Sidney Bert Clark

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 29 Nov 1880 - Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States
    Christening: 
          Death: 5 Dec 1932 - Mayfield, Sumner, Kansas, United States ( at age 52)
         Burial: 9 Dec 1932
 Cause of Death: 

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Parents

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         Father: Reese Clark  {Find A Grave ID: 1605127479}
         Mother: Mary Delanah Hayes  {Find A Grave ID: 165127494}

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Lucy Stayton
       Marriage: 4 Jun 1916 - Mayfield, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage Notes 



Per People's Voice   Wellington, Kansas   6/8/1916
        Stayton - Clark.
   Miss Lucy Stayton, age 32, was married to Sidney Burt Clark, age 34, at the Baptist church in Mayfield, Sunday, June 4, 1916, at high noon. Miss Stayton is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Stayton, who live one mile west of Mayfield, and is well known by many Wellington people. Mr. Clark is a farmer, who lives near Sharon. The ceremony was conducted by the Reverend Kirk, of Conway
Springs, assisted by Reverend Sullivan, of Mayfield. After the wedding the personal friends and immediate relatives of the bride and groom were given a big dinner at the Stayton home. The young couple met at a Baptist Association at Mayfield about three years ago and the friendship which resulted culminated in yesterday's wedding.

Per The Monitor Press   Wellington, Kansas   6/7/1918
       Stayton - Clark
   A very pretty home wedding took place at the Baptist church in Mayfield on Sunday, June 4th, when Lucy Stayton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Stayton, of that place, became the bride of Mr. Sidney Burt Clark. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. B. Kirk. pastor of Baptist church of Conway Springs, assisted by Rev. Mr. Sullivan of Mayfield. After the ceremony at the church a wedding dinner was served to the bridal party, relatives and intimate friends, at the Stayton home, one mile west of Mayfield. The groom is a prosperous young farmer of Sharon, Barber county and the bride is a highly esteemed and very attractive young lady. The wedding is said to be the culmination of an acquainance formed when both parties met for the first time at a Baptist association meeting at Mayfield some three years ago.

       Children:
                1. Reese George Clark 
                2. Henry Harry Clark 
                3. Elizabeth Della Clark 
                4. Anna Grace Clark 

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Notes

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General:

Per 1900 US Census 6/1900 Moore Twp, Barber County, Kansas
Reese Clark is the 42 year old white male head of household, born March 1858 in Ohio, as were his parents. He is a farmer, and owns his farm. His wife of 20 years is 38 year old M. D. Clark, born June 1861 in Ohio, her father in Indiana, her mother in Ohio. She has had 6 children, all living and living in this home. All born in Kansas, they are: 19 year old son Bert Clark, born Nov 1880, a farm hand; 17 year old daughter Grace Clark, born Dec 1882; 11 year old son Harry Clark, born May 1899, a farm hand who attended school 6 months; 8 year old son George Clark, born Nov 1891, attended school 6 months; 5 year old son Floyd Clark, born Sept 1894, attended school ½ month; and 8 month old son Walter Clark, born Sept 1899. Also living with the family is Reese's father, 73 year old [blank] Clark, born Feb 1827 in Ohio,his father in Kentucky,his mother in Virginia.

Per WWI Draft Registration 9/12/1918
Sydney Bert Clark is 37 years old, born November 29, 1881. A white native born citizen, he resides at 1 Sharon, Barker, Kansas. He is self-employed as a farmer at 1 Sharon, Barker, Kansas. His nearest relative is Lucy Clark, same address. Sydney is described as tall, medium build, blue eyes and brown hair.

Per The Kiowa News Review and the Kiowa Record Kiowa, Kansas 12/12/1932
Obituary - S. B. Clark
S. B. Clark was born November 29, 1880, near Lawrence, Kansas, and passed away to the Great Beyond, December 5, 1932, near Mayfield, Kansas. Aged, 52 years and 6 days.
He came to Barber county with his parents in 1884 and grew to manhood near Hazelton, Kansas.
Bert Clark was united in marriage June 4, 1916, to Lucy Stayton, at Mayfield. To this union was born
two sons and three daughters, one of whom preceded him in death.
They lived near Sharon, Kansas, until 10 years ago when they moved to near Mayfield, where he has lived
every since.
Bert Clark was a devoted and loving husband and father, a kind and affectionate son and brother, a devout Christian man and a good neighbor, always willing and ready to help others in time of need, and to know him was to be his friend. He was an energetic, ambitious and upright man and was honest in all his dealings.
He united with the Baptist church at Sharon about 22 years ago and after he moved to Mayfield be transferred his membership to the church there, of which he remained a faithful member until his death.
Bert Clark was the oldest of six children and was the first to be taken. His father, Reese Clark, preceded him in death two years ago.
Mr. Clark is survived by his devoted wife, Mrs. Lucy Clark; two sons, Reese George, and Henry; two
daughters, Lizzie Della and Kate Emma, at home; his mother, Mrs. Della Clark, of near Hazelton; one sister, Mrs. Alice Grace Meeks, of Batavia, Illinois; four brothers, Harry A. Clark of Hazelton, Floyd Clark of Hardtner, and George L. and Walter Reese Clark, of Hazelton, besides a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held Friday, December 9, at 2 p. m., at the Baptist church at Mayfield. Rev. Collett
Johnson, of Milan, formerly of Kiowa, said the prayers and read a passage from the Bible, and Rev. Kirk, of
Wichita, who had known the deceased for about 20 years, conducted the services and paid a high tribute to him, and delivered a fine eulogy.
The floral offerings were beautiful and profuse and showed the high esteem in which he was held.
The funeral was largely attended, and besides his mother and brothers from Hazelton and Hardtner, were his sister, Mrs. Grace Masks, and daughter, Gilma Meeks, of Batavia, Illinois, and friends, Mrs. S. C. Haberlein, Miss Anna S. Haberlein, of Kiowa, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Brown and Elvin
Wainscott. of Hazelton\emdash Contributed.