Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Reuben Clark    
                Born: Dec- 3-1843          in New Jersey  1,2
                Died: Dec-25-1931           1
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930                 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Dunkirk, Jay Co, IN  
          Occupation: 1900                 glass gatherer  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Ella Elizabeth Emerick   4  
       Also known as: E. Ellen 1
             Married: ca 1883               2
                Born: Jan-29-1859          in Pennsylvania  5 (see note 1)
                Died: Oct- 5-1947          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  5,3
              Census: 1930, 1940           in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Dunkirk, Jay Co, IN  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Reuben Arthur Clark      
                Born: Feb- 1-1887          in Atco, Camden Co, NJ  6,7,8,2 (see note 2)
                Died: 1965                  7
              Buried:                      in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3
              Census: 1940, Railroad St    in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 3)
              Census: 1910                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1942                 W.P.A.  6
          Occupation: 1940                 laborer  9
          Occupation: 1916                 glass worker  10
                Wife: Zella Flora Howell  b. Aug- 9-1890  
             Married: 1909                  11

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) 1900 Census. 
(3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) 
(4) Birth record of son. 
(5) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(6) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(9) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union) 
(10) Death record of daughter. 
(11) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1841, age 59.  But death record and
headstone show it as Jan 29 1859.  Birthplace given in death record as Mount
Eagle, Pennsylvania, exact location not found.
Note (2) Birth date given in New Jersey Births & Christenings Index as Feb 1 1886. 
But 1900 Census shows it as Feb 1887, age in 1940 Census was 53, date on
headstone is 1887, and his WW II draft registration card states Feb 1 1887.
Note (3) He was not present with his wife, parents and children for the 1930
Census.







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