Margaret McClary was born on 11 February 1797

A4 William McCracken, born 22 July 1788, Cumberland County, PA. (22 July 1788 was mentioned in the old family Bible. The Cambridge Presbyterian Church records list his birth date as “28” July 1788, and death date as 25 May 1872, aged 83 years, 9 months, 27 days.) Apprenticed to a blacksmith in Pittsburgh sometime between 1806* and 1809. Arrived in Cambridge, Ohio, and married Margaret McClary, daughter of Thomas and Margaret McClary. William became a big figure in Cambridge, Ohio, development and in its history. He dealt in blacksmithing, tanning, real estate, merchantilism, farming, and was generally one of the most progressive citizens in his time. (Much can be added here about his career.)

Margaret McClary was born on 11 February 1797, PA, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret McClary. Thomas McClary was a cabinetmaker, and received the contract to finish the first Guernsey County Courthouse. The McClary’s lived on the “alley”/street right next to the courthouse square in Cambridge. The McClary house stood until 1874, when it was torn down to make way for the present Baptist Church, at the corner of Steubenville Avenue and East Eight Street, Cambridge. Margaret (McClary) McCracken died on 21 July 1822, probably as the result of an epidemic. William McCracken died on 25 May 1872. (This hardly does justice to what could be said about William McCracken, but more is to be found elsewhere, in various sources.)

Together they had four children:

A4a Alexander McCracken 22 November 1814 5 February 1914

A4b Margaret McCracken 22 April 1816 20 April 1912

A4c Thomas McCracken 18 June 1818 25 July 1822

A4d Jane McCracken 30 March 1820 8 February 1902

A4a Alexander McCracken, born 22 November 1814, Cambridge, OH. On 14 November 1839, married Sarah McFarren, daughter of John and Abigail (Smith) McFarren. Sarah was born on 25 September 1814, PA. There was an interesting little statement about Sarah’s father John McFarren in the 2 March 1894 edition of the Daily Jeffersonian, p.3, Sarchet’s Recollections: “John McFarren, the tinner, lived opposite the now Fulton lot, where he had a tin shop. He was strongly anti-Mason and took great delight in pounding on a tin pan, making all the noise he could, when the Masonic order had any public demonstrations. He said, “The nearer they come, the harder I pound.”

Alexander McCracken had a varied career in Cambridge (tannery, chair factory, bank, etc.)

Alexander was an ardent abolitionist. Worked to free slaves on the Underground Railroad. The McCracken home at 813 Steubenville Ave., Cambridge, was a stop on the “Underground Railroad”, and has been published as such.

In the mid 1850s Alexander organized and opened “The McCracken Bank”. This venture proved not to be so prudent, and in the end, a ruinous idea. In early April of 1869 the bank failed, as a result of the crashing “wool market”, and a few years prior to that it had been robbed. (Add details of these situations.)

Long before government regulation of banks, private banks were common, and thus uninsured Federally. Alexander and his father, William, “made good” on all the lost investments to their customers, and all but “bankrupted” Alexander. He was forced to sell the McCracken house at 813 Steubenville Ave., Cambridge. His father, William, then (as I have gathered/speculated) moved in with his widowed daughter, Margaret (McCracken) Thompson, until he died in 1872. (This begs for more research.)

Alexander McCracken moved to Philadelphia for twenty-some years. Once, in 1994, when I was visiting Philadelphia, I had occasion to do a little searching for Alexander’s stint in that city. According to the Philadelphia City Directories for this time period, (oddly enough, he was the only Alexander McCracken listed in the whole city). Alexander was involved in a few different ventures:

He was not listed there in the 1869 directory

1870 Alex was a driver, and resided at 1231 Tilton

1872 He was employed at the A.O. Long & Co., and resided in Merchant House

1875 Alex McC, chairs, resided at 2008 Parrish

James S. McC, salesman (this was his son James Scott McCracken)

1894 Alex McC., confectioner, resided at 1343 Hicks

McC & Hall, (James McCracken & Wilbur E. Hall), furniture 116 Edward

1896 Alex McC, real estate, 1221 Arch, resided at 1433 N. 17th

116 Edward

Alex must have moved back to Cambridge circa 1896-97. He was not listed in the 1897 City Directory. Son, James was. Many other things to say about Alexander, given his later years back in Cambridge. Sarah (McFarren) McCracken died on 1 December 1899. Alexander died on 5 February 1914. Together Alex and Sarah had four children:

A4a1 William Alexander McCracken c. 1840 25 December 1868

A4a2 John H./M. McCracken 1843 12 December 1867

A4a3 Ella McCracken 12 December 1845 27 January 1933

A4a4 James Scott McCracken 1849

A4a1 Dr. William Alexander McCracken, born circa 1840, Cambridge, OH. Married ___________. Died 25 December 1868, Cambridge, OH. (No issue that I’ve found.)

A4a2 John McFarren McCracken, born circa 1843, Cambridge, Ohio. Died 12 December 1867, Cambridge, Ohio GAR

A4a3 Ella McCracken, born 12 December 1845, Cambridge, Ohio. She attended Cambridge public schools and Washington Female Seminary. Married Capt. Alexander Addison "Add" Taylor 18 January 1870, Cambridge, Ohio. Although they had no children of their own, Ella and Add Taylor raised the orphaned children of Ad’s brother William Taylor, namely: Charles, William, and Lyda Taylor. When Junius McHenry was murdered in 1883, Mary, Madge, and Willie McHenry were fatherless. Ad Taylor was appointed their legal guardian.

Ella Taylor was an active member of the First United Presbyterian Church in Cambridge. She was also a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Add Taylor was among the charter members of the Cambridge Library Association in 1898.

Add Taylor died on 10 May 1908. Ella died 27th? January 1933, Cambridge, Ohio. Was close with "Sally" Thompson McHenry. Have photo of them et al on Ella’s porch. Gave Mary (McHenry) Brown the Royal Bayreuth sugar & creamer set for their wedding present in 1891.

A4a4 James "Jimmie" Scott McCracken, born circa 1849, Cambridge, Ohio. He married Josephine Thompson. They moved to Philadelphia, PA and established a furniture business as a manufacturer, dealer, importer, and exporter. The family lived in Germantown and was very prominent in Phila. business, political, and religious matters. Descendants married into the Fessenden family. Prominent. Further research can be done. Had three children:

A4a4a "Rob"

A4a4b Lillian, m. _____ Smoot

A4a4c Helen McCracken 25 October 1885 circa 1966-67

A4a4a "Rob" Robert? Was an atty. in Phila. He was also an officer in the state and national legal associations. He was a Regent at the Univ. of Penn. and probably well reported in Who's Who. Sherman Taylor seemed to remember that he was chairman of the board of the U. PA. in the 1940s. Check the old Martindale Legal listings for further detail, as suggested to me by Alice Kinnard, back circa 1980s.

A4a4c Helen McCracken was born in Philadelphia. On 29 March 1919, she married Gladstone Fessenden. Gladstone was born on 6 October 1880, Stamford, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel and Helen Matilda (Davenport) Fessenden. Gladstone was educated at Taft School, Yale University (A.B. 1904) and the University of Pennsylvania (LL.B.1912). He was married once before marrying Helen McCracken. His first wife’s name was Helen Barr. (See copies from the Fessenden History, p. 461).

Gladstone was an attorney, practicing in Philadelphia. The family lived in Germantown, PA. He was also interested in farming in Buckingham Valley, Bucks Co., PA. He was a Presbyterian and a Republican. Gladstone died on 28 Sept. 1935, Philadelphia, and is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Fessenden's grandfather (Wm. Pitt Fessenden) was the Sec. of Treasury under President Cleveland. Helen died circa 1966-67 (a la Marg. P. Morgan)

A4a4c1 Samuel Fessenden, III 7 June 1910

A4a4c2 Virginia Barr “Ginney” (adopted daughter) 30 Jan. 1913

A4b Margaret McCracken, born 22 Apil 1816, Cambridge, Ohio. Married Matthew Thompson, 25 December 1839, Cambridge, Ohio. She studied at the Marquand School in Cambridge. (Sarchet's History) Matthew was born 1 January 1809, County Antrim, Ireland. Arrived from Ireland August 1839, Philadelphia, PA. Matthew Thompson was in partnership with his father-in-law, William McCracken, in a general merchandise store called “The Old Blue Corner” in Cambridge, Ohio. Matthew died on 11 October 1863. The “Old Blue Corner” was sold to Wisener in the Spring of 1865. Margaret died 20 April 1912, Cambridge, Ohio. Together Matthew and she had four children:

A4b1 Sarah Jane Thompson 14 November 1840 11 January 1930

A4b2 Benjamin Thompson 6 September 1842 29 May 1884

A4b3 William McCracken Thompson 3 January 1845 5 August 1863

A4b4 Isabelle "Belle" Thompson 6 March 1849 12 June 1928

A4b1 Sarah Jane Thompson, born 14 November 1840, Cambridge, Ohio. Married Junius R. McHenry 21 November 1865, her second cousin. For complete family information refer to A2a4. Sarah died 11 January 1930, Cambridge, Ohio. Her obituary noted that she “was familiar with the early history of the city until she became ill possessed of a vivid memory. She was a pleasant and entertaining conversationalist, and her advice was frequently sought.”

One such piece of advice that her daughter, Mary (McHenry) Brown, recounted was: “You never know what really is behind the happy surface of another person’s life. Your own life, however hard, is your path to heaven. You must learn to love it.”

Grandma Brown gave me a needlepoint sampler which Sarah made at age ten, in 1850, in Cambridge. It is quite a beautiful piece of needlework, and has been a cherished heirloom in our family for generations. (In 1999, the “Antique Roadshow”, a PBS show, came to Columbus, Ohio, and I took this sampler, not so much for a valuation, but to learn anything contextually they might have to offer. ….I learned that often times, young girls were “schooled” in making these samplers. There was a tutorial, whereby these young girls learned to do the detailed stitching by a woman who was paid to instruct these young girls in the art of needlework.) (Back in the 1980’s there was a museum exhibition at the Ohio Historical Society, in Columbus, of old Ohio samplers. Had I been old enough, or had the presence of mind, I would have insisted that Grandma add our sampler into the exhibition. There was a book published from that exhibition, which gave contextual background on each sampler. Wish we would have included our sampler into the exhibition.) On November 28, 2002, Grandma gave the sampler to me, when she was leaving for Stafford, VA. The following summer, I placed the sampler in a museum exhibition at the Central Ohio Arts Center, in Lancaster, Ohio. The exhibition was called, “

A4b2 Benjamin Thompson, born 6 September 1842, Cambridge, Ohio. Also known as Benny and Ben. Never married; was in GAR. Have Civil War discharge papers for him, as well as assorted civil war correspondence between he and his cousin Moses Reed. I also have a civil war medal of his. At his induction into the army, age twenty-one, he was described as 5ft., 7 inches, light complexion, blue eyes, and light hair. After the war, came back to Cambridge and in 1865 was employed at the First National Bank as a teller, until the Fall of 1879 when he was offered the same position at the Guernsey National Bank. He worked there until about a month before his death, until rendered incapable due to illness. He died 29 May 1884, Cambridge, Ohio. In his obituary was a curious comment. “If he had vices, as who has not, we can forget them now.” (What were these mentioned vices?) Never married. No issue.

A4b3 William McCracken Thompson, born 3 January 1845, Cambridge, Ohio, was a Corporal in Co. H., 122nd Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Died of Typhoid Fever after battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland 5 August 1863, just a couple of months before his father Matthew died on 11 October 1863. Have his obituary, no issue.

A4b4 Isabelle "Belle" Thompson, born 6 March 1849, Cambridge, Ohio. Married John F. Moss on 25 June 1879. "Belle" died in Zanesville, Ohio, on 12 June 1928. John died on 7 Jan. 1907, Cambridge, Ohio. They are buried in the Old City Cemetery in Cambridge, Ohio. Together they had one daughter:

A4b4a Mabel Galloway Moss 1880 31 December 1950

A4b4a Mabel Galloway Moss, born 1880, Cambridge, Ohio. She never married. Was a member of the D.A.R. of the Zanesville Chapter, through her Moss ancestry. (Have her DAR application.) In 1903 she was living at 925 Steubenville Ave. with her parents in Cambridge. She lived with her mother Belle on Orchard Street in Zanesville and belonged to the Central Presbyterian Church of Zanesville. She died on 31 Dec. 1950, Zanesville. She was buried next to her parents in the Old City Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.

A4c Thomas McCracken, born 18 June 1818, Guernsey Co., Ohio. He died on 25 July 1822.

A4d Jane McCracken, born 30 March 1820, Guernsey Co., Ohio. She attended the Steubenville Female Seminary in 1834. She may have attended it earlier and later as she was sixteen in 1834. She married Dr. Stephen Basford Clark on 26 Nov. 1839, Cambridge, by Rev. James McGill, pastor of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian church. The next month her sister Margaret married Matthew Thompson.

Stephen was born 27/28 Sept. 1810 at New Market, Fredrick Co., MD. He was the son of John and Mary (Basford) Clark, and a grandson of Richard Clark. He moved to Guernsey Co. with his father's family in 1825. The Clarks first located in Cambridge, but later moved to Antrim, Guernsey County, where John Clark engaged in merchantilism for many years. In late life, John and Mary Clark removed to Washington, Guernsey County, where they died. Richard Clark, the grandfather was a slave-owner in Maryland, and upon his death bequeathed to each of his grandchildren a slave. Dr. Stephen Clark was a strong anti-slavery advocate. (Did he free this slave, or sell him/her?)

Stephen Clark was a diligent student when young. He attended the country schools in Maryland until fourteen years old, at which time his family removed to Guernsey County. He then attended the local schools for about two years. After completing his studies, he assisted his father in making bricks and in building. After graduating from the Cambridge City School, he was given a teaching certificate, and did so for one term in Cambridge, and later in Jacobsport, Tuscarawas County. Thereby obtaining means for a medical education, in which study he was greatly interested. During the years of teaching he read medicine with Dr. Thomas Miller, of Cambridge, and when he had saved sufficient money he took a course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati in 1841, after which he returned to Cambridge and formed a partnership with Dr. Miller in the practice, and later took a course of lectures at either the Philadelphia Medical College or the University of New York, graduating in 1845.

On his return from Philadelphia or New York, he formed a partnership with his brother, Dr. John T. Clark, in Cambridge, and during his years of practice he became a partner of Peter Ogier in the drug business circa 1854, under the firm name of Ogier & Clark, and in parntership with William Rainey, Sr., in the merchantile business circa 1860, under the firm name of Rainey & Clark. In 1863 he erected a large and handsome residence, in which he lived until his death.

Circa 1864, he erected the old red building known as the First National Bank. His last enterprise was the establishment of the First National Bank, now the National Bank of Cambridge, and became the active president for thirteen years, “managing its affairs with such care and judgement as not to lose one cent in investments or loans during that time”.

After his retirement from active life because of the infirmities of age, he retired to his farm, Oak Grove, near Cambridge. He was great reader of history and biography and a student of the Bible, being a member of the United Presbyterian Church and an elder in the church for thirty-five years, and a frequent delegate to the general assemblies of the church.

In politics he was a Whig and Freesoiler. In 1866 he became chairman of the first Republican organization in Guernsey County, and was always prominent and active in party affairs.

Dr. Clark was also a large landowner, and Clark’s addition to the city of Cambridge is one of the most important sections of the city.

Stephen died 30 June 1894, age 84. Jane died 8 Feb. 1902, age 82, and was buried in the City Cemetery next to her husband. Together they had nine children, seven of whom grew to adulthood, to wit:

*A4d1 William McCracken Clark 24 Sept. 1840

•A4d2 John Revere Clark 3 Nov. 1842 2 Aug. 1890

A4d3 Alexander Jones Clark 18 March 1844 21 Sept. 1912

*A4d4 Margaret Henderson Clark 19 March 1846

A4d5 Thomas Chalmers Clark 25 June 1848 3 April 1925

*A4d6 Mary Olga Clark 28 Oct. 1850

A4d7 Josiah Clark 15 March 1853 22 Nov. 1857

A4d8 Ida Jane Clark 5 May 1855 10 Dec. 1860

*A4d9 Lute Clark 25 May 1859 2 Jan. 1897

A4d1 William McCracken Clark was born on 24 Sept. 1840, Cambridge. He was a soldier in the Civil War and became brigade surgeon of the First Brigade, Third Division of the Fourth Army Corps. He was with General Sherman on his “march to the sea”. Later he married Mary Best, who was born in New York state. They moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he had a medical practice. Circa 1883, William formed a partnership with William M. Leonard, known as the Clark & Leonard Investment Company. According to Mr. Leonard, at the time of the obituary, the firm continued until circa 1894. At the time of Clark’s death, Leonard was in the farm loan business, located in the Terminal Building in Lincoln.

Mary (Best) Clark died in Lincoln “several years before 1924” and was buried there. William then moved to Los Angeles, CA. William died on 10 July 1924, Los Angeles, California. His body was brought back to Lincoln and was buried next to his wife in the Wyuka Cemetery. According to estate records, filed in L.A., William’s estate amounted to less than $1,000.00, with $700.00 of life insurance. (Could he have given much away, or had he fallen on hard times in old age? Or, did he give his money away before he died?) Together they had the following children, to wit:

A4d1a C. Chalmers Clark 1869 CA

A4d1b William B. Clark 1871 proprietor of a hotel in L.A.

A4d1c Charlotte Jane Clark 1873 TN, then CA

At the time of the father’s death in 1924:

A4d1a C. Chalmers Clark El Cajon, CA

A4d1b William B. Clark Los Angeles, CA

A4d1c Charlotte Jane (Clark) Sheldon San Bernadino, CA

A4d1c Charlotte Jane Clark, born in 1873. Charlotte married Alexander H. Sheldon on 4 January 1904, Lincoln, Nebraska. They moved to Murfeesboro, Tennessee, immediately after their marriage. (I have not pursued this branch any further.)

A4d2 John Revere Clark was born 3 Nov. 1842. He was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisting in 1861 in Co. B, Fifteenth Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and became First Lieutenant of Company A, same Regiment. From exposure and privations during the War, he was taken ill and suffered from this the remainder of his life. He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he died in 1890. He died on 2 August 1890. He was a banker in Lincoln. (According to Alice Kinnard: Estate came to $300,000.00. Write to Kathy Ellis in Dayton. His obit. mentions his grandfather was a United Irishman.)

(Having his EXTENSIVE obit. Much more needs to be said about him.)

In Cambridge, OH, on 23 November 1863, he married Amelia Bertha Gaston, who was born in 1842. And, as told by his grandson George Clark Lyon, “following the wedding, he purchased two tickets to the end of the railroad line, which was then Plattsmouth, Nebraska”. This is where they started their married life. Together they had three daughters, to wit:

A4d2a Lulu Clark 17 June 1867 23 June 1948, Hillsdale, MI

A4d2b Etta Margaret Clark never married

A4d2c Bertha Clark 1873 Los Angeles, CA

A4d2a Lulu Clark was born on 17 June 1867, Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska and the Pennsylvania College for Women. On 29 October 1896, she married Franklin Mead Cook in Lincoln, Nebraska. Franklin was born on 9 November 1863, in Hillsdale, Michigan, the son of John Potter Cook and Martha Willford, early settlers of Hillsdale.

Lulu was prominent in civic affairs and society in Hillsdale, where she was the leading figure in the establishment Hillsdale County’s American Red Cross chapter. She was a past regeant of the Ann Gridley Chapter of the D.A.R., and for many years had been vice-president and chairperson of the finance committee of the Ladies Benevolent Society. She was also a patroness of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.

At the opening of the First World War, Lulu made the initial inquiries regarding the establishment of a Hillsdale Chapter of the Red Cross. Upon its formation she was made chairperson of volunteer services, a post she held for seventeen years, and directed the making and distribution of all Red Cross articles in the county during the Great War.

As president, and later chairperson of the scholarship committee of the Hillsdale Woman’s Club, she added a substantial sum to the fund. In later years her educational interests was in the Crossnore School in South Carolina. (?) She was a member of the Association of University Women, the Hugeonot Society, and the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

According to a short biographical sketch that Laura Clark Cook did of her father, Franklin Mead Cook was forced to give up the study of law at the University of Michigan because of eye trouble. He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he became a banker. He married Lulu Clark and they moved to Spokane, Washington. After a few years in Spokane, they went to Hillsdale, where Franklin became cashier of the Hillsdale Savings Bank. He held that position until the consolidation of it with another bank in 1933.

He was on the Board of Education for twelve years, and for eleven years was a trustee of Hillsdale College, and a member of the Prudential Committee. In 1932 he was a regional delegate to the national Democratic Convention. A year later he was elected a Regent of the University of Michigan, where he was also chairman of the Finance Committee.

He was a charter member and the second president of the Hillsdale Rotary Club. Although eligible for numerous ones, the only lineal society he would join was the Society of the Mayflower Descendants. He was descended from six passengers on that ship. On a personal note, Laura Cook remembered that her father and his brother Chauncey F. Cook would drive out into the woods and bring home baskets of native plants for their yards, a practice that they continued for many years. He was an avid historian in his pass-time. His brother Chauncey was the President of the Hillsdale Savings Bank and a trustee for the Michigan Asylum for the Insane.

Franklin died on 14 April 1943. Lulu died on 23 June 1948, Hillsdale, MI, and were buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in that town. Together they had the following children, to wit:

A4d2a1 Laura Clark Cook 9 November 1898 , Hillsdale, MI

A4d2a2 John Bradford “Jack” Cook 29 May 1900 February 1984, Hendersonville, NC

A4d2a1 Laura Clark Cook was born on 9 November 1898, in Spokane, Washington. She shared her father’s birthday (a day according to Ralph Keating (Cook relative) “she kept sacred in her own private way”).

Laura attended Cornell University and graduated with an A.B. degree. She later studied design in New York and Paris. After a winter in Japan, she received a certificate from the Ancient Enshui School of floral arrangement. She taught history at Hillsdale High School and at the Liggett School in Detroit. In 1934-35 she was county chairperson of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and of the Civil Works Administration. During World War II she was on the morale committee.

She was very active in various patriotic organizations, and after holding several state offices, she was elected as the Organizing Secretary General, and a member of the Executive Board and a member of the National Finance Committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Laura was also the national president of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America from 1955-58. In the Michigan Society of Mayflower Descendants, she served as secretary. Her travels were “extensive”, in her own words.

A4d2a2 John Bradford “Jack” Cook was born on 29 May 1900. He served in World War I and later attended the University of Michigan, where he received his B.A. He became a court reporter for the First Judicial Cicuit Court in Michigan. In 1945, he was selected by the U.S.War Department to act as a reporter at the Japanese war criminal trials. He was a member of the Shorthand Advisory Board, of Detroit Commerical College and belonged to the National Court Reporters Association. He held the following city positions: a member of the Hillsdale Hospital Board, for nine years serving as its government secretary; Second Ward Supervisor; and on the Board of Review.

He was a former member and past president of the Rotary Club. He was also a member of the Masons, the American Legion, the Kentucky Colonels, and was the secretary of the Board of Trustees of the B.P.O.E. As a professional magician, he belonged to the Magic Circle, and made several trips to England for its international convention.

In 1931 he married Olive Shull, daughter of Samuel and Roxanna (Hutchinson) Shull. They built a stone house in 1937 in a secluded wooded area where they cultivated a wild flower sanctuary. They had several hundred variations of native plants and trees. In later years, they moved to Hendersonville, North Carolina. According to Ralph Keating (a Cook family cousin) “Jack” and Olive “shared many unusual experiences and shared some unusual endeavors, such a running a shoe repair business -a kind of Tiffany’s in this field.” Keating continues to say that “Jack was a gentleman of the old school and admired by all who knew him

February 1984, Hendersonville, NC

A4d2c Bertha Clark was born in 1873. She married T. Lyttleton Lyon. They both died in Los Angeles, CA. Together they had two sons, to wit:

A4d2c1 John Lyttleton Lyon 4 February 1901 1 July 1988, Malibu, CA

A4d2c2 Atty. George Clark Lyon June 1906 24 Feb. 19__, CA

A4d3 Alexander Jones Clark was born on 18 March 1844. He grew up on his father’s farm in Cambridge Twp., .........He was a member of Company A, One Hundred and Seventy-Fourth Regiment of the Ohio National Guard, serving in the Civil War. During the War, Morgans Raiders, Alexander Clark lost a very fine team of horses which were taken from his barn by the marauders. He owned a farm in Cambridge Twp. that comprised of 220 acres.

On 24 January 1889 Alexander Jones Clark was elected to the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, and served on it for three terms. (I attempted to check the board's archives at the Ohio Historical Society, but on first try, came up with no mention. Need to try again.) This mention of election appeared in the 24 Jan. 1889 issue of the Guernsey Times. He also served as Cambridge Township Trustee, and was a Republican in politics. He moved to Texas in later years.

A4d4 Margaret Henderson Clark was born on 19 March 1846. She married Wilson Shannon Heade 8 Feb. 1878, Cambridge, Ohio. Wilson Shannon Heade was born on 4 May 1842, on a farm near Fairview, Oxford Twp., Guernsey County. He was the son of James and Sarah (Dillon) Heade. James Heade was born in Culpepper County, Maryland, the son of a slave-owner, and Sarah Dillon was from a New England Quaker family.

From Sarchet’s History, 1911, p. 521-522: “The son, Wilson Shannon Heade, grew up on a farm and attended the district schools and began teaching school at the age of sixteen, his first school being at Yankee Point, Guernsey County. He taught for a number of years and, his father dying young, he assisted his mother in the care of the family.

Being a studious youth while teaching, he studied law and in 1870 was admitted to the practice of law. He opened an office in Quaker City the same year and maintained an office in Quaker City for three years, coming to Cambridge in 1873, and opened an office there. In 1875 he formed a partnership with Judge Edward W. Matthews and grew in activity and influence at the Bar. This fortunately continued until June 1903, when Mr. Heade withdrew from the firm and formed a partnership with his son, Stephen R. Heade, in the brokerage and loan business. Circa 1899 he suffered from a severe attack of “the Grip”, from which he never fully recovered. His health began to decline, suffering from disease of the liver and heart. Mr. Heade continuing the practice of law up to his death on 16 August 1905. He devoted his life to the practice of the law and was recognized as an able counselor and advocate.

During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Army and served from his enlistment until the close of the war, serving as a clerk at headquarters most of the time, being an expert accountant and fine writer.”

“Mr. Heade was a Democrat in Politics and was an active man in public life, a public-spirited citizen in all lines and was prominent in all movements looking to uplift and advancement of the community. He was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church and was an elder in this church for many years. Upon the organization of the Second United Presbyterian Church, he went with that congregation and was an elder of that church until his death in 1905. He was a member of the County Children’s Home board for twelve years and always interested in philanthropic work. He was a member of the trustees of Muskingum College at New Concord, Ohio, for some years, and the chairman of the finance committee.

His wife and family are also United Presbyterians. Mr. Heade was a very methodical man in all things, and a great lover of books. In the home is a fine private library of fully eight hundred volumes of reference, history, biography, standard authors and the poets, also miscellaneous volumes, and the best current literature.

Mrs. Heade is a most excellent woman, closely identified with church work and a member of the different organizations of the church. She is a member of the McClellan-Brown Sorosis, a prominent woman’s club of the city, a devoted wife and mother whose chief thought has always been her husband, her family, and her home. The home is on the corner of Eleventh andWheeling Avenue, a pretentious home with every comfort and convenience. The family has always been prominent in the social life of the city.”

W.S. Heade was among the charter members of the Cambridge Library Association, which was organized in 1898. In his company, in this venture, were several members of the extended family, including: Mr. & Mrs. J.D. Taylor, Caro M. Taylor, J.D. Taylor, Jr.; David D. Taylor, and Capt. A.A. Taylor.

Upon the death of Margaret (Clark) Heade’s sister, Lute Young, Lute’s infant son Carlton Clark Young came to stay with the Heade’s for a period of eight years, as were the wishes of his dying mother. At the age of eight years old, Carlton returned to Lincoln, Nebraska to be with his father, Halleck C. Young. W.S. Heade died on 6 August 1905, Cambridge, OH. Margaret died on 16 May 1930, Philadelphia, PA. Together they had two children, to wit:

A4d4a Mary Clark Heade 7 March 1878

A4d4b Stephen "Revere" Heade 28 August 1880 15 July 1913, Cambridge

A4d4a Mary Clark Heade was born on 7 March 1878, Cambridge, OH. She married Rev. Thomas Cithcart Pollock, (College of Wooster graduate) on 23 October 1900, Cambridge, OH. Rev. Pollock was born on 5 September 1873, in Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA. In 1911 they were living in Montmouth, Illinois. Rev. Pollock was chosen as the first minister of the Second United Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, was ordained and began his assignment there on 1 August 1897, serving until 4 November 1901. At the time of his assignment to the church, Thomas was then a student at the Allegheny Seminary. Rev. Pollock died in Philadelphia, on 8 March 1948. (I assume that Mary did as well, although I have no date of death for her.) Together they had four children, to wit:

•A4d4a1 Thomas Clark Pollock 31 March 1902 12 May 1988

•A4d4a2 Margaret Jessie Pollock 12 Sept. 1903 2 July 1998

A4d4a3 Martha Barnett Pollock 5 Aug. 1907

A4d4a4 Jane McCracken Pollock 1 Sept. 1913

A4d4a1 Thomas Clark Pollock was born on 31 March 1902, Monmouth, Illinois. He married Katherine Gantz, who was born on 26 July 1904. Katherine died in April 1975. Thomas later moved to Durham, North Carolina, where he married Lillian S. Stevenson in July of 1975. Thomas died on 12 May 1988, in Durham, North Carolina.

Thomas was a scholar, professor, and author. He attended the Old Newton School and the Samuel B. Huey School, and graduated from West Philadelphia High School in 1920. He earned academic degrees from Muskingum College (B.A.), Ohio State University (M.A.), and his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He also held honorary degrees from Muskingum College, The University of Bahia, and the University of Brazil.

He taught philosophy at Gordon College in Punjab, India, and taught English at Ohio State University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Texas. He was the chairman of the Humanities Division at Municipal University; headed the English department at New Jersey State Teachers College and at New York University; he was the Vice-president and secretary at New York University in the early 1960’s, and served as Dean of arts and sciences and in a number of other administrative positions at Washington Square College, where he was named professor of English emeritus in 1970.

Thomas was a prolific author as well, having written numerous textbooks and many other non-fiction books, including: The Philadelphia Theater in the Eighteenth Century, The English Language in American Education, and Thomas Wolfe in Washington Square. In 1963, he was the senior author for the MacMillan English Series of textbooks.

Thomas was a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, which he served as President; Phi Beta Kappa, The Metropolitan Club, the Church Club, The Century Club, the Cosmos Club, The Rotary Club of Durham, and Hope Valley Country Club.

A4d4a2 Margaret Jessie Pollock was born on 12 September 1903, Monmouth, Illinois. She was a Muskingum College graduate. She then received her masters in Psychology from Temple University in Philadelphia. She counselled more than 3,000 veterans at the Atlantic Refining Company and then at

Temple University from 1941 to 1950. She then transferred to Temple University’s Reading Clinic, which was doing pioneer work in learning disabilities. She then counselled at the Drexel Institute of Technology in the Veterans Administration until 1958. She continued counselling in many of the Friends Schools in the greater Philadelphia area until 1981, at age 78.

She m. ______ Morgan. I corresponded with Margaret in 1988, when I first began my McCracken search. She was quite helpful, warm, and encouraging. She introduced me to Alice Kinnard, of Springfield, Ohio, a McCracken researcher from way back.

On a trip back to my alma mater, The College of Wooster, in March of 1999, I discovered that Margaret (Pollock) Morgan was listed on a plaque, as a major donor to building the new library at The College of Wooster. In June of 1999, through correspondence with Kathy Ellis, of Dayton, OH, I learned that Margaret died on 2 July 1998, in Downington, Chester County, PA. (This donation would roughly fit with her estate.”?”) Margaret was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Chester, PA, and was buried in Oaklands Cemetery in that town.

Together they had two daughters, to wit:

A4d4a2a Dollie J. Morgan in New York

A4d4a2b Peggy Fugle in San Francisco

A4d4b Stephen "Revere" Heade was born on 28 August 1886, Cambridge, OH. On 15 June 1910, he married Nell Corbett Morrison of Sistersville, WV, in Sistersville. Stephen died on 15 July 1913, Cambridge, Ohio.

A4d5 Thomas Chalmers Clark was born on 25 June 1848. He never married and died on 3 April 1925 in Cambridge, Ohio.

A4d6 Mary Olga Clark was born on 28 October 1850 in Cambridge, Ohio, the daughter of Stephen Basford and Jane McCracken Clark. She married William Arista Burt in Cambridge. He was born the son of Robert F. & Sarah McClellan (Taylor) Burt and was born on 27 May 1847, in Claysville, Ohio. In 1872 The Burts moved to Columbus, Ohio, where they lived at 75 Hoffman and 728 Franklin Aves. as well as 886 East Broad Street in later years. William worked as a leaser at the Ohio Fuel Supply Co. and in his obit. was noted as a "well known oil man". Mary was the last surviving charter member, and for 18 years the president of the Columbus Home for the Aged. She resigned three years before her death and stayed on only as an honorary member of the board. They were members of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church where William was deacon for several years.

Together they had three children, to wit:

A4d6a Gertrude, born 31 Oct. 1874, Cols., and died 4 Aug. 1924, Cols. She was active in the Red Cross during WWI.

A4d6b Robert Clark Burt, born 1 Feb. 1877, Cambridge, OH, and died 28 March 1962, at his home in Hebron, OH. He was retired from the Beroe & Co. firm. At the time of his father's death he was residing in Chicago.

A4d6c Willard Arista Burt, born 28 Aug. 1886, Cols., and died at his home at Buckeye Lake, Licking Co., OH. He was residing in Los Angeles at the time of his father's death.

(To my knowledge, none of the Burt children married or had children. But, I need to check the estate records involved with this family to say for certain.)

A4d9 Lute Clark, born 25 May 1859, Cambridge. Studied in Washington, PA, after graduating from Cambridge High School. She married Halleck C. Young on 11 June 1890, Cambridge, Ohio. Halleck was born circa 1866. Halleck moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1885, when he roomed with Charles G. Dawes, who was later to become vice-president in the Calvin Coolidge administration. At that time, Hal worked in the Capitol National Bank for several years.

Hal was a prominent businessman of Lincoln, Nebraska, being “for many years operator of a dairy farm and one time president of the Dairy Cattle Breeders Association. He was a long-time member of the B.P.O.E., and served as treasurer of the Lincoln Elks lodge for 41 years. His term of office was the longest in U.S. History. Before entering the dairy business, he maintained a real estate office in Lincoln, and developed a subdivision in East Lincoln.” (obit.)

Lute died during childbirth on 2 January 1897, Lincoln, Nebraska. Together they had five children, two dying in infancy.

A4d9a Kathryn (Young) Higgins, Dillon, Colorado

A4d9b Carlton Clark Young, born 11 June 1890 2 July 1977

A4d9c Margaret Young, died 30 November 1895

A4d9d Halleck C. Young, II, Atlanta, Georgia

A4D9e infant son who lived for 14 hours after birth, on 2 Jan. 1897, Lincoln, Nebraska

A4d9b Carlton Clark Young was born 11 June 1890, or (as Kathy Ellis has: 9 Oct. 1894, Lincoln). He graduated from Lincoln High School and attended the University of Nebraska, later graduating from Hamilton College, in Clinton, New York. During World War I he served in the U.S. Army.

In New York City, on 9 November 1919, he married Alice Brady, daughter of Frank Brady and Susan Clark. Alice was born in Chicago, Illinois. Carton and Alice moved to Brunswick, Maine in 1920, where he became the head of the Woodland Division of the Pejepscot Paper Company, a position that he held until his retirement in 1962. He had also been a forester for Bowdoin College, and was one of the organizers of the Bowdoin Fathers, later the Parents Association of Bowdoin College. The Young’s lived next door to the Bowdoin campus for over fifty years, and the college later bought their home and incorporated the property into the campus.

He served as _______ for the Pine Tree Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and was a past president of the Village Improvement Association (I assume for Brunswick, Maine), and a member of the Board of Directors for the Pine Grove Cemetery Association. He was a member of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and had served on the vestry in that church.

Carlton died there on 2 July 1977. Alice died in February 1979. Together they had the following children, to wit:

A4d9b1 Carleton C. Young, II, (must have gone to Bowdoin College)

A4d9b1a Linda (Young) Weeks of Old Town, Maine

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