Christopher Columbus Clark

Birth	28 Dec 1845 Missouri, USA
Death	11 Jan 1937 (aged 91) Lewis County, Missouri, USA
Burial	Forest Grove Cemetery Canton, Lewis County, Missouri, USA
Memorial ID	33831875 · View Source

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**3rd Great Grandfather of Pres. Barack Obama; buried under the name "Columbus" Clark.

Birth: 1845 in Missouri
Death: 11 JAN 1937

Census: 1930 Page 17A, ED 19, El Dorado, Butler Co., KS
Census: 1850 Lewis Co., MO
Census: 1860 Page 60, Canton Twp., Lewis Co., MO
Census: 1870 Page 1, Canton PO, Lewis Co., MO
Census: 1880 Page 43, ED 2, Linn, Audrain Co., MO
Census: 1920 Page 10B, ED 150, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS

*Military Service: BET 30 APR AND 4 OCT 1864 69th Regt., Missouri Militia

Father: Thomas CLARK b: 28 DEC 1812 in Nelson Co., KY
Mother: Elizabeth DAVIS b: 23 SEP 1822 in Nelson Co., KY

Married: Susan C. OVERALL (buried at this cem.) b: 1849 in Nelson Co., KY
Married: 6 JAN 1870 in Nelson Co., KY

Children
Joseph CLARK b: ABT 1871 in Missouri
Louis A. CLARK b: ABT 1873 in Missouri
Gabriella CLARK Armour b: JUN 1877 in Missouri
Ida CLARK b: ABT 1878 in Missouri
Fannie F. CLARK Unger (buried at this cem.)

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Thomas L Clark

1812–1892
Elizabeth Davis Clark

1822–1900

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Susan Catherine Overall Clark

1849–1906

Siblings

George W Clark

1838–1916
Sarah A Clark

1839–1914
Thaddeus Clark

1844–1925
Addison Clark

1847–1924
Francis Marion Clark

1850–1927
Nancy Elizabeth Clark

1851–1922
Samuel V Clark

1853–1916
Thomas A Clark

1855–1938
Alpheus Clark

1857–1914
Jesse Clark

1860–1924

Children

Joseph Marion Clark

1871–1927
Lula M. Clark White

1873–1962
Gabriella Lee Clark Armour

1876–1966
Fannie Fern Clark Unger

1882–1969

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Added: 14 Feb 2009
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