Clark is a very common name. There were lots of Clarks in Dallas, even in the 1800's. Even more in Texas. For example, there are two Henry Clay Clarks buried in Dallas, born around the same time and died around the same time. "Our" Henry Clay Clark was born in 1850 and died in 1924. The other one was born in 1848 and died in 1924. There was even another Henry Clark in Dallas on the 1850 census, 36 years of age with a wife and 4 children. Then add that to the fact that "our" Andrew Clark sometimes was listed as A.J. and sometimes seemed to have an E on the end of his name. That's where the sleuthing comes in. Even with all this wonderful new data available online you sometimes have to try to connect the dots to find the right Clark. For example, on findagrave.com members of our family are linked to the "other" Henry Clay Clark. Jessie Clark Bronson was definitely a member of our family, but she shows up on the other listing. Just a caveat for anyone else googling around out there for Clark family information. Dodge is probably just as complicated. Fortunately, I'm an Ottensman, which is a lot easier to deal with, except when you get over to Germany! Happy googling!
Not "our" Henry Clay Clark
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