Andrew James Clark

1860 - 1935  (75 years)

• Name	Andrew James Clark  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	8 Feb 1860	Gallia, Ohio, USA   [3, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Jul 1935	Raccoon Twp., Gallia, Ohio, USA   [7]
  Burial	5 Jul 1935	Rio Grande, Gallia, OH
  Person ID	I10879	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	James A. Clark,   b. 22 Jun 1824, Kentucky Or Virginia d. 1 Mar 1902, Bidwell, Gallia, OH, USA (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eliza Jane Hoge Glenn, *,   b. 6 Aug 1829, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. 18 Aug 1906, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Jul 1856	Gallia, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F3079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lola Cora Tobin,   b. 5 Feb 1862, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. 8 Jun 1940, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	7 Jan 1883	Rio Grande, Gallia, OH, USA   [3, 7]
  Children	1. Mary Marette Clark,   b. 24 Jul 1888, Cora, Gallia, OH d. 4 Jul 1972, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Lola Bernice Clark,   b. 18 Oct 1905, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH d. 29 Apr 1995, Adrian, Lenawee, MI, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Sophia Jane Clark,   b. 12 Aug 1891, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 17 Feb 1998, Adrian, Lenawee, MI, USA (Age 106 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sonora Edith Clark,   b. 28 Oct 1885, Cora, Gallia, OH d. 23 Oct 1963, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Nellie Mae Clark,   b. 29 Jan 1894, Adamsville, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. 4 Mar 1972, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Gladys Leuella Clark,   b. 16 Jul 1899, Rio Grande, Gallia, OH d. 11 Oct 1993, Lancaster, Fairfield, OH, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. William Edward Clark,   b. 7 Dec 1883, Gallia County, Ohio, United States of America d. 18 Feb 1958, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos		A.J (FDC284DA9FA64AAC9378A5E2933A9BA5).jpg
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• Notes

  I have a triangulation at MyHeritage with Mark Henson and Teresa Kandor where our MRCA couple starts with this A. James Clark and his wife on chromosome 7 proving them as our ancestors by autosomal dna. A. James Clark and Lola Tobin ln Columbus for a while, then moved to Thurman (Centerville) where he had a little store. A barber shop was connected to it where his son William Edward Clark was a barber. Then, A.J., as he was called, set up a general store in Rio Grande. It was connected to a very large house: Three floors, fireplace in every bedroom, the dining room table could hold 30 people, chimes were rung to let everyone know dinner was served. A.J. first bought merchandise for the store at a cost of $900.00. He made about $1000.00 a year in profit from this shop. He and Talmadge Cottrell, his son-in-law, finally bought and owned the house and adjacent store after several years business. (CL-103) When I saw it on a 1979 visit to Rio Grande, it was being used as a dormitory for Rio Grande College and was a ghost of the grandness that it used to be. As of 1985, it was no longer standing. According to tax receipts for A. J. Clark's property (now in the possession of Linda Coate), he owned multiple pieces of property. Around 1900 he owned 50 acres in section 34 and section 26 in Raccoon Township, Gallia Co., Ohio Fifty acres adjoining his property in section 34 belonged to his wife Lola C. Clark in a 1900 map. (CL-12) In Dec. of 1936: Lot 22, 23, 27, and 28 in Rio Grande and Lot 41. (CL-DOC) A. James Clark had a very good mind and was mathematically inclined. His newspaper obituary states that he was a "well known and leading citizen ... the head of an excellent family." He was well loved in his community. (CL-DOC) He was a member of the Methodist Church in Rio Grande. He died of a heart attack while playing checkers, a game he truly enjoyed. He and his neighbors played checkers around the pot bellied stove in his grocery store and talked about politics and religion. He didn't like the children sitting on the store's counter top. He told them they would have to pay him if they did. He spit out his tobacco while driving his car and the whole family would duck to keep away from the flying tobacco. He lost his glasses often, and usually they could be found on top of his head! Most of these recollections were provided by my mother, Marcena Irene Clark Coate, a granddaughter of A. James Clark. Her strongest memory of her grandmother, Lola Tobin Clark, happened when Marcena wore her first pair of slacks to her grandmother's house. Lola firmly reprimanded her saying, "Girls don't wear pants. Go home and take them off. Don't ever wear them again." Marcena didn't wear them for years afterwards, either. (CL-53, 103)

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] 1870 U.S. Census for Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio. [S2425] 1880 U.S. Census Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., OH. [S700] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2004 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Raccoon, Gallia, Ohio; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1241271, 1,7602::0. [S2441] 1930 U.S. Federal Population Census, Raccoon Twp., Rio Grande, Gallia Co., Ohio (www.ancestry.com). [S202] Talmage Cottrell Descendants Chart. [S243] Cemeteries of Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio (Gallia County Historical Society). [S205] Family Bible belonging to Lola Tobin Clark (Family Bible as passed down through Grace Ann Getz McClain). [S2427] 1900 U.S. Census Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., Ohio. [S2525] Cemetery Stone Readings Calvary Cemetery on the hill above Grandmother Grace Clark's home as read by Albert E. Coate, 1977. [S2644] Andrew James Clark Newspaper Obituary Rio Grande, Ohio. [S2593] Getz, Wanda Evans Clark of Hamilton, Ohio interviewed by Linda Coate Dudick March 1978 in Linda Coate files (CL-6).