis, of Texas, in 1841; Rebecca, now Mrs. Calvin White, also of Texas, in 1842; John T., in 1844; Thomas F., in 1846; Barnes H., born in 1847; Daniel J., born in 1849; Nance E., now Mrs. Charles Korp, of Texas, in 1852; Julia A., now Mrs. B. F. Thornton, in 1854; James M., in 1857. Our subject's wife died on April 25, 1869.

On July 15, 1872 he chose for his second wife Mrs. Sarah Tiller, widow of John Tiller. Her children by her first marriage are Wallace E., John M., Nebuzaraden, Eliza A. (now Mrs. John A. Bowen), and William T. Rev. Clark and wife are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He was licensed to preach in 1844, and in 1847 was ordained a Baptist minister.

He has been a member of the Masonic order for about forty years, being the first member admitted to the St. Joseph Lodge. He was captain of a company in the late war, but was in the service only six weeks, when he was taken sick and returned home. Politically, he is a Democrat.

- "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County"; 1888, Goodspeed Publishing Company


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