Family Group Sheet
NameEdward Fielding Clarke, 5C3R
Birth19 Mar 1873, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death24 Apr 1948, San Diego, San Diego Co., California
BurialMt. Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego Co., California
FatherJames Edward Clarke (1838-1913)
MotherMary J. Goodan (1839-1910)
Other spousesMabel Gray
Marriage23 Feb 1895, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary A. Johnston
BirthDec 1875, Logan Co., West Virginia
FatherGeorge Andrew Johnston (1838-1893)
MotherValerie Ann Christian (~1849-<1900)
Children
1 FMary V. Clarke, 6C2R
BirthMay 1898, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Edward Fielding Clarke
The U.S. Army Register of Enlistments 1798-1914 records Edward F. Clarke, age 28 1/2, born in Rowan Co., Ky, enlisted 29 April 1901 in Ironton, Ohio, occupation lawyer, discharged June 14, 1901.
Herringshaw’s Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, Ill, 1901, contains on p. 222 the paragraph “CLARKE, EDWARD FIELDING, lawyer, was born March 19, 1873 in Morehead, Ky. He studied law in his father’s office; was admitted to the bar in 1894, and practices his profession in his native city.”
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Edward Fielding Clark, age 45, residence 605 E. College St., Florence, Alabama, born 19 Mar 1873, occupation police, employer Air Nitrate Corp, Musels Shoal, Alabama, nearest relative Mary E. Clark, same address.
(This would be his fourth wife, Mary Emma Machin, with whom he was enumerated in Texas in the 1920 census.)
The California death index lists Edward Fielding Clarke, born 19 Mar 1873 in Kentucky, died 24 Apr 1948 in San Diego Co., father’s surname Clarke, mother’s maiden name Goodan.
Herringshaw’s Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, Ill, 1901, contains on p. 222 the paragraph “CLARKE, EDWARD FIELDING, lawyer, was born March 19, 1873 in Morehead, Ky. He studied law in his father’s office; was admitted to the bar in 1894, and practices his profession in his native city.”
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Edward Fielding Clark, age 45, residence 605 E. College St., Florence, Alabama, born 19 Mar 1873, occupation police, employer Air Nitrate Corp, Musels Shoal, Alabama, nearest relative Mary E. Clark, same address.
(This would be his fourth wife, Mary Emma Machin, with whom he was enumerated in Texas in the 1920 census.)
The California death index lists Edward Fielding Clarke, born 19 Mar 1873 in Kentucky, died 24 Apr 1948 in San Diego Co., father’s surname Clarke, mother’s maiden name Goodan.
Census
1930 census of Jefferson Co., Kentucky, Louisville ward 6, enumerated 16 April, lists on p. 13B in a boarding house run by Mrs. Dee Simms:
Clark, E. F., roomer, 57, widowed, b. Ky Ky Ky, attorney in law practice. (There are 11 other adult boarders in the house, all listed as single or widowed.)
Clark, E. F., roomer, 57, widowed, b. Ky Ky Ky, attorney in law practice. (There are 11 other adult boarders in the house, all listed as single or widowed.)
Notes for Mary A. Johnston
I cannot find any record of Mary or her daughter Mary V. after the 1900 census. They may have both died before 1910, or she may have been divorced and remarried.
Notes for Edward Fielding & Mary A. (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage register A, p. 80, records the marriage on 23 Feb 1895 in Morehead of E. F. Clark and Mary A. Johnston.
Census
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 7 June, lists on p. 1A as family #2:
Clarke, Edward F., 27, b. March 1873, b. Ky Ky Ky, lawyer; Mary A., wife, 24, b. Dec 1875, WVa WVa WVa, married 5 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Mary V., dau, 2, b. May 1898, Ky Ky WVa; Johnston, Haley, sister-in-law, b. March 1879, WVa WVa WVa; Wm E., bro-in-law, 16, b. Feb 1884, Ky WVa WVa; Geo P., bro-in-law, 13, b. Dec 1886, Ky WVa WVa.
Clarke, Edward F., 27, b. March 1873, b. Ky Ky Ky, lawyer; Mary A., wife, 24, b. Dec 1875, WVa WVa WVa, married 5 years, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Mary V., dau, 2, b. May 1898, Ky Ky WVa; Johnston, Haley, sister-in-law, b. March 1879, WVa WVa WVa; Wm E., bro-in-law, 16, b. Feb 1884, Ky WVa WVa; Geo P., bro-in-law, 13, b. Dec 1886, Ky WVa WVa.
