Walter Clark

1899 - 1935  (35 years)

• Name	Walter Clark  [1]
  Birth	18 Mar 1899	Bardwell, Ellis County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 1935	Padre Island, Flour Bluff, Precinct No One, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas   [1]
  Burial	28 Feb 1935	Waxahachie City Cemetery, Addition 3, Block 2, Lot 9, 5th Row, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas   [1]
  Person ID	I6278	Carl
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward Porter Clark,   b. 15 Nov 1860, Giles County, Tennessee d. 15 Jan 1916, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, USA (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Ida May Chiles,   b. 28 Sep 1877, Tennessee d. 13 Nov 1904, Ellis County, Texas (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1897	Ellis County, Texas
  	from: mmmmwards@yahoo.com to: Gloria Tune Saunders date: Thu, Jan 22, 2009 Hi Gloria, I found them, and another set of Clark - Chiles married the same day. Brother & sister maybe? I took a picture of the page and attached here. E.P. Clark and Ida Chiles is Vol. 1, page 504. Ellis County Marriage Book Vol. 1, page 504 O. E. Clark and Lou Chiles October 28, 1897 Martha
  Family ID	F2230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Walter Clark Name: Walter Clark Death Date: 26 Feb 1935 Death County: Nueces Certificate: 9578 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit. ********************** February 27, 1935 Paper: Dallas Morning News Walter Clark, 36, a fisherman, was found dead of exposure on Padre Island in the Gulf near Corpus Christi. It was feared his brother, Harvey, unreported since the norther struck their camp while he was out in a skiff, had met a like fate. Obituary for Walter Clark March 3, 1935 Dallas Morning News Archives "WAXAHACHIE, Texas, March 2" "With his casket draped with the flag of America, which he served in the World War, the body of Walter Clark, 36, who died on Padre Island, making a frantic search for his brother Harvey, later found unharmed, was buried in a Waxahachie Cemetery Friday. Commercial fishermen, the Clark brothers were angling in the Gulf, several miles from Corpus Christi. A windstorm blew up, separating them. In the excitement, Walter Clark thought he saw his brother in a skiff, buffeted by high waves. In efforts to reach his brother, running along the island, then rowing in his boat, he overtaxed his heart and died. Surviving him are four brothers Ed, Ewell and Harvey of Corpus Christi and Floyd of Waxahachie, a garage man." www.genealogybank.com[Stafford 105 branch.FTW] Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 about Walter Clark Name: Walter Clark Death Date: 26 Feb 1935 Death County: Nueces Certificate: 9578 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, U T,USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Depart mentof Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: TexasDe partment of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit. Name: Walter Clarke Death date: 26 Feb 1935 Death place: Flour Bluff, Precinct No One, Nueces, Texas Gender: Male Race or color (on document): White Age at death: 36 years 10 months 9 days Estimated birth year: Birth date: 18 Mar 1898 Birth place: Waxahachie, Tex Marital status: Single Spouse name: Father name: Babe Clark Father birth place: Tennessee Mother name: Fannie May Childs Mother birth place: Tennessee Occupation: Commercial Fisherman Residence: 2600 Water Street, Corpus Christi, Texas Cemetery name: Waxahachie City Cemetery Burial place: Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas Burial date: 28 Feb 1935 Additional relatives: Informant: Brother, Harvey Clark, Corpus Christi, Texas Film number: 2116312 Digital GS number: 4167111 Image number: 1670 Reference number: cn9578 Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Source: www.familysearch.org ********************** February 27, 1935 Paper: Dallas Morning News Walter Clark, 36, a fisherman, was found dead of exposure on Padre Isla ndin the Gulf near Corpus Christi. It was feared his brother, Harvey,u nreported since the norther struck their camp while he was out in askif f, had met a like fate. Obituary for Walter Clark March 3, 1935 Dallas Morning News WAXAHACHIE, Texas, March 2 With his casket draped with the flag of America, which he served in the World War, the body of Walter Clark, 36, who died on Padre Island, maki nga frantic search for his brother Harvey, later found unharmed, was bu riedin a Waxahachie Cemetery Friday. Commercial fishermen, the Clark brothers were angling in the Gulf,sever al miles from Corpus Christi. A windstorm blew up, separatingthem. In t he excitement, Walter Clark thought he saw his brother in askiff, buffe ted by high waves. In efforts to reach his brother, runningalong the i sland, then rowing in his boat, he overtaxed his heart anddied. Surviving him are four brothers Ed, Ewell and Harvey of Corpus Christia nd Floyd of Waxahachie, a garage man.

  
  

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