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The Clark Family


This column is part of a feature series which focuses on a different Centre County family each week. Five new columns will be released each month unless some technical difficulty enters the picture.

This column's focus is on Clark. An effort has been made to identify all persons carrying that name in the 1890 U.S. Census, using the Centre County business directory which was formed from a preliminary review of that census before the larger set of 1890 U.S. Census records was destroyed by fire. (Sadly, the postal directory does not typically provide the ages of females, but it's the best record we've got).

Two books in the Pennsylvania Room of the Centre County Library in Bellefonte apparently deal in part with the Clark family. They are: Naomi Larson-Sieling's History of A Clark Family (1975); and, Carol Updegraff's The Descendants of Henry Harvey Clark (1877-1958) and Maud Cornita Bitner 1879-1951 Centre and Clinton Counties Pennsylvania (1997).

There are 42 different first-name entries for Clark in John Blair Linn's History of Centre and Clinton County (1883). In addition, there are many references to the name in Beers' Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania (1898).

And, now, your ancestors' CLARK neighbors in 1890:

In BELLEFONTE Borough:

Almeta--113 N. Allegheny
Margaret--110 W. Linn
Patrick, 73, laborer--68 S. Water
Thomas H., 27, laborer--321 E. Howard
	Martha
	John A. 8
	Winfield 6
	George 4
	Helen
	Margaret V.
William, 34, laborer--234 E. Howard
	Catherine
	William 8
	Isabella
	Mary E.
	Robert 1

In COLLEGE Township:

James O., farmer--Houserville
	Annie M.
	Edgar C. 2
Moses, 63, agent--Lemont
	Mary E.
	Maggie

In HALF-MOON Township:

George, 58, farmer--Buffalo Run
	Annie G.
	Mary
	Bertha
	Blanche
	Jennie
	George 16
	Grace

In HUSTON Township:

Bertha--Julian

In LIBERTY Township:

David W., blacksmith--Blanchard
	Laura A.
	Olive B.
	John H. 4
James, farmer--Blanchard
	Martha J.
	George L. 15
	Henry 13
	Nora M.
	Violet R.
James W., 32, foundryman--Blanchard
	Orpha F.
	Thompson D. 6
	Byron R. 3
	Mary
Lemuel, 43, laborer--Blanchard
	Nancy R.
	Charles N. 20
	Mary A.
William M., 54, farmer--Blanchard
	Mary F.
	Annie F.
	Herbert T. 22
	Edith
	Charles H. 13
	John M. 9

In MARION Township:

John, 38--Bellefonte
	Elizabeth
	Maggie
	William 11
	Delta B.
	Minnie M.

In MILHEIM Borough:

Clara J.

In PATTON Township:

Elmer J., 31, farmer--Buffalo Run
	Mary E.
	Ethel J.

In PHILIPSBURG Borough:

Cass, 35, hostler--Presquile St.
Mary E.--Presquile St.
Thomas E., 47, coal and iron police--Presquile St.
	Maggie

In RUSH Township:

William, 55, laborer--Philipsburg
	Maria
	John 36
	Albert 19
	James 16
	Amy O.
	Annie
	Emily

In SNOW SHOE Township:

William, 54, miner--Snow Shoe
	Mary
	Thomas 24
	John 18
	Margaret
	Patrick 15
	Bridget
William, 56, miner--Clarence

In SPRING Township:

Mollie B.--Axeman
Walter 9--Pleasant Gap

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