McClelland, Josiah Robinson Family
MCCLELLAND, ROBINSON
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Date: 7/22/2019 at 11:42:54
Dr. Josiah Robinson McClelland Family
Dr. Josiah Robinson McClelland was the son of:
Elder Josiah McClelland, born 05 Sep 1785, White Oak, Bladen Co. NC; died 30 Nov 1854, Princeton MO; Inter. Goshen Cemetery, Princeton MO.the son of Andrew McClelland, Jr. (1748 - 1827) & Rebecca (Robinson) McClelland (1748 - 1827); Inter. unknown
Elder McClelland married 1st Rhoda (Condra) McClelland; married 2nd Elizabeth (unknown), d. 02 Nov 1886 AE 74y 19d;
Inter. Goshen Cemetery, Princeton MO
Known Children of Elder Josiah & Rhoda (Condra) McClelland:
1) Matilda McClelland, b. 15 Oct 1815, Monroe Co. KY; d. 28 Jul 1900, Jackson Co. TN; Inter. Jesse Mabury Family Cem., Dodson Branch TN
married Jesse Mabury, b. 14 Jun 1815, Jackson Co. TN; d. 09 Dec 1888, Jackson Co. TN; Inter. Jesse Mabury Family Cem.
Known Children of Matilda (McClelland) & Jesse Mabury:
1) Josiah Robinson Mayberry, b. 03 Jun 1844, Jackson Co. TN; 7 Feb 1864, Corinth MS
Civil War Soldier, injured and bled to death attempting to keep up with brother, John; Interment unknown
named in honor of his uncle Dr. Josiah Robinson McClelland
2) Elizabeth Mabury, b. 29 Dec 1845, Jackson Co. TN; 04 Jun 1902, Knox Co. TX
married Sampson Bartlett, b. 17 Mar 1842, Jackson Co. TN; d. 16 Nov 1911, Goree TX
Interments at Johnson Memorial Cemetery, Munday TX
Known Children of Elizabeth (Mabury) & Sampson Bartlett:
1) William Jesse Bartlett, b. 04 Feb 1868, Jackson Co. TN; 16 May 1926, Goree TX
Interment at Johnson Memorial Cemetery, Munday TX
married Margaret "Olive" Jaquess, b. 01 Jan 1856; d. 26 Dec 1942
Interment at Springlake Cemetery, Springlake TX
Known Children of William Jesse & Margaret "Olive" (Jaquess) Bartlett:
1) Claude Malcom Bartlett, b. 26 Mar 1894; d. 02 Jan 1919
Interment at Plainview Cemetery, Plainview TX
married Vera Catherine Cooper, b. 05 Apr 1898, TX; d. 25 Dec 1895 Maricopa Co. AZ
Interment at Valley of the Sun Cemetery, Chandler AZ
Known Children of Claude Malcom & Vera Catherine (Cooper) Bartlett:
1) Melvin Malcom Bartlett, b. 09 Oct 1916; d. 21 Feb 1919
Interment Grassland Cemetery, Lynn Co. TX
2) Josephine Olive Bartlett, b. 29 Dec 1917, Floydada TX; d. 05 Jan 1997, Chandler AZ
married Robert "Bob" Stafford, b. 07 Aug 1915 TX; d. 28 Apr 1991, Gilbert AZ
Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Mesa AZ
2) Janie Elizabeth Bartlett, b. 31 Jan 1900; d. 06 Aug 1976; married Mr. Way
Interment at Springlake Cemetery, Springlake TX
Known Child of Janie Elizabeth (Bartlett) Way:
1) Mildred Loretta Way, b. 28 Jan 1920; d. 14 Feb 1995
married Ernest William "Soup" Goforth, b. 03 Oct 1916; d. 26 Jun 2001
Interments at Springlake Cemetery, Springlake TX
3) Jessie Coy Bartlett, b. 10 Dec 1903, d. 26 Feb. 1968; World War II Veteran, Pvt. 877 CML Co Air OPRS
Interment at Springlake Cemetery, Springlake TX
2) Josiah R. Bartlett, b. 1869; d. 1949
married Sarah Jane West, b. 20 Oct 1863, Putnam Co. TN; d. 31 Dec 1943, Terry Co. TX
Interments at Meadow Cemetery, Meadow TX
Known Children of Josiah R. & Sarah Jane (West) Bartlett
1) William Averet Bartlett, b. 05 Jul 1898 TN; d. 05 Dec 1978, Lubbock TX
married Geneva Dewey Conger, 03 Oct 1897 TX; 12 Nov 1968, Lubbock TX
Known Child of William Averet & Geneva Dewey (Conger) Bartlett
1) Wallace Calvin Bartlett, b. 27 Jun 1926, Munday TX; d. 01 Feb 1985, Lubbock TX
Interments at Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock TX
2) Gomer C. Bartlett, b. 12 Oct 1901, Collins TX; d. 28 Jul 1956, Abilene TX
married May Bartlett, b. 1904; d. 1994
Interments at Willow Cemetery, Haskell TX
Known Child of Gomer C. & May Bartlett:
1) Gomer Deen Bartlett, b. 11 May 1928, Munday TX; d. 13 Apr 2015, Tarrant Co. TX
married Alfred E. Waller, b. 1924; d. 1997
Interments at Memorial Park, Oklahoma City OK
3) James Ivan Bartlett, b. 07 Dec 1873, Jackson Co. TN; d. 17 Jul 1964, Post TX
married Martha "Mattie" Allen, b. 03 Aug 1876, Jackson Co. TN; d. 05 Jun 1948, Slaton TX
Interments at Resthaven Cemetery, Southland TX
Known Children of James Ivan & Martha (Allen) Bartlett:
1) Cora "Eva" Bartlett, b. 28 Aug 1895; d. 15 Sep 1968
married Elmer Ewin Trimble, Sr., b. 01 Jan 1883, Ballinger TX; d. 21 Jan 1954, Lynn Co. TX
Interments at Englewood Cemetery, Slaton TX
Known Children of Elmer Ewin & Cora "Eva" (Bartlett) Trimble:
1) Elmer Ewin Trimble, Jr., b. 236 Feb 1928; d. 10 Jun 1995
Interment at Englewood Cemetery, Slaton TX
2) Loy Trimble, b. 12 Feb 1932, Goree TX; d. 11 Dec 2016, Lubbock TX
married 28 Oct 1955 Paul Roscoe Mercer
Interment at Englewood Cemetery, Slaton TX
2) Lannie Edgar Bartlett, b. 18 Jan 1897; d. 27 Dec 1892
married 1st Minnie T. Hefner, b. 14 Jun 1895 TX; d. 27 Feb 1965 Lubbock TX
married 2nd Ethel Bell Bartlett, b. 09 May 1895; d. 04 Dec 1977
Interments Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock TX
Known Children of Lannie Edgar & Minnie T. (Hefner) Bartlett:
1) Theo Docia Bartlett, b. 20 Dec 1919; d. 16 Jun 1998
married 28 Nov 1935Juel Ray Spence, b. 02 Apr 1916; d. 22 Apr 1995
Interments Englewood Cemetery, Slaton TX
2) Katherine Ann (Bartlett) Marshall, b. 25 Aug 1925; d. 27 Apr 1958
Interment Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Lubbock TX
3) William "Hobart" Bartlett, b. 18 Jul 1899; d. 25 Jan 1979
married Mamie Jones, b. 03 Jul 1899; d. 13 Dec 1979
Interments Resthaven Cemetery, Southland TX
1) James Otis Bartlett, b. 08 Jan 1918, Malone TX; d. 22 Feb 2010, Baytown TX
married Nila Maye Russell, b. 03 Feb 1922, Katemcy TX; d. 17 Apr 2005, Carlsbad NM
Interments Carlsbad Cemetery, Carlsbad NM
2) Mildred Virginia Bartlett, b. 03 Sep 1919, Goree TX; d. 18 Mar 2001, Muleshoe TX
married 23 Mar 1940 W. F. "Dub" Bartley, b. 06 Jan 1916, TX; d. 22 Jul 1992, Muleshoe TX
Interments at Muleshoe Memorial Park, Muleshoe TX
3) Helen Irene Bartlett, b. 15 Jun 1921; d. 03 Jun 1988
married Richard Lynnwood "Pete" Rhoads, b. 30 Oct 1919; d. 20 Dec 2005
Interments at Green Memorial Park, Wilson TX
4) Billy Joe Bartlett, b. 07 Dec 1924, Garza Co. TX; d. 17 May 2011, Lubbock TX; Korean War Veteran, U.S. Army
married 10 Jan 1953 Dorothy Bolton
Interment at Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock TX
4) Bailey Lafayete Bartlett, b. 11 Nov 1875, TX; d. 14 Oct 1952, Lorenzo TX
married Mary H. Allen, b. 25 Dec 1880, d. 13 Dec 1918
Interments at Goree Cemetery, Goree TX
Known Children of Bailey Lafayete & Mary H. (Allen) Bartlett:
1) Benton McMillian Bartlett, b. 31 Aug 1899, Putnam Co. TN; d. 05 Aug 1983, Lubbock TX
married 25 Dec 1925 Jo Bartlett, b. 15 Feb 1903, Collin Co. TX; d. 29 Mar 2000, Lubbock TX
Interments at Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock TX
2) Lillie Mattie Bartlett, b. 06 Aug 1901, TN; d. 04 Jan 1982, Lubbock TX
married Floyd Frankin Meers, b. 22 Jun 1900, TX; d. 15 Jun 1961, Munday TX
Interments at Goree Cemetery, Goree TX
Known Children of Floyd Franklin & Lillie Mattie (Bartlett) Meers:
1) Bryce Collier Meers, b. 21 Dec 1920, Goree TX; d. 03 Nov 1998, Wichita Falls TX; World War II Veteran, U.S. Army
married 08 Oct 1949 Viola Navaratil, b. 01 Apr 1923, Truscott TX; d. 11 Mar 2012, Vernon TX
Interments at Wilbarger Memorial Park, Vernon TX
2) Bette Irene Meers, b. 01 Aug 1922, TX; d. 30 Mar 2010, TX
married 28 Jan 1940 Robert "Wendell" Saunders, b. 13 Oct 1912 Chillicothe TX; d. 14 Oct 2002, TX
Interments at Englewood Cemetery, Slaton TX
3) Albert Bartlett, b. 12 Mar 1903, TX; d. 24 Jan 1917, TX
Interment Goree Cemetery, Goree TX
4) Pete Lansden Bartlett, b. 29 Nov 1907, TX; d. 08 Dec 1977, Lubbock TX
married Mary Flossie Wynn, b. 09 Apr 1901, OK; d. 04 Jul 1974, Lubbock TX
Interments at Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock TX
5) Buster Bartlett, b. 18 Aug 1908; d. 04 Jan 1987
married Katherine Inda Perry, b. 18 Oct 1915; d. 07 Feb 1999
Interments at Lorenzo Cemetery, Lorenzo TX
6) Loyd Bartlett, b. 23 Aug 1911, TX; d. 10 Jul 1938, Lubbock TX
Interment at Goree Cemetery, Goree TX
7) Jewel (Bartlett) Perry, b. 02 Feb 1914, TX; d. 11 Jun 1964, Lubbock TX
Interment at Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock TX
5) Mary Frances Bartlett, b. 09 Oct 1882; d. 08 Jan 1962
married William Jefferson Lovorn, b. 21 Nov 1861; d. 22 Dec 1951
Interments at Portales Cemetery, Portales NM
Known Children of William Jefferson & Mary Frances (Bartlet) Lovorn:
1) Tom Lovron, b. 16 Dec 1904; d. 10 Mar 1980
married Julia Starnes, b. 25 Sep 1900; d. 27 Mar 1991
Interments at Portales Cemetery, Portales NM
2) Rosa Lee Lovorn, b. 25 Dec 1906, Goree TX; d. 15 Feb 1993, Bakersfield CA
married William Aaron Griffin, b. 05 Jan 1909; d. 25 Ju 1968
Interments Greenlawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield CA
3) Joe Buster "Jody" Lovorn, b. 11 Jan 1909; d. 28 Jul 1984
married 24 Dec 1936 Ollie Maud McClendon, b. 11 Jan 1915; d. 22 Jan 2010, Portales NM
Interments at Portales Cemetery, Potales NM
4) Mary Elizabeth "Dolly" Lovorn, b. 17 Nov 1910, Goree TX; d. 01 Apr 1999, Ruidoso NM
married Cleve Pippin, b. 12 Oct 1904, TX; d. 12 Dec 1960, Portales NM
Interments Portales Cemetery, Portales NM
Known Child of Mary Elizabeth "Dolly" (Lovorn) Pippin
1) Jimmy George Pippin, b. & d. 28 Jun 1938
Interment Mount Zion Cemetery, Dora NM
5) Flora Etta Lovorn, b. 04 Oct 1912, Goree TX; d. 10 Dec 1945
married Kenneth Robert Luttrell, b. 15 Aug 1913, Lea Co. NM; d. 21 Sep 1995, Poretales NM
Interments at Portales Cemetery, Portales NM
6) Annie Mae "Jack" Lovorn, b. 30 Apr 1915, Goree TX; d. 05 Apr 1999
married Cyril C. Carter,b. 19 Jan 1914; d. 15 Apr 1991
Interments at Mount Zion Cemetery, Dora NM
7) Delmer Lovorn, b. 27 Aug 1917, Goree TX; d. 04 Mar 1997, TX
married 11 Feb 1940 L. V. "Blackie" Ellison, b. 09 Nov 1918; d. 28 Mar 2006
Interments at Jal Cemetery, Jal NM
8) Christine Marie Lovorn, b. 30 Jun 1920, Goree TX; d. 01 Feb 2003, Santa Fe NM
Interment at Portales Cemetery, Portales NM
married 1st Feb 1938 Homer Carroll Johnson (1918 - 1976)
married 2nd Feb 1948 George Theodore Ted" Bilberry (1908 - 1976)
6) Henry Lawrence Bartlett, b. 04 Feb 1886, Putnam Co. TN; d. 19 May 1973, Plainview TX
Interment Rose Hill Cemtery, Tulia TX
married 1st Idera May Mayberry, b. 20 Oct 1881, Jackson Co. TN; d. 01 Oct 1957, Siloam Springs AR
Interment at Plainview Cemetery, Plainview TX
married 2nd Dora Lee Stuckey, b. 26 Sep 1902, TX; d. 22 Aug 1976, Amarillo TX
Interment Rose Hill Cemtery, Tulia TX
7) Scytha Jane Bartlett, b. 16 Feb 1888, TN; d. 12 Jul 1964, Goree TX
married William Allen "Bill" Parmley
Interments at Gorlee Cemetery, Gorlee TX
Known Child of Sytha Jane (Bartlett) & William Allen "Bill" Parmley:
1) Buena Belle Parmley, b. 20 Jan 1907, Goree TX; d. 24 Aug 1971, Quanah TX
married 22 Nov 1924 Andrew Jackson "Jack" Bilderback, b. 25 Aug 1902 OK; d. 24 Apr 1979 TX
Interments at Chillicothe Cemetery, Chillicothe TX
3) William Jefferson Mabury, b. 29 Mar 1847, Jackson Co. TN; d. 23 May 1891, Jackson Co. TN
married Sophia Betsy McDowell, b. 10 Jun 1845, Jackson Co. TN; d. 31 Jan 1911, Jackson Co. TN
Interments at Jesse Mabury Family Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
Known Children of William Jefferson & Sophia Betsy (McDowell) Mabury:
1) Linden Lawrence Mabry, b. 14 Feb 1881, Jackson Co. TN; d. 31 Dec 1965
married 23 Oct 1898 Celina May Gentry, b. 10 Mar 1883, Jackson Co. TN
Interments at Jesse Mabury Family Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
Known Children of Linden Lawrence & Celina May (Gentry) Mabry:
1) Maude Francis Mabry, b. 15 Sep 1901, Jackson Co. TN; d. 10 Dec 1945, Nashville TN
married Henry Cummins Sliger, b. 07 Jan 1901, Jackson Co. TN; d. 18 Jan 1988, Jackson Co. TN
Known Child of Maude Francis (Mabry) & Henry Cummins Sliger:
1) James Linden Sliger, b. 21 Aug 1933, Jackson Co. TN; d. 02 Oct 1973, Jackson Co. TN
Interments at Zion Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
2) Avannah Mabry, b. 03 Oct 1904, Jackson Co. TN; d. 06 Jan 1988, Jackson Co. TN
married 01 Jun 1946 John O. Boozenny, b. 15 Mar 1900; d. 25 Nov 1961, Jackson Co. TN
Interments at Zion Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
3) William Jeff Mabry, b. 29 May 1912, Jackson Co. TN; d. 20 Feb 1939, Franklin KY
Interment at Zion Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
married Eunice Wilma "Una" Brown, b. 24 Oct 1909, Putnam Co. TN; d. 21 Mar 2006, Sumner Co. TN
Interment at Crest Lawn Cemetery, Cookeville TN
4) Opal L. Mabry, b. 02 Aug 1917, Jackson Co. TN; d. 27 Feb 1985, Jackson Co. TN
married 22 May 1933 Robert Otha Moss, b. 01 Nov 1915, Jackson Co. TN; d. 23 Jul 1991, Jackson Co. TN
Interments at Zion Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
2) Leonard Martin Mayberry, b. 03 Oct 1886, Jackson Co. TN; d. 19 Sep 1978, Jackson Co. TN
married Jemima "Mima" Loftis, b. 07 Jul 1889, Jackson Co. TN; d. 14 May 1954, Jackson Co. TN
Interments at Zion Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
Known Children of Leonard Martin & Jemima "Mima" (Loftis) Mayberry:
1) Infant child Mabury, b. & d. 03 Apr 1909
Interment at Jesse Mabury Family Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
2) Infant child Mabury, b. & d. 26 Jul 1910
Interment at Jesse Mabury Family Cemetery, Jackson Co. TN
3) Lassie B. Maberry, b. 20 Mar 1913; d. 29 1994
married Albert Robinson Davis, b. 17 Dec 12904; d. 24 Jan 1968
Interments at Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville TN
4) Mary "Estelle" Mabry, b. 09 Feb 1920, Jackson Co. TN; d. 06 May 2000, Cookeville TN
married 01 Jun 1940 Charles Polk "Charlie" Allen, b. 02, Jun 1918, Jackson Co. TN; d. 26 Dec 1995, Cookeville TN
Interments at Algood Cemetery, Algood TN
2) John Condra McClelland, b. 23 Oct 1817, Monroe Co. KY; d. 20 Feb 1897, Kirksville MO; Civil War Veteran
Interment at East Center Cemetery, Kirksville MO
Known Child of John Condra McClelland:
1) Andrew Lee McClelland, b. 06 Nov 1870, Kirkwood MO; d. 08 Aug 1941, Long Beach CA
married Ethel Angeline Worthington, b. 14 Dec 1880 CA; d. 11 Oct 1959, San Bernardino Co. CA
Interments at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino CA
3) Dr. Josiah Robinson McClelland.
Dr. Josiah Robinson McClelland
Dr. Josiah Robinson McClelland, b. 15 Dec 1823, KY; d. 24 Dec 1893, Leon IA
married Amanda M. Rhea, b. 16 Jul 1829, Roane Co. TN; d. 12 May 1910, Leon IA
daughter of Sebird Rhea (1795 - 1878) & Nancy (Cooke) Rhea (1797 - 1879)
Dr. & Amanda McClelland were interred at Leon Cemetery, Leon IA
Known Children of Dr. Josiah Robinson & Amanda M. (Rhea) McClelland:
1) Etta May McClelland, b. Nov 1858, Leon IA; d. 11 Nov 1914, Denver CO
married Joshua P. Hall, b. 11 Nov 1854, Chariton IA; d. 22 Apr 1925, Denver CO
Interments at Leon Cemetery, Leon IA
2) Edgar B. McClelland, b. 19 Aug 1860, Leon IA; d. 03 Aug 1908, Leon IA
Interment at Leon Cemetery, Leon IA
3) Emma G. McClelland, b. 20 Nov 1863, Decatur City IA: d. 10 Apr 1924, Elgin IL
Interment Leon Cemetery, Leon IA
married 27 May 1886 Willard P. Clark
Known Child of Emma G. (McClelland) Clark:
1) Etta Geraldine Clark, b. 29 Sep 1889; d. 05 Aug 1957
Interment Leon Cemetery, Leon IA
Extract From 1870 Center Twp, Leon; Decatur Co. Census
Josiah McClelland 47 Physician
Amanda McClelland 40 Keeps House
Etta Mary McClelland 11 At Home
Edgar B. McClelland 9
Emma G. McClelland 7Residing next door:
Sebird Rhea 75 Farmer
Nancy Rhea 70 Keeps House
Tiller Rhea 53 Black, ServantNote: Amanda (Rhea) McClelland is the daughter of Sebird & Nancy (Cook) Rhea. Tiller Rhea was one of the freed slaves brought by Sebird & Nancy (Cook) Rhea when they moved from Tennessee to Missouri in 1838.
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Extract From 1880 Center Twp, Leon; Decatur Co. Census
Josiah McClelland 56 Physician
Amanda McClelland 51 Wife
Edgar B. McClelland 18 Medical Student
Emma G. McClelland 16Note: An article about William Rhea, earlier posted, says that Tiller Rhea married after the death of her Master and Mistress -- Sebird & Nancy Rhea.
^^^^^^^Extract From 1900 Center Twp, Leon; Decatur Co. Census
Amanda McClelland 70 Head of Household, Widow
Edgar B. McClelland 38 Son, single
Eva Rhea 27 Niece, singleResiding next door:
Willard Clark 38 Head of Household
Emma G. Clark 36 Wife
Etta Clark 10 Daughter
Albena Cranford 16 ServantNote: Willard P. Clark (husband of Emma G. McClelland) was part of the firm of McClelland & Clark. In 1903, he left home and was presumed missing according to the following newspaper articles.
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Leon Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, November 12, 1903W.P. Clark left his home in Leon, Iowa, on Oct. 13, 1903, intending to visit friends in Atchison, Kansas. He was last seen at the Union depot in St. Joe. Mo., on the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1903, and it is believed he purchased a ticket from St. Joe to Kansas City and boarded a train for the latter point. The half-tone above is from a photograph taken some 15 years ago. It is a very good likeness of Mr. Clark, except that he has grown stouter and somewhat bald. He is 41 years of age, married and left a wife and daughter 14 years of age. He will weigh about 215 pounds, has a full face, dark brown hair, small blue gray eyes, wore a mustache, has the left lateral incisor tooth crowned with gold, and his height is about 5 feet 10 inches. He wore a sack suit of blue-gray cashmere showing a very faint stripe making a plaid, a yachting cap of light gray with black band and visor, a pair of Selz "Perfecto" lace shoes, with plain wide toe, probably no. 9. He carried a leather suit case marked upon the end "Mrs. W.P. Clark," containing a suit of clothes, three shirts, cuffs, socks, etc. He also carried with him a gold hunting case watch with the initials W.P.C. engraved on one side, a gold vest chain with a locket-charm attached engraved on one side with the Masonic and K.of P. Emblems. He is a Mason and also a Knights sf Pythias in good standing in both of these orders.
Mr. Clark was one of the leading retail grocers in Southern Iowa, and it is believed by his family and friends that he left home because of supposed financial difficulties. His affairs have been taken in hand by his family and friends and straightened up and he has been found to be perfectly solvent, and is amply able to pay all obligations.
Mr. Clark belongs to an excellent family, leaving in addition to his wife and child, his father a man 72 years of age, and his mother who is 65 years of age and in delicate and dangerous condition of health. He is a man of high social and business standing, and his family and friends, both business and social, are exceedingly anxious to learn of his whereabouts and have him return, and any information leading to his location or whereabouts will be highly appreciated and amply rewarded. It is requested that any and all information with reference to him be directed to E.B. McClelland, Leon, Iowa.
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Leon Reporter
Leon, Decatur, Iowa
Thursday, May 26, 1904The readers of The Reporter are all familiar with the circumstances of the mysterious disappearance of W.P. Clark, the well known grocer of this city, who left Leon on Oct. 13th of last year, ostensibly to visit his brother-in-law at Atchison, Kas. He never reached Atchison, and all trace of him was lost after he reached St. Joe. His disappearance has caused his family and friends great uneasiness, as there were suspicions that he had been foully dealt with, but from information received during the past week.
It appears that he has been in Cuba the past winter, and is probably at some place on that island at the present time.
The discovery of his whereabouts came about in rather a strange manner. A distant relative of Mrs. I.N. Clark, who lives at Port Arthur, Texas, was talking to some friends who spent the winter in Cuba, and told them that the family thought Mr. Clark might have gone there. The lady said they had met an American at Matanza, Cuba, in a hotel the first of February, and on being shown Mr. Clark's photograph said she was sure she had seen him. She gave the address of the hotel and it was sent to Leon, from which place a photo of Mr. Clark and his description was forwarded to the hotel keeper. Last Saturday a letter was received by Mr. I.N. Clark from the hotel keeper, John B. Escalante, proprietor of the Grand Hotel at Matanzas, saying that on Feb. 2, 1904, a man who registered as B.P. Clark, Leon, Iowa, stopped at his hotel four days and that he resembled the picture of Mr. Clark so much that he was satisfied he was the same man. He writes that Mr. Clark was talking of buying land but did not find any that suited him, and when he left that city was going to Puerto Principe. There is no question but what W.P. Clark was there at that time and the registering under the name of B.P. Clark can be explained by the Cuban being mistaken. Mr. I.N. Clark has written for the page of the register containing the signature and is confident that when it arrives he will recognize Willard's handwriting.
This is the first definite news that has been heard from Willard since he left home, and efforts will be made to trace him in Cuba, and his friends hope that before long he will return to Leon and explain his long absence.
^^^^^^^Willard P. Clark did not return home. According to Emma (McClelland) Clark's obituary, she went to Denver which is where her sister Etta (McClelland) Hall lived. She went on to Elgin, Illinois where she taught school, until her death in 1924.
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Extract From 1910 Center Twp, Leon; Decatur Co. Census, Commercial Street
Amanda McClelland 80 Head of Household, Widow
Eva Rhea 37 Niece, singleNote: Amanda (Rhea) McClelland died May 12, 1910. Eva Rhea married Van Rensselaer McGinnis in December of 1923.
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Extract From Leon Cemetery Transcriptions
McClelland, Amanda (Rhea) 16 Jul 1829 - 12 May 1910 (footstone - Mother)
McClelland, Dr. Josiah R. 15 Dec 1823 - 24 Dec 1893 (footstone - Father)
McClelland, Edgar B. 19 Oct 1860 - 03 Aug 1908 (footstone - Edgar)^^^^^^^
Extract From 1920 Center Twp; Leon; Decatur Co. IA census: Main Street
M. Clayton Rhea 83 Head of Household, widower
Eva E. Rhea 47 Daughter, single
Helen M. Rhea 30 Grandchild, singleNote: M. Clayton Rhea was Amanda (Rhea) McClelland's brother.
^^^^^^^RE: William Rhea, the freed slave of Seibirt & Nancy (Cook) Rhea. The first that I find him in census records is as follows:
1880 Leon; Decatur Co., IA census:
William Rhea, black, 37, waiter; Restaurant owned by Samual A. Miller.1900 Leon; Decatur Co., IA census:
William Rhea, Head, black, 57.WILLIAM RHEA died in 1910 - exact date unknown.. I looked for an obituary after the article that talked about him coming to Decatur County, dated June 23, 1910. I did not find one. Perhaps it was printed in the Princeton, MO newspaper.
Leon Cemetery:
WILLIAM RHEA - 1832-1910.SOURCES: Various obituaries, cemetery transcriptions, censuses and newspaper articles
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