James Stephen Clark b. 8 Mar 1869 Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 1 Aug 1942 Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA: Tangled Roots

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Name	James Stephen Clark
Born	8 Mar 1869	Gallia County, Ohio, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Census	1870	Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA [2]
Census	1880	Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA [3]
Census	1900	Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA [4]
Died	1 Aug 1942	Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA [5]
	Cause: Carcinoma of the Pancreas
	OBITUARY Clark, James S. Probate Judge James S. Clark Able Public Servant Passes In 74th Year After Long Illness Elected Auditor Twice and Seven Times as Probate Judge .....Judge White Assumes New Duties for Time Being. .....About 1 o'clock this morning death ended the remarkable career of Judge James Stephen Clark at his home, 345 Fourth Ave. He had been unconscious for a couple of days, but his illness had been hopeless for several months, at least. .....Judge Clark held office in this county longer than anyone else known to the present generation. He knew more people in the county, knew more about the people of the county and had more warm friends among them probably than anyone else ever had. .....Loved to Serve His death has taken from them wise counsellor, a capable and hard working official -- one who in years ahead will become a legendary figure. He possessed an amazing capacity for hard and exacting work together with a willingness and an eagerness to be of service to all who came to his office or home to seek advice or favors. Judge Clark had a remarkable career in business before he started on a more remarkable political and official career. .....He was 73 years old last March, having been born in Clay Township in 1869. He was a son of Amos and Frances Riggs Clark prominent and outstanding in the closing decades of the last century. James S. finished his education at the Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio and Eastman Business College in New York. Associated with widely known firm of Graham, Clark and Riggs (made up of his kinfolk) he engaged in the produce business and operated flatboats between this sector and New Orleans. Later he was in the cold storage business in Milwaukee. .....On June 2, 1897, he and Ethel McDaniel of the same community were united in marriage. Eleven years later James S. Clark, then a vigorous and aggressive man but not extensively acquainted in his native county, was nominated and elected County Auditor. He served two terms and in 1916 he was elected probate judge and entered upon his duties the following Feb. 9. Each quadrennium thereafter he was reelected, meeting opposition at first but finally winning the characterization of being "invincible". .....Rites on Tuesday .....Funeral services for Judge J.S. Clark will be held at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening at the funeral home of George J. Wetherholt & Sons. Rev. J.L. Stephenson will officiate, as decedent's pastor, Rev. W. Scott Westerman, is in Michigan. Interment will be made in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may view the features there after 2 o'clock Sunday p.m. .....Thursday, a prominent Columbus lawyer here on business, said "Judge Clark is undoubtedly one of the ablest probate judges in Ohio, even if he is not a lawyer." And it is no secret that many southern Ohio probate judges consulted him frequently about legal and official problems. .....Working side by side with him during his official career has been Mrs. Clark, who has demonstrated a capacity for public service and for making friends comparable to his. .....Illness at last overtaking him, Judge Clark left his office last November (missing section) surgical skill could do to cure or greatly relieve him. He suffered much and had become extremely emaciated. Three nurses had helped to care for him during the latter part of his invalidism. .....Judge Clark is survived by, besides his devoted wife, a daughter, Mrs. Frank E. Wetherholt; two grandchildren, Frank Clark Wetherholt and Judy Weatherholt and one sister, Mrs. Mary Ewing, all of Gallipolis. .....Judge Clark was a member of the Methodist Church and he was a Shriner, Knight Templar, 32nd Degree Mason, an Elk and Eastern Star. .....Judge Clark was a man of diversified interests. Persons active in local politcs recognized him as one of the shrewdest and most resourceful the county has known. [Source: Gallipolis Paper, No date, Transcribed by F.K. Brown http://www.galliagenealogy.org/Obituaries/obits_Cl-Cu.htm]
Buried	4 Aug 1942	Gallia County, Ohio, USA [6]
Buried	Mound Hill Cemetery
Person ID	I6863	TangledRoots
Last Modified	8 Jan 2017

Father	Amos Clark, b. 8 Dec 1839, Westport, Lincoln County, Maine, USA , d. 4 Jun 1912, Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA (Age 72 years)
Mother	Harriett Frances Riggs, b. 13 Sep 1843, Gallia County, Ohio, USA , d. 24 Nov 1874, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA (Age 31 years)
Married	2 Jun 1863	Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Family ID	F2714	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ethel F. McDaniel, b. 12 Sep 1877, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA , d. 1969 (Age 91 years)

Married 2 Jun 1897 Gallia County, Ohio, USA [7]

Children

1. Martha Frances Clark, b. 8 May 1900, Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

, d. 18 Dec 1994 (Age 94 years)

Last Modified 8 May 2017

Family ID F2758 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes
Mentioned in the will of Amos Clark as James S. Clark, also Executor.

Sources

[S1310] Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003, FamilySearch, v1, p242 #112-1/2 - James S. Clark.
State of Ohio, Galia County
Jas. S. Clark, 1869 Mar 8, Ohio, Gallia Co., Clay Twp., male, white, father: Amos Clark, mother: Frances Harriet Riggs, Residence Gallia Co.
Gallia County, Ohio v1 p242
[S1005] 1870 Federal Census: Ohio, Gallia County, #552702., Clay Township, p12.
DW 85-85
...line 7 - Amos Clark, age 29 male white, Steam Boat Clerk, born Maine
...line 8 - Frances Clark, age 26 female white, keeping house, born Ohio
...line 9 - Mary L. Clark, age 5 female white, born Ohio
...line 10 - James S. Clark, age 1 male white, born Ohio

DW 86-86
...line 11 - James Riggs, age 74, male, white, farmer, born Maryland (also listed: Stafford McClary-living with the family and Jackson Powers, black, farm laborer)
...line 12 - Mary Riggs, age 67 female white, keeping house, born Maryland
...line 13 - Samuel H. Riggs, age 29 male white, works on the farm, born Ohio
...line 14 - Eliza Riggs, age 23 female white, Helps mother, born Illinois
...line 15 -
...line 16 -

DW 87-87
...line 17 - Samuel Riggs
1870 Census - Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio
[S630] 1880 Federal Census: Ohio, Gallia County, Clay Township, p22B.
DW 186-191
...line 8 - Jacob Riggs, white male age 55, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Maryland, mother born Maryland
...line 9 - E. M. Riggs, white female age 52, married, wife, born Ohio, father born Connecticutt, mother born New Jersey
...line 10 - Edward H. Riggs, white male age 27, son, farmer, born Ohio father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 11 - Mary S. Riggs, white female age 25, daughter, at home, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 12 - Rose B. Riggs, whie female age 22, daughter, single, at home, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 13 - James T. Riggs, white male age 19, son, single, at school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 14 - Jessie T. Riggs, white female age 17, daughter, single, at school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 15 - Lizzie Riggs, white female age 15, daughter, single, at school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 16 - Earnest A. Riggs, white male age 7, son, single, at home, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio

DW 189-144
...line 28 - Amos Clark, white male age 40, married, Produce Speculator, born in Maine, father born Maine, mother born Maine
...line 29 - Mary L. Clark, daughter, white female age 15, single, at school, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 30 - Jas. S. Clark, son, white male age 11, single, at home, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 31 - Ada F. Clark, daughter, white female age 8, single, at home, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 32 - Mary Riggs, white female age 78, mother-in-law, widowed, housekeeper, born Maryland, father born Maryland, mother born Maryland
1880 Census - Clay Township, Gallia County, Ohio
[S1013] 1900 Federal Census: Ohio, Gallia County, Clay Township, p7B.
DW 135-140
...line 54 - James S. Clark, head, white, male, born March 1869, age 31, married 3 yr, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio, dealer-produce
...line 55 - Ethel F. Clark, wife, white, female, born September 1877, age 22, married 3 yr, mother of 1 child-1 living, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio
...line 56 - Frances M. Clark, daughter, white, female, born May 1900, age 0/12, single, born Ohio, mother born Ohio, father born Ohio
[S488] State of Ohio, Department of Health, Death Certificate 1908-1953, #47782 James Stephen Clark.
James Stephen Clark
Place of Death, Gallia, Gallipolis, O
Male, White, Married
Wife: Ethel McDaniel Clark
Date of Birth: Mar 8 1869
Age: 73y 3m 5d
Birthplace: Clay Twp, Gallipolis, Ohio
Father: Amos Clark, born Maine
Mother: Frances Riggs, born Gallia County, Ohio
Date of Death: Aug 1, 1942
Cause of Death: Carcinoma of the Pancreas
Burial: Mound Hill Cemt Aug 4, 1942
copy in file
[S255] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 86443279 - James S. Clark.
Birth: 1869
Death: 1942
Burial: Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 86443279
picture in file
[S1278] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994, FamilySearch, v8, p215, #643 - James S. Clark and Ethel McDaniel.
State of Ohio, Gallia County
...James S. Clark and Ethel F. McDaniel, married 2 June 1897 by H. E. Brill, M.G.
Gallia County, Ohio v8, p215, #643