Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark b. 29 Nov 1885 Big Rapids, MI; grew up in Hammond, Lake Co., IN d. 5 Apr 1947 Burial: Greenwood Cem., Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA: Forney & Clark Genealogy Pages

1885 - 1947 (61 years)

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Name	Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark
Birth	29 Nov 1885	Big Rapids, MI; grew up in Hammond, Lake Co., IN
Gender	Male
Death	5 Apr 1947	Burial: Greenwood Cem., Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
Person ID	I0210	forneyclark
Last Modified	12 Feb 2025

Father	John Thomas Clark, b. 29 Jun 1859, Antwerp, Jefferson Co., NY d. 4 Nov 1904, Hammond,Lake Co.IN; burial:St.John/ St.Joseph Catholic Cem., Hammond,Lake Co.,IN (Age 45 years)
Mother	Catherine Anne "Katie" MacDonell, b. 12 Mar 1862, Stone Villa, Cornwall, Lancaster, Glengarry Co., Canada d. 23 Apr 1942, Welsh, LA; burial: Calvary Cem., Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA (Age 80 years)
Marriage	20 Feb 1884	St. Mary's Church, Big Rapids, MI
Family ID	F0076	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary "Polly" Fraser, b. 10 Jun 1884, Near Glasgow, Scotland d. 14 Apr 1946, Burial: Greenwood Cem., Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA (Age 61 years)

Marriage 2 Apr 1918

Children

1. Thomas Alexander "Pop" "Tac" Clark, b. 23 Oct 1919 d. 19 Jul 1996, Burial:SignalHillMem.Park,Hanover,HanoverCo.,VA

(Age 76 years)

Family ID F0035 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Feb 2025

Photos » Slide Show		Clark, Thomas Henry "Tom" (1885-1947) Individual photo was taken in Big Rapids, MI, in 1886, and came from the MacDonell/ Clark Collection by Jan Worthy.
		Clark, George Leo (1888-1969) & Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark (1885-1947) 2-Persons photo was taken in Big Rapids, Michigan, about 1888. Included (L-R) are George Leo Clark & Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark. This picture came from the Clark Collection by Ruby Eloise "Toodles" Shivertaker Clark.
		Clark, Thomas Henry "Tom" (1885-1947) & John Edwin "Don" Clark (1890-1934) & George Leo Clark (1888-1969) Group photo was taken in Big Rapids, Michigan, about 1890. Included (L-R) are Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark & John Edwin "Don" Clark & George Leo Clark. This picture came from the Clark Collection by Ruby Eloise "Toodles" Shivertaker Clark.
		Clark, Thomas Henry "Tom" (1885-1947) & George Leo Clark (1888-1969) & John Edwin "Don" Clark (1890-1939) & Mary Katherine "Kitty" "MawMaw Pete" Clark (1892-1976) Group photo was taken in Big Rapids, MI, about 1894. Included from the top of the picture to the bottom are Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark & George Leo Clark & John Edwin "Don" Clark & Mary Katherine "Kitty" "MawMaw Pete" Clark Peterson. This picture came from the MacDonell/ Clark Collection by Ann Fraser/Jan Worthy and from the Clark Collection by Ruby Eloise "Toodles" Shivertaker Clark.
		Clark, Thomas Henry "Tom" (1885-1947)& George Leo Clark (1888-1969)& John Edwin “Don” Clark (1890-1939) & Mary Katherine “Kitty” "MawMaw Pete" Clark (1892-1976)& Charles "Russell" "Rus" Clark (1895-1962)& Genevieve Elizabeth "Gen" Clark (1897-1986) School/ Church photo of All Saints Church and School in Hammond, IN, came from the MacDonell/ Clark Collection by Ann Fraser/Jan Worthy. Note on the photo reads, “All the Clark children attended this school.” Included are Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark & George Leo Clark & John Edwin “Don” Clark & Mary Katherine “Kitty” "MawMaw Pete" Clark Peterson & Charles "Russell" "Rus" Clark & Genevieve Elizabeth "Gen" Clark McLane.
		Clark, John Edwin “Don” (1890-1939) & George Leo Clark (1888-1969) & Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark (1885-1947) & Charles "Russell" "Rus" Clark (1895-1962) Group photo was taken about 1913 and came from the Clark Collection by Thomas D. “Tom” Clark. Identification of subjects was made by Thomas D. “Tom” Clark & Ann Fraser & Jan Worthy & Kay Ward. Included (L-R) are John Edwin “Don” Clark & George Leo Clark & Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark & Charles "Russell" "Rus" Clark.
		Clark, Charles "Russell" "Rus" (1895-1962) & Genevieve Elizabeth "Gen" Clark (1897-1986) & Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark (1885-1947) & Catherine Anne "Katie" MacDonell (1862-1942) & Mary Katherine “Kitty” "MawMaw Pete" Clark (1892-1976) & George Leo Clark (1888-1969) & John Edwin “Don” Clark (1890-1939) Group photo was taken in Lake Arthur, LA about 1916 and came from the Clark Collection by Thomas D. “Tom” Clark and from the MacDonell/ Clark Collection by Ann Fraser/ Jan Worthy. Included (L-R) are Charles "Russell" "Rus" Clark & Genevieve Elizabeth "Gen" Clark McLane & Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark & Catherine Anne "Katie" MacDonell Clark & Mary Katherine “Kitty” "MawMaw Pete" Clark Peterson & George Leo Clark & John Edwin “Don” Clark.
		Lovell, Katherine Jeanette "Katy" (1892-1961) & John Edwin "Don" Clark (1890-1939) & Mary "Polly" Fraser (1884-1946) & Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark (1885-1947) & Mary Katherine "Kitty" "MawMaw Pete" Clark (1892-1976) & George Neilson "PawPaw" Peterson (1890-1966) Group photo of (L-R) Katherine Jeanette "Katy" Lovell Clark & John Edwin "Don" Clark & Mary "Polly" Fraser Clark & Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark & Mary Katherine "Kitty" "MawMaw Pete" Clark Peterson & George Neilson "PawPaw" Peterson was taken in Jennings or Lake Arthur, LA, about 1938. This picture came from the Clark Collection by Ruby Eloise "Toodles" Shivertaker Clark.
		Clark, Thomas Henry "Tom" (1885-1947) Individual photo was taken in Jennings or Lake Arthur, LA, about 1938. This picture came from the Clark Collection by Ruby Eloise "Toodles" Shivertaker Clark.
		Clark, John Edwin “Don” (1890-1939) & Mary Katherine “Kitty” "MawMaw Pete" Clark (1892-1976) & Catherine Anne "Katie" MacDonell (1862-1942) & Charles "Russell" "Rus" Clark (1895-1962)& Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark (1885-1947) Group photo was taken in Lake Arthur, LA, 1938-1939 and came from the Clark Collection by Thomas D. “Tom” Clark and from the MacDonell/ Clark Collection by Ann Fraser/ Jan Worthy. Included (L-R) are John Edwin “Don” Clark & Mary Katherine “Kitty” "MawMaw Pete" Clark Peterson & Catherine Anne "Katie" MacDonell Clark & Charles "Russell" "Rus" Clark. Standing is Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark.
		Clark, Thomas Henry "Tom" (1885-1947) & Vera Lois Halstead Firth (1920-2005) & Katherine Lois Clark & Molly “Polly” Fraser (1884-1946) & Thomas Alexander “Pop” “Tac” Clark, Sr. (1919-1996) Group photo includes (L-R) Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark & Vera Lois Halstead Firth Clark & Catherine Lois Clark & Molly “Polly” Fraser Clark & Thomas Alexander “Pop” “Tac” Clark, Sr. This picture came from the Clark Collection by Patsy Clark.

Documents

Clark, Thomas Henry "Tom" : Obituary of Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark (1885-1947)
Obituary was provided by Ann Frazer/Jan Worthy.

Headstones

Clark, Thomas Henry "Tom" (1885-1947)
Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark (1885-1947); Greenwood Cemetery, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, USA. Photo was taken by David R. Clark, M.D.

Notes

Source:
Donna Forney Clark:
Doris Hanish Boardingham Peterson's(1922-2013) first husband, George Boardinghouse, Jr., (possibly b.1922) was the son of George Boardingham (b, 1887) & Jesse Fraser (1889-1969), sister of Mary "Polly" Fraser (1884-1946) who married Thomas Henry "Tom" Clark (1885-1947).

Source:
Ann Fraser
Jan Worthy:
Obituary:
Thomas H. Clark lived in Jennings, LA for 36 years, moving there in 1919. When he first came to Jennings, he was a rice farmer and later owned and ran a mattress business in Jennings He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. Conflicting birth dates: November 30, 1886.