Dear Susan,
I am new to ancestry.com, and in doing my own research on the Clack family I came across your question here. Cora Clack was my paternal grandmother. I have a picture of the Clack-McGee family which shows four smaller children in the front with the parents (who are sitting), and two older children standing behind. Perhaps we are looking at the same one. This is what I know about those pictured:
William Rice Clack (1854-1932) was married first to Martha J Brown (1862-1881), and they had at least one child I have identified: Charles B. Clack (1879-1907).
William Clack then married Indiana McGee (1864-1948), and they had four children, Minnie Bell (1885-1968), Nancy Malone (1892-1994), Cora Ellen (1894-1978), and William Cypert (1897-1990).
We believe the picture shows the four younger in the front, and Charles is the older one standing in the back. We have been unable to identify the older girl standing in the back with him, but are 98% sure it is not a child of either William Clack's or Indiana McGee's, as we can find no such evidence. It could have been a second child by his first wife, Martha. But she would have had to be no more than 2 years younger than Charles as Martha died when he was 2. It is possible she died in childbirth with a daughter (the girl pictured), but I can find no record of another child for William and Martha besides Charles.
It is difficult to get information about who was living with whom at that time as most of the 1890 census data was lost in a fire. This leaves many holes in our research unfortunately. Perhaps this girl was a niece or other family member who came to live with them?
If you hear anything on this mystery, or have any more questions, please feel free to contact me at
anothercrazyredhead@gmail.com. My tree is well populated, but I am still in the beginning stages so please do not consider every stat to be 100% accurate. I believe the people are correct, just maybe not the info about them. If you would like access to view my tree I believe it is public.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/59440790/family?fpid=30048773...P.S. How does my grandmother, Cora Clack, and her family fit into your family tree?
Sincerely,
Ann May Printz