George Lee Clark

Brief Life History of George Lee

When George Lee Clark was born on 14 March 1875, in Graves, Kentucky, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Clark, was 38 and his mother, Martha Jane Vaughn, was 38. He married Mandie Rachel Foster on 14 May 1893, in Graves, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 3, Graves, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 May 1936, in Graves, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 61.

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Family Time Line

George Lee Clark
1875–1936
Mandie Rachel Foster
1877–1951
Marriage: 14 May 1893
Verbie Ethel Clark
1895–1918
Jesse Virgil Clark
1896–1967
Onie Lee Clark
1898–1972
Mable D. Clark
1902–1980
Roy Alton Clark
1908–1983
Hubert Dell Clark
1911–1976
George J. Clark
1918–1918

Sources (12)

  • George L Clark, "United States Census, 1910"
  • George L. Clark, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • George Lee Clark, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1876 · The Battle of Little Bighorn

An armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry of the US Army. The battle was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

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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