Marshall-Leavenworth County KS Archives Biographies.....Clark, Rezin unknown - living in 1917 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com July 21, 2005, 6:52 pm Author: B. F. Bowen REZIN CLARK. In 1871 Rezin Clark came to Kansas and settled in Marshall county, presently becoming the owner of a tract of land where the village of Winifred now stands. After his marriage in 1873 Mr. Clark established his home on that farm and there remained for fifteen years, at the end of which time he moved to Frankfort, in order to secure better advantages in the way of schooling for his children, and later returned to the farm, where he continued to make his home until his retirement from the active labors of the farm in 1915 and return to Frankfort, where he is now living and where he and family are very comfortably situated. Mr. Clark has prospered well in his farming operations in this county and is now the owner of two fine farms, one of three hundred and sixty acres at Winifred and another of two hundred and seventy-four acres in the immediate vicinity of Frankfort. Mr. Clark is a Democrat and has ever given a good citizen's attention to local civic affairs, but has not been a seeker after public office. In 1873, about two years after coming to this county, Rezin Clark was united in marriage to Cora Jane Ewart, who was born in Scotland on August 24, 1855, a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Woods) Ewart, who came to this country in 1870 and settled on a farm five miles west of Frankfort, in this county, thus having been among the earliest settlers of that part of the county. Mrs. Clark's maternal grandparents, William and Jane (Clark) Woods, also came to this country from Scotland in 1870 and settled in this county, among the pioneers of the south central part of the county. To Rezin and Cora Jane (Ewart) Clark five children have been born, namely: Alvin, who is engaged in the drug business at St. Joseph, Missouri; Warren, a druggist, of Chicago; Charles, of Oklahoma City, who in 1916, as a member of the United States Cavalry, stationed in Oklahoma, was engaged in service on the Southern border as a guard against threatened outbreaks on the part of lawless Mexicans; Clara, who married T. H. Farrar and is now living on the old Woods homestead west of Frankfort, and Mrs. Elsie Havely, who is at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have seven grandchildren, Alvin Clark having three children, Alvin, Jr., Elsie Lela and Emma Rogene; Mrs. Farrar, two children, Otis Charles and Margaret Holliday, and Mrs. Havely, two, Warren Okley and Marjorie Lorraine. The Clarks are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and have ever taken a proper part in church work. Mr. Clark is a member of the Knights and Ladies of Security, as is his wife, and the latter also is a member of the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Woman's Relief Corps, in the affairs of which she takes a warm interest. Mr. Clark is a great agitator. He and Rev. Hokomb were the first to close the saloons in Frankfort, Kansas. Frankfort was the first town closed in Marshall county in 1903, and that was the start of the state going dry. Mr. Clark is a very earnest man and believes he did the right thing. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions by Emma E. Forter Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/marshall/bios/clark44bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb