FAYETTE COUNTY, TN - CEMETERIES - Clark Cemetery ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Clark ==================================================================== CLARK CEMETERY CLARK CEMETERY IS A SMALL FAMILY CEMETERY LOCATED NEAR THE OLD CLARK HOME PLACE ON THE OLD SOMERVILLE-WILLISTON ROAD THAT WAS ABANDONED WHEN HIGHWAY 76 WAS BUILT. TO GET TO THE CEMETERY: TAKE HWY 76 ABOUT 4.6 MILES SOUTH OF US HWY 64 IN SOMERVILLE TO DEMEKA DR. LEFT ON DEMEKA UNTIL PAVEMENTS ENDS AND FOLLOW GRAVELED DRIVE TO THE LEFT TO THE OLD CLARK HOME HOUSE. WALK THROUGH PASTURE GATE TO THE LEFT OF THE HOUSE. CEMETERY IS ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN HOUSE AND BARN AT THE EDGE OF THE WOODS. THE CEMETERY IS ABOUT 35 FEET BY 45 FEET. THE FENCE THAT SEPERATES IT FROM THE PASTURE IS DOWN IN TWO PLACES. SOME OF THE MARKERS ARE HARD TO READ. THE CEMETERY IS GOOD SHAPE CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT NOBODY HAS MAINTAINED IT IN THE LAST 40-50 YEARS. THE CLARKS BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY ARE ONE OF THREE SETS OF UNRELATED CLARK FAMILIES IN FAYETTE COUNTY AND ARE NOT PART OF MY CLARK FAMILY. I HAVE NOT RESEARCHED THIS LINE, BUT I THINK THAT THE CLARK NAME OF THIS LINE DIED OUT. THE ONLY DECENDANTS OF THIS LINE THAT I KNOW ABOUT ARE THE CRAWFORDS LIVING IN THE AREA. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE WIDOWS OF THIS CLARK FAMILY IS BURIED IN MT PISGAH CEMETERY, ACCORDING TO A DEATH CERTIFICATE I FOUND ON MARY F CLARK THAT DIED ON OCT 7, 1916 AT THE AGE OF 69. THE LAST KNOWN CLARK, WINNIE B CLARK CRAWFORD, IS BURIED IN EVERGREEN CEMETERY, LOCATED ON HWY 76 ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF THIS CEMETERY. I DO NOT KNOW THE CONNECTION OF THE SAIN CHILD BURIED HERE. I SUPPOSE HER MOTHER WAS A CLARK. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS FAMILY THAT WANTS TO SHARE IT CAN CONTACT ME, AND I WILL ADD IT. I KNOW MOST OF THE CRAWFORD PART OF THIS FAMILY AND WILL HELP ANYONE WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM ANY WAY THAT I CAN. CEMETERY INFORMATION WAS GATHERED JAN 1, 2000. INFORMATION LISTED BELOW IS AS IT APPEARS ON THE MARKERS. CLARK CEMETERY DOUBLE MARKER ELLISON CLARK BORN SEPT 21, 1787 DIED JAN 27, 1854 ANN C BORN OCT 7, 1798 DIED DEC 9, 1881 JAMES A CLARK BORN JUNE 7, 1835 DIED OCT 28, 1849 DOUBLE MARKER L B CLARK BORN AUG 24, 1837 DIED SEPT 26, 1904 WINNIE BORN MARCH 26, 1851 DIED NOV 23, 1901 WIFE OF L B CLARK MAGGIE A CLARK BORN DEC 13, 1887 DIED JULY 5, 1890 DAU OF L B & WINNIE CLARK 2 YRS 6 MOS 22 DAYS SALLIE CHAPELL CLARK BORN & DIED OCT 20, 1885 DAU OF L B & W A CLARK EDNA L CRAWFORD SEPT 20, 1916 JUNE 24, 1917 DAU OF E D & WINNIE B CRAWFORD VIRGINIA A SAIN BORN OCT 2, 1852 DIED SEPT 19, 1853 FIRST BORN OF H G & A SAIN