Joshua Reuben Clark Sr

Brief Life History of Joshua Reuben

When Joshua Reuben Clark Sr was born on 11 December 1840, in Navarre, Bethlehem Township, Stark, Ohio, United States, his father, Hendricks William Clark, was 47 and his mother, Esther Rinker, was 42. He married Mary Louisa Woolley on 11 July 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Greene Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 25 July 1929, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Reuben Clark Sr
1840–1929
Mary Louisa Woolley
1848–1938
Marriage: 11 July 1870
Joshua Reuben Clark Jr
1871–1961
Edwin Marcellus Clark
1874–1955
Elmer Dale Woolley Clark
1876–1894
Mary Esther Clark
1878–1961
Frank Rinker Clark Sr
1881–1974
Alice May Woolley Clark
1883–1917
Samuel Woolley Clark
1886–1978
Lucille Rebecca Clark
1888–1917
John Woolley Clark
1890–1983
Gordon Woolley Clark Sr.
1893–1988

Sources (98)

  • Joshua Clark in household of Esther Clark, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Birth certificates, 1905-1909 ; Death certificates, 1905-1914 and 1926-1936; ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99XF-HQ75?i=197&cat=170383
  • Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937

World Events (8)

1844

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: George Millard BIRTH 4 Jun 1805 DEATH 13 Sep 1844 (aged 39) BURIAL Grantsville City Cemetery Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 201182391

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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Joshua R. Clark's mission call

The Mission Call of Joshua R. Clark (b. 1840– d. 1929) [The following excerpts were taken from the journal of Joshua R. Clark. I have included some of the context of his life in order for the rea …

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