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MATERNAL
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(Maternal Grandfather)
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Unavailable
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b. UNK - d. UNK
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Unavailable
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Unavailable
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(Father)
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(Mother)
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Unavailable
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Unavailable
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William Smith Clarke
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(ABT 8 May 1870 - 7 May 1948)
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Nancy B. Bratcher (Nannie)
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UNK
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Unknown
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MARRIAGE NOTES: I do not have direct proof of this marriage. I do, however, have some evidence. Helen Bratcher Crawford, my first cousin, once removed, had in her files a statement that "Nancy Bratcher married William S. Clark, Superintendent of Grayson County Schools." Helen was an excellent researcher, so I trust her judgment.
Next, I discovered that William Smith Clark was superintendent of the Grayson County Schools from 1924 to 1934. My father confirmed this with the Grayson County School Board. In the 1930 US Census, William S. Clark is shown to be superintendent of schools in Grayson County. (There is an error on the page, but it seems rather clear that he was the super.) The only problem is that he's married to Annie, not Nannie (or Nancy).
By looking at the 1910 US Census, you can see that William and Annie were married c. 1896. You can also see that the William / Annie marriage is William's second marriage, and only the first for Annie.
We have a family photo with Nannie in it. It was allegedly taken in 1891. The caption for that photo says that Nannie's name is Nancy Bratcher CLARK.
From all this, I have surmized that Nannie married William Clark before 1891, but passed away about 1894 or so. If William married Annie in 1896, then I figure that he waited for about a year or so before remarrying. That would mean that Nannie passed away c. 1894.
This is a perfect example of where the 1890 US Census would come in really handy.
I do not know where Nannie is buried.
UPDATE JANUARY 2014: The 1930 US Census says that William was 26 at the time of his first marriage. That would have been to Nancy Bratcher. In 1930, William was 60, which means he was born about 1870. If he was 26 at the time of his first marriage, then that would have been 1896. This squares with the marriage to Annie, but it does not square with the marriage to Nancy. Given how much later the 1930 Census was taken, it might have just been an instance of everyone just referring to Annie, rather than Nancy--more or less, letting by-gones be by-gones.
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