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Birth:          12 Jan 1845 Richmond, Va.
Death:          31 Dec 1907 Baltimore, Md.
Cause of Death: congestion of the brain
Burial:         2 Jan 1908 Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.

Notes
1981 book:
Source: EAQG; 1880, 1900 Md. census.
1850 in Wilmington, Del. 
In 1870 census, in Baltimore, in house headed by Henry and including his mother and 
2 sisters. He is a book keeper.
In 1900 census he is in Election District 3, Baltimore, Md. middle initial is W, though 
looks like the H ancestry.com records because of overwrite. Born Jan 1845 in Va. Has 
parents b Va (though father is b Ireland) Occ: clerk
1910 census has a Joseph B Clark, widower, b Va 1845, living in Baltimore as a 
boarder. But Joseph B Clark shows up in 1920 as b Va 1847, married, inmate of 
Springfield State Hospital in Carroll, Md
But in 1920 census Joseph H Clark, b Va, parents b Va, age 75 (b 1845) shows up in 
Panama, Laval Co., Fla. , wife Charlotte (b in Florida). Next door is Charles B Clark, 
father b Va, mother b Fla., married to May, son Robert. He age 41, she 37, son 15. 
Wife also b Fla, son ba Alabama. Definitedly Joseph H not W, and no e on names.
1890 Baltimore city directory shows Joseph W Clarke, 19 Sout, 1903 Park Ave, 
treasurer Consolidated Gas Co.
From genealogybank.com: 2 Aug 1881 Baltimore Sun:
 CLARKE At Glyndon, Baltimore County, August 1, Katie R., wife of Joseph W. Clarke, 
and daughter of William H. Buck.... funeral Wednesday afternoon, at five o'clock from 
Emmanuel P. E. Church, corner of Cathedral and Read streets.
From genealogybank.com: 3 Jan 1908 Baltimore American:
Mr. Joseph W. Clarke. The funeral of Mr. Joseph W. Clarke, treasurer of the 
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, who died suddenly last Tuesday 
morning, took place yesterday afternoon from his home, 2117 Callow avenue.
The honorary pallbearers were Messrs. Harry Orrick, Lawrence Miller, Burton Buck, 
Kirkland Buck, Howard Millikin, H. Wind, Irvin Dunn and Dr. James E. Clarke. The 
active pallbearers were employes of Funeral Director Henry W. Jenkins & Sons. Rev. 
Dr. J. Houston Eccleston, pastor of Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, 
conducted the services, assisted by Rev. Thomas E. Patterson.
Interment was in Greenmount Cemetery. Representatives of the Consolidated Gase, 
Electric Light and Power Company and Royal Arcanum attended the funeral in a body.
Mr. Clarke was born in Richmond, Va., in 1845, and was the son of the late Henry 
Clarke and Mary Maule Clarke. He was one of the oldest employes of the gas 
company, having been in the service of the firm in various capacities for the past 
thirty years. He is survived by a widow, who was Miss Mary Millikin, and one daughter 
(Mrs. J. Bispham Stokes, of Morristown, N.J.)
obit is a Friday, so died on Dec 31 1907, and buried Jan 2 1908
also in 1 Jan 1908 Baltimore Sun, saved to a file, 
who is pallbearer James E Clarke? Son of a brother? 1900 census has James E Clarke 
in Baltimore, b Oct 1870 in Md, md 1900, May Clarke b 1872 cannot find this James E 
Clarke in 1880, in 1910 in Baltimore (1106 Homewood Ave), wife Mary D, md 10 yrs, 1 
ch, carpenter at mill, dtr Marion L. b 1901 Md, 2 lodgers Asa and Carrie Upton [but in 
obit he is DR James E Clarke]

Parents
CLARKE Henry (1794 - 8 Nov 1853)
MAULE Mary (27 Dec 1802 - 9 Feb 1878)

Siblings
CLARKE John Joshua (12 Mar 1832 - )
CLARKE Henry (14 Jul 1834 - )
CLARKE William Edward (3 Sep 1836 - )
CLARKE Rebecca (25 Nov 1838 - )
CLARKE Mary (14 Aug 1842 - 23 Jun 1905)
CLARKE Joseph Warner (12 Jan 1845 - 31 Dec 1907)

Marriage To BUCK Catherine Reese ("Katie R." (3 Jan 1848 - 1 Aug 1881)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BUCK William H. ()
----- Elizabeth ()

Children by BUCK Catherine Reese ("Katie R." 3 Jan 1848 - 1 Aug 1881
CLARKE Elizabeth (10 Nov 1879 - )

Marriage To MILLIKIN Mary J. (Nov 1847 - )
    m. ABT 1885 

Notes

Parents
MILLIKIN James H. ()
POOLE Sarah A. ()

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