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2 - John Robert Clark (1880-1942)

John Robert was born on 27 Feb 1880 in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.  On 25 Nov 1908 in Delia, Kansas, he married Mabel Rose Brown. Mabel was born on 18 Feb 1888 in Jackson County, Kansas, and died on 11 Mar 1958.  Together they had four children.  Following is an obituary printed in the Onaga Newspaper:  "John R. Clark, second eldest son of William and Jane Neely Clark, was born February 27, 1880, on the Clark homestead in the Arispie community southwest 
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John Robert Clark
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Mabel Rose Brown Clark
of Onaga, and passed away at the Genn hospital July 6, 1942, at age 62, after suffering for the past several months from heart disease. With the exception of a few years employed in Kansas City at the commission yards his entire life was spent in various communities of Pottawatomie County.November 25, 1908 , he was united in marriage to Mabel Brown of Delia, KS. To this union four children were born, Mrs. Hazel Flinn of Laclede, Jean, Marvin, and Phyllis of the home.  Besides his wife and children he is survived by three grandchildren, Myron Lee, Donald and Barbara Rae Flinn; four brothers, William and Dave of Wheaton, Aaron of Dodge City, and Cecil of Manhattan; Jim preceded him in death a few months ago; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Cornelius and Mrs. Mabel Cornelius of Westmoreland, Mrs. Agnes Canfield of Topeka, Mrs. Bessie Mack of Havensville, and Mrs. Pearl Guy of Manhattan, a step-mother, Mrs. Mary Jackman of Onaga, and a large number of nieces and nephews.  Until the past few years he was actively engaged as a stockman, and through this interest made many friends who greatly admired and respected him. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at the Stewart funeral home and were in charge of the Rev. T. W. Twining. Burial was in the Fox Cemetery south of Wheaton."

2.1 - Hazel Irene Clark

Hazel was born on 29 Sep 1909 in Wheaton, Kansas.  She married Alvah Flinn on 25 Nov 1933 in Manhattan, Kansas.  Together they had three children: 
2.1.1 - Myron Lee Flinn was born on 3 Sep 1934 in Pottawatomie County, KS.  On 4 Jul 1968, he married Gladys Marie Trout in Kansas City, MO.  Together they had two children:
2.1.1.1 - Maureen Rose Flinn was born on 31 Oct 1969 in Sedgwick County, KS
2.1.1.2 - Kevin Courney Flinn was born on 30 Nov 1971 in Sedgwick County, KS
2.1.2 - Donald Clark Flinn was born on 13 Nov 1935 in Pottawatomie County, KS.  On 17 Nov 1962, he married Lois Elizabeth Oberley in Kansas City, MO.  Together they had three children:
2.1.2.1 - Dennis Clark Flinn was born on 28 Aug 1963 in Clay County, MO
2.1.2.2 - Michel Louis Flinn was born on 8 Aug 1965 in Clay County, MO.  Michel passed away on 18 Mar 1980.
2.1.2.3 - Mary Helen Flinn was born on 9 May 1970 in Clay County, MO
2.1.3 - Barbara Rae Flinn was born on 17 Dec 1938 in Pottawatomie County, KS.  On 18 May 1958 she married John Earl Nelson in Wamega, KS.  Together they had three children:
2.1.3.1 - Douglas Earl Nelson was born on 26 Feb 1959 in Anchorage, AK.
2.1.3.2 - Mark Allen Nelson was born on 10 Jan 1961 in Anchorage, AK
2.1.3.3 - Bruce Ray Nelson was born on 15, Mar 1963 in Sedgwick County, KS
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2.2 - Jean Evelyn Clark

Jean was born on 21 Sep 1918 in Pottawatomie County, KS.  On 7 Sep 1944, she married William Howard Parker in Bennetsville, SC.  Together they had three children:
2.2.1 - Susan Jane Parker was born on 11 May 1949 in Jackson County, MO.  On 18 Dec 1971, she married Carl William Gieseke in Kansas City, MO.  Together they had two children:
2.2.1.1 - Clark William Gieseke was born on 16 Dec 1977 in Clay County, MO
2.2.1.2 - Grand Howard Gieseke was born on 5 Sep 1979 in Platte County, MO
2.2.2 - David William Parker was born on 3 Aug 1952 in Jackson County, MO.  On 9 Jun 1979, he married Wanda Jean McBroom in Kansas City, MO.  Together they had one child:
                2.2.2.1 - Brian Estil McBroom was born on 20 Dec 1968 in Jackson County, MO
2.2.3 - Joyce Elaine Parker was born on 24 June 1954 in Jackson County, MO (noi)

2.3 - Marvin Brown Clark

Marvin was born on 21 Dec 1921 in Pottawatomie County, KS.  On 14 Jan 1945 he married Blanche Mae Larsen in Beltrami, MN.  In the 1980's, Marvin lived on a farm and worked for Farm Management and Abstract Company.  He was also one of a five-man panel of economic specialists who wrote agricultural articles for the Kansas Farmer, a semi-monthly magazine. Together they had two children:
2.3.1 - John Robert Clark was born on 27 Feb 1946 in Polk County, MN.
2.3.2 - Elizabeth Mae Clark was born on 14 April 1950 in Jackson County, MO

2.4 - Phyllis Maxine Clark

Phyllis was born on 1 Oct 1923 in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.  On 16 Feb 1945, she married Earl Wesley Hobbs in Navy Pier Chica, IL.  Together they had one child:
2.4.1  - Katherine Ann Hobbs was born on 21 Jun 1949 in Jackson County, MO.  On 19 Jan 1980, she married Steven Buchholtz.  From Steven's first marriage they have two children:
2.4.1.1 - Blake Bucholtz was born on 19 Jan 1973 in Seneca County, OH
2.4.1.2 - Heidi Buchholtz was born on 19 Mar 1975 in Green County, OH

Recalling her grandfather - John Robert Clark - Katherine Hobbs writes, "I do not know much about my Grandfather John Robert.  I do know that he played baseball for the Wamego, Kansas League which probably prompted my Grandmother Mabel to love baseball.   Told to me from my Great Aunt Charlotte Orsborn nee Brown, sister to Mabel, John Robert treated Mabel like a Queen.  For a while John Robert was a Cattle Broker in Kansas City, MO, in the mid 1900's before going back to raising cattle in Kansas.  He was considered a wealthy man, and had a maid servant for Mabel.  But when the stock market crashed in 1929, he lost a lot of money and he couldn't get anyone to loan him money.  In order to run their business, Cattlemen received loans in the spring to purchase cattle and then paid them back in the fall after their sale.  With the inability to purchase cattle, John Robert reverted to farming.  Unfortunately, he wasn't very good at it.  

His daughter, my mother, Phyllis Maxine (1923-1971), was a sociopath, and accused one of the hired hands on the farm of raping her.  Mabel was positive Phyllis was lying but they couldn't keep the farmhand.  John Robert got on the phone and found the accused another job.  He even helped pay his salary and took him by carriage to the farmhand's new boss.  

John Robert liked cars and never kept them for more than 2 years.  He felt that the repairs would cost more than a new car. Grandmother Mabel missed him when he passed away, and she never did utter a bad word about him.  While he disliked his stepmother, Mary (Neely-Clark), he did help to raise her children.  They were always at his house.  He turned white-haired early and my mom, Phyllis, hated to sit on his lap because he had a pot belly.  My mom used his wedding suit for her graduation dress."
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