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 spousesMary A. Johnston
Marriage4 Oct 1911, Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia
SpouseAda Lee Hoback
Birthabt 1883, Pulaski Co., Virginia
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 Edward Fielding & Ada Lee (Family)
The West Virginia marriages index records the marriage of Edward F. Clark, age 35, born in Rowan Co., Ky, to Miss Adah Lee Hoback, age 28, born in Pulaski Co., Virginia, on 4 Oct 1911 in Huntington, Cabell Co., West Virginia.
I do not know whether this marriage ended in divorce or if Ada died young.
I do not know whether this marriage ended in divorce or if Ada died young.
