Friday's Photo: Isaac Clark

Isaac Clark

Al and Marguerite married in 1935. 
Al lived in Ringgold for over 50 years.[5]

Isaac "Ike" Clark, born in Missouri in about 1880, was the father of Albert "Al" Clark, the husband of Marguerite Cook Clark. This is a copy of a tintype found in Marguerite Cook Clark's collection.[1] 

Very little is known about Isaac Clark. He married Mary Helen Mansker in Lincoln County, Oklahoma on 23 August 1902.[2] 

In 1910, Isaac and Mary were renting a home in Sans Bois in Haskell County, Oklahoma where Isaac was the owner of a livery stable. They had three boys, Charley, Tom, and two-year-old Albert.[3] Another son, Bill, was born in 1911. Isaac died when Al was about 7 years old and Mary married David Harris.[4]

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    1. Isaac Clark photograph, n.d.; digital images, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.

    2. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z5-GL3N : 16 December 2021), Isaac Clark and Mary Helen Mansker, 23 Aug 1902; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.

    3. 1910 U.S. Census, Haskell, Oklahoma, population schedule, San Bois township, ward 4,  enumeration district 94, page 6B, dwelling 116, family  116, Ike Clark household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/22895076:7884 : accessed 16 December 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1254.

    4. "Army Training Taught Al Clark the Importance of Carrying Out Orders," article, 1943, The Communicator, unknown publisher, from the privately-held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016.

    5. Ibid. Also, Marguerite Cook and Al Clark, photograph, n.d.; digital images, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. 

Clippings from The Baylor County Banner - Seymour, Texas - April 26, 1923

My grandparents, Redic E. Bryan and Myrtie Hairston, and my great-grandparents, Phillip A. Hairston and Lodema Criswell, moved to Baylor County in 1905. My father, Whit Criswell Bryan, was born in Seymour in 1920. He was the youngest of seven children born to Redic and Myrtie. 

In April 2019, I visited the Texas State Library and Archives to read Baylor County Banner issues that could not be found online or on microfilm. I photographed articles with information about my father's family who lived in Seymour. While sorting through my family finds, I realized I had photos of articles that might interest others looking for family. I have pictures of numerous articles from 1923 and a few from other years. I will post as time allows. 

Thank you to Matt Gwinn at the Baylor County Banner for giving me permission to post these clippings.  

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Sources 

Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, TX.), Vol. 27*, No. 31. 26 Apr 1923. Print. Accessed 15 April 2019. 

*Note that January and February issues were part of Vol. 28. This and all March and April issues were printed as Vol. 27. In May, it goes back to Vol. 28. 

Clippings from The Baylor County Banner - Seymour, Texas - March 8, 1923

My grandparents, Redic E. Bryan and Myrtie Hairston, and my great-grandparent's, Phillip A. Hairston and Lodema Criswell, moved to Baylor County in 1905. My father, Whit Criswell Bryan, was born in Seymour in 1920. He was the youngest of seven children born to Redic and Myrtie. Redic and Myrtie died in the 1920s and my father moved, along with his sisters, to Borger, Texas. 

In April 2019, I visited the Texas State Library and Archives to read Baylor County Banner issues that could not be found online or on microfilm. I photographed articles with information about my father's family who lived in Seymour. While sorting through my family finds, I realized I had photos of articles that might interest others looking for family. I have pictures of numerous articles from 1923 and a few from other years. I will post as time allows. 

Thank you to Matt Gwinn at the Baylor County Banner for giving me permission to post these clippings.  

If you want to know more about the families I research, click here to like my Facebook page where you will see each post and other genealogical finds. 

Diana

© 2020

Sources

Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, TX.), Vol. 27*, No. 24. 8 Mar 1923. Print. Accessed 15 April 2019. 

*Note that January and February issues were part of Vol. 28. This and all March and April issues were printed as Vol. 27. In May, it goes back to Vol. 28. 

#52ancestors Post Forty-Four: Poor Children of Edmonson County, Kentucky

The writing prompt for post Forty-Four of #52ancestors was Frightening.  

I spent time looking at Edmonson County, Kentucky Order Books to find information about my 4th great-grandparents. I found very little about them but found many decisions regarding children from poor families. 

These decisions usually involved placing children in homes to learn a trade and may have been necessary.  In the early 1800s, there was no welfare, social services, foster care, or juvenile court system. Counties had to take care of their own. However, I felt especially sad for the very young and thought about how frightening this would be for both the parent and child. 

By 1837, my 4th great-grandmother, Nancy Davis, did not appear to be with her husband, Edward Davis. It is not known if he died or left. My 3rd great-grandfather, Seth H. Davis, age 18, and three of his brothers were bound out to others to learn trades. Seth was bound to his brother, Robert M. Davis, to learn the art and business of farming until he reached the age of 21. His brother, William W. Davis was 15 years old when he was bound to Harmon Otter to learn the art, trade, and business of farming. Enoch Davis, described as a poor boy, was also 15 years of age when assigned to Eldridge Woolsey to learn the art of farming. And brother, Elijah Davis, was 12 years old when bound out to Thomas Richeson to learn the art and business of tailoring. 

In 1853, Allen B. Davis (brother to Seth H. and others above) was summoned to court to show just cause as to why his children should not be taken from him and bound out to learn a useful trade. His wife had passed away in 1852 and the children were Elizabeth (age 15), William (age 13), Naomi (age 8), Margaret (age 14), and Eliza (age 5). 

A few of the many children found in the Order Books are listed below. 

Polina McCombs, age 4, bound to John Chandler, until she turns 18, to learn the business of Housewifing. 

James and Margaret Blair were summoned to court, 1842, to show why their ten-year-old son, James, should not be bound out to learn a trade. 

In 1847, seven-year-old James Atkins was bound to Joshua Dunn to learn the business of farming. 

In 1839, Mahala Houchin was required to appear in court to show cause, if any, why her 3 younger children should not be taken from her and bound out to learn some useful trade or occupation. 

William Jasper Decker, a poor boy the age of three years, was bound to John Harrison to learn the business and trade of a farmer. 


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© 2018

Sources

Lloyd, J. T. (1863) Lloyd's official map of the state of Kentucky compiled from actual surveys and official documents, showing every rail road & rail road station with the distances between each station. Also the counties and county seats, cities, towns, villages, post offices, wagon roads, canals, forts fortifications &c. New York, 1863. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688486/.

Order books, 1824-1876 — FamilySearch.org. Edmonson County, KY. Web. 2 Nov. 2018. https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007646770?cat=261492.
Order books; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PV-2WBF-C