Person:Laura Clark (3)

Watchers
Laura Jane Clark
b.14 Mar 1853 , , Florida, USA
m. Abt 1845
  1. Charles Thomas Clark1851 -
  2. Carolyn Dora Clark1852 - 1934
  3. Laura Jane Clark1853 - 1937
  4. Georgia Ann Clark1856 -
  5. Adeline Clark1858 - 1870
  6. Samuel Jackson Clark1863 - 1943
  7. Allen Jordan Clark1866 -
  1. William Joseph Barks1873 - 1956
  2. Mollie Mary Barks1876 - 1945
  3. Charles Littleton Barks1878 - 1939
  4. Viola Barks1881 -
  5. Travis Jefferson Barks1882 - 1952
  6. Lula Mae Barks1886 - 1946
  7. Alice Barks1887 - 1925
  8. Hattie Elizabeth Barks1888 - Abt 1900
  9. Bessie Belle Barks1895 - 1973
Facts and Events
Name Laura Jane Clark
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3][4] 14 Mar 1853 , , Florida, USA
Marriage to Littleton Holland Barks
Death[5][6] 22 Jan 1937 Crestview, Okaloosa, Florida, USA
Burial? Crestview, Okaloosa, Florida, USA
References
  1. 1885 Census of Walton County, FL
    page 70A.

    this record indicates that Laura (Babe) was born in 1861 (her age was reported as 24), and that she was from SC and that her mother and father were from SC. Do not believe any of this info to be correct.

  2. 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Walton County, FL
    FHL 1254132; NA T9-0132, Page 480 D.

    Precinct 8
    She is age 25, keeping house, from FL, whose father was from AL and whose mother was from MO!

  3. 1920 U.S. Federal Census of Okaloosa County, Florida
    page 70A; Year: 1920;Census Place: Crestview, Okaloosa, Florida; Roll: T625_228; Page: 9B; .

    Shown as being age 65 at this time, which is closer to her birth year that I have than the 1885 census. Her sister is listed as being age 50, (Georgan Clark), in the same household.

  4. 1900 U.S. Federal Census of Walton County, FL.
  5. Florida Death Index
    Certificate #9898, Vol. 759.

    at ancestry.com the database details: Florida Death Index, 1877-1998

  6. Death Certificate
    Certificate #9898, Vol. 759.

    County: Okaloosa
    District No. 34-05
    Town: Crestview
    City No. 34-535
    Registerd No. 17
    Lifelong Resident.
    Full Name: Laura Jane Barks [of Crestview]
    Sex: Female
    Race: White
    Widow
    No birth date given
    Age at Death: 78 years
    Profession: Housekeeper
    Birthplace: Florida
    Name of Father: Unknown
    Name of Mother: Mrs. J. Clark
    Birthplaces of Mother and Father unknown by informant.
    Informant: Mrs. Settles of Crestview.
    Burial at Crestview on Jan 23, 1937.
    Undertaker: W.F. Arnett of Crestview made casket.
    Filed July 8, 1937 by Mrs. J. M. Jordan
    Date of Death Jan. 22, 1937
    "I hereby certify that I attended deceased from Jan. 21, 1937 to Jan. 22, 1937. I last saw her alive on Jan. 21 1937. Death is said to have occurred on the date stated above at 5:00?m
    The principal cause of death and related causes of importance in order of onset were as follows: Cardiac Decompensation; Valeriter? Conttibutory Causes of importance not related to pricipal causes: Chr. Nephritis. No autopsy." signed R.E. Enzor, M.D.

    Photocopy in possession of Margaret M. Harris.
    Computation of age, using this document makes her date of birth closer to 1859.