His death certificate records Martin L. Clark, age 70 years 9 months 0 days, born 11 July 1882 in Bath Co., Ky, died 11 Apr 1952 at Clark County Hospital, Winchester, Clark Co., Ky, residence Pilot View, rural Clark Co., Ky, widower, farmer, father John Clark, mother’s maiden name Eliza Clark, cause of death asphyxiation from regurgitated gastric secretions due to intestinal obstruction due to strangulated hernia, informant Talmage Clark, burial in Stevenson Cemetery, Clark Co.

Although his mother is recorded as Eliza, she was really his stepmother, since John and Eliza did not marry until about 1885.

Her death certificate records Mrs. Luther Clark, age 48, born 1875 in Kentucky, died 25 Feb 1923 in Olympia, Bath Co., Ky, married, father F. M. Ginter, born in Ky, mother’s maiden name don’t know, cause of death pulmonary tuberculosis, informant Lawrence Thomas, Olympia, Ky, burial in Old Fields graveyard.