Clark, Roy

Also Known As Clark, Roy
Gramps ID I9447
Gender male
Age at Death 16 years, 9 months, 8 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1901-01-26 Adams Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1910 Huntington, Huntington Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Death 1917-11-03 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a 3a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Clark, Bertram Joaquin [I9445]1874-11-091945-06-22
Mother Swain, Minerva M. [I9442]18771903-08-21
    Brother     Clark, Rufus Isaiah [I9446] 1899-06-22 1943
         Clark, Roy [I9447] 1901-01-26 1917-11-03

Narrative

[Obituary for Roy Clark, from the Huntington Herald-Press, 4 Nov 1917; posted online to the FindaGrave.com website.]

Roy Clark, 16 years old, 311 Lindley Street was fatally injured yesterday shortly after the noon hour at the Erie Stone Crusher plant and died at 3 o'clock at the County Hospital where he had been rushed in an attempt to save his life.

Clark was struck by a car which is used to haul stone up a steep incline when it was returning to the quarry. According to eye witnesses Clark was in the act of crossing the track when he was struck. Some reports said that the car jumped the track and struck the boy, while others asserted he saw it coming and endeavored to cross in front of it.

A Doctor who was called to the scene of the accident summoned Stult's ambulance and the youth was taken to the hospital but
all efforts to save his life proved unavailing. The uppeer part of his body was badly crushed and it was thought he had suffered severe internal injuries.

Clark was born January 26, 1901 in Adams County, Indiana to Bert and Minerva Clark. His mother is dead, the boy and his brother Rufus had been making his home with their grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Swain, 311 Lindley Street. The father is also living.
The funeral service will be held at 9 o"clock at the residence with Rev. Elmer Ward Cole in charge. Burial will be in Tocsin.

 

Pedigree

  1. Clark, Bertram Joaquin [I9445]
    1. Swain, Minerva M. [I9442]
      1. Clark, Rufus Isaiah [I9446]
      2. Clark, Roy

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Huntington Herald-Press (Indiana) [S0007]
      • Date: 1917-11-04
  2. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKPS-M94 : accessed 14 June 2020), Sarah C Swain in household of Stephen Swain, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 86, sheet 11A, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 356; FHL microfilm 1,374,369.

        Event Date: 1910
        Event Place: Huntington, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Stephen Swain Head Male 54 Indiana
        Sarah C Swain Wife Female 50 Indiana
        Everett Swain Son Male 20 Indiana
        Nora Swain Daughter Female 14 Indiana
        Rufus Clark Grandson Male 11 Indiana
        Roy Clark Grandson Female 9 Indiana

         

  3. Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 [S0108]
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7L-TSK : 3 December 2014), Roy Clark, 03 Nov 1917, Huntington, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." City Health Office, Huntington.