EARLY SETTLERS

_There are over 400 people buried at Clark Cemetery. And most of them are connected through either blood or marriage, making for one incredible family tree. In the 1850’s & 1860’s many brave settlers moved their families to the undeveloped land in and around Clark Cemetery. It was a time before cellphones, cars, internet, etc. People had to rely on each other to survive in this new country. Contact with the world outside of the community was limited. Thus, as was common for the time, neighbors often married neighbors.  The families of Clark Cemetery are so interrelated that’s it’s difficult to keep up with the spider web of connections. But most people can be tied to one or more of its early settlers, each with their own histories.

Ann Eliza (Veach) Barker

James Jasper "Jim" Barker

James Edward "Jim" Clark

John William Godfrey

Mary Henderson (Lafferty) Godfrey

Daniel Kutch

John Roger McAnally

Judge Edwin LeRoy Patton

William Henry Ward


The following people played a huge roll in helping build the community around Clark Cemetery. Although they themselves are not buried at Clark Cemetery, their descendants in the cemetery are numerous.

George Lee Dobbs

Lewis Plato McDonald

Joseph Casery Woody & the Woody family