Brief Life History of William Grant
When William Grant Clark was born on 30 July 1868, in Newton, Arkansas, United States, his father, James Martin Clark, was 27 and his mother, Martha Jane Lee, was 19. He married Orlena Francis Marrs on 27 November 1892, in Newton, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Boxley, Newton, Arkansas, United States in 1892 and Jackson Township, Newton, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died on 7 February 1953, in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Wm G Clarke in household of James M Clarke, "United States Census, 1880"
- W G Clark, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- William Grant Clark, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1868–1953 Male
1866–1959 Female
Children (6)
1893–1896 Female
1895–1973 Male
1897–1989 Female
1903–1903 Male
1903–1996 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1841–1904 Male
1848–1896 Female
Siblings (13)
1867–1868 Female
1868–1953 Male
1870–1870 Male
1871–1942 Male
1873–1935 Male
+8 More Children
World Events (8)
1869
Age 1
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 28
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English clerk, clark ‘clerk, cleric, writer’ (Old French clerc; see Clerc ). The original sense was ‘man in a religious order, cleric, clergyman’. As all writing and secretarial work in medieval Christian Europe was normally done by members of the clergy, the term clerk came to mean ‘scholar, secretary, recorder, or penman’ as well as ‘cleric’. As a surname, it was particularly common for one who had taken only minor holy orders. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established.
Irish (Westmeath, Mayo): in Ireland the English surname was frequently adopted, partly by translation for Ó Cléirigh; see Cleary .
Americanized form of Dutch De Klerk or Flemish De Clerck or of variants of these names, and possibly also of French Clerc . Compare Clerk 2 and De Clark .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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