This is Joseph Clark (b. 1834 Newburg
Oh) and his wife Priscilla Miller
Clark (b.1841 Bridgewater Pa). Joseph's father was, we think, Daniel
Clark (b. unk yr. Isle of Man) who was impressed into the British Navy
(poss. when British took over Isle of Man) and jumped ship in America
and
stayed. Daniel had a brother or poss. another son named Adam Clark who
could have been Joseph's father. We're not sure.
Joseph and Priscilla's children were
Norman, b. 1859, Willoughby OH,
Baby who only lived 10 days, John (b. 1865, Geneva MI) and Charles
Miller
Clark (b. 1871.Geneva MI)
Norman was also called Pete as a
nickname. He helped run the Clark Mill
in Lakota MI with his father and uncles, etc. The Mill is still in
operation in Lakota, "Clark and Son". Some of the great great grandsons
run the Mill now which is primarily a country & feed store.
Norman's son John Leon Clark added an
e on his last name when he was in
the Merchant Marines in the 1920's so that another John Clark would not
keep getting his mail and pay. He had two sisters. The youngest was
Ione and she went off with his mother when she was about two when the
mother left the family to divorce and marry another man. John was
raised
by his mother's family in Michigan. Their last name was possibly Blair.
(Altho some sources say Von Mueller). We do not know her name or her
second husband's name at this point.
John Leon Clark(e) had two children:
John Edward Clarke and Dorothy
Priscilla Clarke Erickson. They were born in Michigan. John's
descendents: son Ted and his family--Kalamazoo Michigan. Dtr. Sandra
Clarke Schairer and husband live in New Mexico. Her children live in
various locations.
Norman's brother Charles "Uncle
Charlie" had a son Joseph "Joe" Clark
who
had three daughters. They live in Michigan, oldest dtr.in the old
family
house. It has been declared a historical site and has a plaque in the
front yard stating it has been owned by the same family for over a
hundred years. Last we heard the old house was also a "bed and
breakfast".
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