James William Clark

Brief Life History of James William

When James William Clark was born on 3 August 1879, in Henderson, Illinois, United States, his father, Charles Edgar Clark Jr., was 54 and his mother, Maria Cox, was 36. He lived in Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He died on 7 February 1961, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Oquawka Cemetery, Oquawka Township, Henderson, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Edgar Clark Jr.
1825–1884
Maria Cox
1843–1919
Charles Edgar Clark III
1863–1910
Laura Maria Clark
1865–1935
Amanda Jane Clark
1866–1868
Minerva Melvina Clark
1868–1919
Mary Ella Clark
1869–1884
Nancy Elizabeth "Nannie" Clark
1871–1952
Ethel May Clark
1871–1957
Carrie Frances Clark
1875–1875
Flora Amelia Clark
1876–1955
Louis Lee Clark
1877–1955
James William Clark
1879–1961
Margaret Angelina Clark
1881–1882
Jessie Bell Clark
1882–1950

Sources (9)

  • James W Clark in household of Maria Clark, "United States Census, 1900"
  • James William Clark, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
  • James William Clark, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1885 · The First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

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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