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The William H. Clark Collection
( Donated by Gloria Black, great granddaughter of William H. Clark )
My great grandfather was William
Clark. He was born December 10. 1856 in Clay County, Ky to H.J. Clark and
Patience Bledsoe. He lived and had a business across from the old courthouse.
He was a state senator around 1896.
He was shot and killed in 1921. "Dad said he remembered the posse on horses
stopping at his wife's house soon after he was killed".
~ Gloria Black ~
More about William H. Clark :
From "Out Of The Past" as
reprinted in The Jackson County Sun ( Formerly The Laurel County Sun):
September 1899 The convention held at McKee last week for the nomination of a
senator resulted in a fight
in which Wm. Clark and Geo. and John Hays and several others were on the
opposite sides.
Mr. Clark received four wounds but not severe; one of the Hays was shot with a
pistol and a shotgun.
Several shots fired, but no one killed. The parties are recovering.
Associated Press Article in
the Middlesboro Daily News
November 10, 1921, Vol.5, No.251 / FORMER STATE SENATOR SHOT
William Pearson charged with killing former state Senator W. S. Clark in Jackson
County.
McKee, Nov. 10 - News has been received of the shooting Sunday afternoon of
former state Senator W. S. Clark at Foxtown, Jackson County. William
Pearson is charged with the killing.
Index
Pictures / Tintypes | Court Documents | Land Documents | ||
IOUs | Plaintiffs - James Bales / Charley Holland | Mortgage | ||
Letters | Miscellaneous Plaintiffs (McDowell, Hobbs, Cope, Williams, Lunsford) | Surveys | ||
Small Pox Quarantine | Pardons | |||
Voters | Sheriff L.C. Little |