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Lillie Mae Clark Porter

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Lillian (Lillie) Mae Clark  (b. 01 Sep 1875, Griswold, Cass County, Iowa, d. 24 Sep 1954, Oklahoma City, OK).  She was the daughter of Samuel Harrison Clark and Susana Jane McLeary. 

Samuel Harrison Clark (b. 31 Jan 1845, Agency, Wapello County, Iowa, d. 20 Jul 1895, Fort Collins, CO), the son of John Franklin Clark (b. 9 Jan 1813, Laurel, Kentucky, d. 1 Feb 1899, Wymere, Gage, NE) and Mary Jane Kendall (b. 2 Sep 1816, Windsor, Shelby, IL, d. 23 Dec 1890, Wymere, Gage, NE). 

Susana McCleary (b. 01 Mar 1846, Grant, Montgomery, IA, d. 03 Jul 1908, Garfield, Lincoln, NE) was the daughter of Pauline Keywood (b. 1828 Tennessee, d. 1858 District, Wapello, IA) and William McCleary (b. 11 Apr 1822, One Leg, Tuscarawas County, OH, d. 1910).

When Lillie was young, her father Samuel developed tuberculosis, so the family loaded everything into a covered wagon and took him to Fort Collins, Colorado, for his health.  His health did not recover, and he died there on July 20, 1895.  The family returned to Kansas, where Lillie got a job at the same farm that John Frank Porter was working as a farm hand.  Lillie and John were married December 22, 1891.

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Obituary of Lillie Mae Clark Porter

September 26, 1954, Daily Oklahoman.

 

LILLIE MAE PORTER

Services for Mrs. Lillie Mae Porter, 79, Oklahoma Pioneer who died here Saturday, will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Hunter funeral chapel, with burial in Guthrie.

An Oklahoman for 61 years, Mrs. Porter was born in Griswold, Iowa.  She lived in Stillwater and Guthrie before moving to Oklahoma City.  At one time, she and her husband, the late John Frank Porter, operated a grocery here.  She was a member of the Church of God.

Survivors include six daughters: Mrs. Grace Jennings, 400 S. Youngs, Mrs. Mary Crews, 2410 SW 21, Mrs. Lucille Grinter, 2314 SW 20, Mrs. Anna Maud Ard, 2625 SW 23, Mrs. Pauline Arismendez, 2138 SW 20 and Mrs. Minnie Hunt, Fairfax; four sons; Roy and Clark Porter, both of Guthrie, Franklin Porter, Ponca City, and Charlie Porter, Glencoe.

There are also three sisters; Mrs. Mary Triggs, North Platte, Neb., Mrs. Hattie Fisher, Lyman, Neb., and Mrs. Ellen Lumphire, Hillman, Mich.; two brothers; Dave Clark, North Platte, Neb., and Charles Clark, Aimsworth, Neb., 45 grand-children, 65 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

Lillian (Lillie) Mae Clark  came from a large family. 
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