Elijah Wallace Clark

Notes:

When he registered for the draft during the First World War, he was a farmer working for himself in Hemphill, Texas, and he listed his nearest relatives as his wife, Delia Clark. He was medium in heighth, slender, and had blue eyes and brown hair.

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Name: E. Wallace Clark
Death Date: 10 Sep 1962
Death Place: Pasadena, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 78 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 31 Oct 1883
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elijah Clark
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Josephine
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired
Place of Residence: South Houston, Harris, Texas
Cemetery: Brookside Mem. Park
Burial Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Burial Date: 12 Sep 1962
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117116
Digital Film Number: 4028546
Image Number: 0875
Reference Number: 56248
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 15 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 1A Stamped 85
San Augustine and Hemphill Road
1-1
Thomas E and Sophia A (Clark) McLemore
2-2
Cole, Walter P M W 22 m1 1 La Ark La Farmer
Cole, Agnes E Wf F W 20 m1 1 1/1 Tx Tx Tx
Cole, Ralph E Son M W 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx
3-3
Clark, Elias W Head M W 26 m1 6 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Clark, Cordelia Wf F W 26 m1 6 4/4 Tx Ark Tn
Clark, Myrtle I Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ellis M Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Benina J Dtr F W 5/12 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Anna B Dtr F W 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx
4-4
Clark, Elias Head M W 67 m2 41 Tx Miss Ala Farmer
Clark, Mary J Wf F W 59 m1 41 11/10 Tx Miss Miss
Clark, Minnie S Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Humphreys, Thos L Nephew m W 15 S Tx Ark Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 15 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 16B
Milam and Hemphill Road
330-348
Clark, Elias W Head M W 36 M Tx Tx Tx Retail Merchant Groceries
Clark, Delia Wf F W 36 M Tx Tx Tn
Clark, Myrtle I Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Ellis Son M W 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Beatrice Dtr F W 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Benina Dtr F W 9 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Lucille Dtr F W 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Bertie Dtr F W 4 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1, East Mayfield Town
Enumerated 4 Apr 1930
ED 242-1 SD 19 Sheet 2A
261-25-28
Clark, Elias W Head M W 46 M 20 Tx Tx Tx Delivery Ice Lumber Mill
Clark, Delia Wf F W 47 M 20 Tx Tx Tn
Clark, Beatrice A Dtr F W 20 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Benina J Dtr F W 20 Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Thelma L. Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Bertie L. Dtr F W 14 S Tx Tx Tx

Elijah married Cordelia "Delia" Chandler on 20 Dec 1903 in Harris County, Texas. Cordelia (daughter of Franklin L. Chandler and Louisa "Lou" Phillips) was born on 16 Feb 1883 in Sabine County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that she married Malcom Boley DICKEY, and that they lived in Katy, Texas.

Notes:

Name Ellis M Clark
Birth Year 1908
Race White, citizen (White)
State of Residence Texas
County or City: Harris
US World War II Army Enlistment Records
Enlistment Date 28 May 1943
Enlistment State Louisiana
Enlistment City Camp Livingston
Branch No branch assignment
Branch Code No branch assignment
Grade Private
Grade Code Private
Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law

Component Reserves - exclusive of Regular Army Reserve and Officers of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty under the Thomason Act (Officers and Enlisted Men -- O.R.C. and E.R.C., and Nurses-Reserve Status)

Source: Civil Life

Education 1 year of college
Civil Occupation Skilled linemen and servicemen, telegraph, telephone, and power
Marital Status Married
Height 08
Weight 123

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that she married Pat WHEALER (Wheeler?) and they lived in Conroe.

Notes:

John W. Clark shows that she married Tommy R. SEELY.

Thelma married Fred Meador Oliphint on 19 Dec 1930. Fred (son of George Wilfred Oliphant and Emma Florida Meador) was born on 19 Dec 1904 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died in May 1980 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bertie married Artie Brooks Sandifer before 1915. Artie was born on 17 May 1915 in Texas; died in Jan 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Keith L. Oliphint
News-Journal.com, Longview, Texas

Keith L. Oliphint
Van---Memorial services for Keith Oliphint, 76, of Longview, are scheduled for 2 p.m. today, July 7, 2011, at Calvary Baptist Church, 4715 Tenneryville Road, Longview. Keith Lamar Oliphint passed away July 3, 2011, after a short illness.

Keith was born September 10, 1934, in Hemphill, Texas to Fred Meador Oliphint and Thelma Lucille Clark Oliphint. The family moved to South Houston, Texas, when Keith was young. He graduated from Pasedena High School, Baylor University in Waco, Texas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

Keith loved his Lord. After pastoring Baptist Churches in Pledger, Texas and St. Clairsville, Ohio, the family moved ot Tanzania, East Africa, to served as missionairies for the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. They served there for the next 22 years, and returned to teh U.S. in 1987, to live in Waco, Texas. There he worked for Plantation Foods until retirement. Keith moved to Longview, Texas in 2010.

Keith loved to work with his hand and often thanked God for that ability. he also loved people and to make new friends. He enjoyed very much meeting Oliphints worldwide and attended the Clan meeting in Scotland. But he thought his most enjoyable privilege was to raise his three daughters.

Keith is survived by his wife, Peggy Howell Oliphint, brother, George Clark Oliphint of Los Angeles; daughter, Cynthia and husband, P. J. Cooley, of Longview, Texas, and daughter, Susan and husband, David Fergeson, of Fort Worth; and son-in-law, Darrell White of Corpus Christi. There are eight grandchildren, Amanda, Maci and Ryland White, Courtney Oliphint, Kenneth and Ben Copely, and Malaika and Amanda Ferguson; and one great-grandchild, Canaan White.

Memorials may be made to Orphans Unlimited Inc.,, 11152 Westheimer Road, PMB #391, Houston, TX 77042, to help orphans in Mozambique or the charity of your choice.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on July 7, 2011
Online on Ancestry.com

Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2012