Person:Walter Clark (35)

Watchers
Walter H. Clark
m. 2 Dec 1868
  1. Nora Viola Clark1870 - 1944
  2. Pauline Clark1871 - 1874
  3. Dennis Clark1873 - 1874
  4. Walter H. Clark1874 - 1914
  5. George Arda Clark1876 - 1957
  6. May Pearl Clark1878 - Bef 1957
  7. Lawrence James Clark1880 - 1960
  8. Lulu Leanne Clark1884 - Bef 1957
  9. Hazel Emma Clark1890 - Bef 1957
  10. Edna Ethel Clark1894 - 1973
Facts and Events
Name Walter H. Clark
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Nov 1874 Illinois, United States
Residence[2] 1885 Williamsport (township), Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Residence[3] 1895 Williamsport (township), Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Residence[1] 1900 Williamsport (township), Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death[4] 2 Aug 1914 Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United StatesSuicide by chloroform
Burial[5] Foster Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Shawnee, Kansas, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T623).
  2. Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Decennial census, Kansas 1885: Shawnee County, Kansas. (Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1969).

    Williamsport township, Shawnee county, Pg 4, Family 9, Lines 13-21

    Detail of 1885 Kansas State census record
  3. Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Decennial census of Kansas 1895: Shawnee County, Kansas. (Topeka: Kansas State Historical Society, 1957).

    Williamsport township, Shawnee county, Pg 19, Family 115, Lines 20-28

    Detail of 1895 Kansas State census record
  4. Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, Kansas)
    Pg 10, 3 Aug 1914.

    DESPONDENCY IS CAUSE OF SUICIDE W. H. CLARK

    Young Farmer Drinks Chloroform in Sixth Street Rooming House.

    Continued despondency said to be due to a disagreement with his sweetheart and continued drinking, yesterday caused Walter H. Clark to take his life.

    Clark, a farmer, 39 years old, living nine miles south of Topeka, drank chloroform in a room in the Butts building, 116 East Sisth street, at 11 o'clock. He was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. Nora Sinell, 107 East Sevent street, where he died at 1:30 o'clock. The city pulmotor was used to keep him alive for a time.

    Relatives of Clark say that he has threatened suicide several times in the past week. Consequently, he was watched closely. Saturday afternoon he was driving with his father, William Clark, at Sixth and Quincy street, when Walter Clark saw George Baker, a friend, rooming in the Butts building. He asked Baker if he had room for him that night. Clark stayed with Baker. Yesterday morning, Baker and Dan Frye, another roomer, left to eat breakfast, after Clark said he did not want anything to eat. When they returned, Clark appeared seriously sick. An empty chloroform bottle told the story.

    Coroner J. H. Rinehart was called to investigate the case. It was said that a weak heart hastened Clark's death.

  5. Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, Kansas)
    Pg 6, 6 Aug 1914.

    OBITUARIES

    Walter H. Clark, 39 years old, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Nora B. Sinell, of 107 East Sevent street, Monday. A father, two brothers and five sisters survive him. The body will lie in state at Shellabarger's undertaking rooms until Friday noon. The funeral will be private. Burial will take place in the Foster cemetery.