My Grandfather, Beriah M. Clark was born Aug. 6, 1859 in
Hopkins County,
KY. Beriah was the son of Charles W. Clark and Narcissa Obedience
Butler. According to census records, Charles was born in
Tennessee about 1829 and his Father was John K. Clark, born about 1810. Narcissa was the daughter of William G. Butler. Here is a note of information concerning William G. Butler.
From "Death Notices from Nashville Christian Advocate". William G. Butler b.
Lincoln Co. TN 17 Dec 1810, married Sarah J. Woodard 28 Oct 1828, moved to
KY 1845, licenced to preach Methodist Church, died 5 Feb 1883
Christian Co., KY.
My Grandfather, Beriah M. Clark moved his family to
Stoddard County,
Missouri in about 1905 and his brother,
Ezekiel Haddock Clark moved his family to Southern
Illinois, near Harrisburg along about the same time. The Jimmie
Clark that you mentioned, from the picture on one of the family pages of my web site at
http://faithmemories.com, is a G/Grandson of
Ezekiel Haddock Clark.
Some of John K. Clark's descendants through his son Joshua G. Clark moved to
Indiana. I'm not certain of the date but I believe it was in the early 1900's. My
Uncle Bryan
Clark told me several times, "The
Clarks are like a bottle of ants, when you take the lid off they spread out all over the place."
Jim
Clark