Stoneking, Clark Leonard

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Clark Stoneking was a bit of an adventurer. He was born in Warrensburg, MO. At some point his family moved to Kansas City, MO. (His father died there in 1920.)

Clark served in the Army in WWI and fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest. The 1920 Census shows him living with his brother and working as a street car conductor. That may have been when he met his future wife. (Cecile's 1st husband was also a Kansas City street car conductor.)

Between 1920 and 1924 he moved to Three Lakes, WI, to join his brother-in-law, Frank Cheetum, in the business of raising foxes. He carried on a correspondence with Cecile and eventually proposed via mail. She and her daughter joined him in 1925 and Clark & Cecile were married in Rhinelander, WI. They started out living in a log cabin on the shore of Medicine Lake. The fox farm was on the same property.

When the Great Depression hit in the 1930's, the bottom fell out of the fox market. Clark got rid of his foxes, converted the fox-raising building into a house, and began renting out the original log cabin. He eventually added 2 smaller rental cabins. Along with that he did a lot of hunting, drove a school bus and a mail route, and did whatever else he could to support his family. By the time he died in 1960 he & Cecile had 6 more children.

2 of his children have died: Carol (2011), and Harry (1996). Also his step-daughter, Velma (1990).

From Find A Grave

Clark married Weeks, Cecile Thirza in Jun 1925 in Rhinelander, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA. Cecile was born on 29 May 1900 in Linn, Osage, Missouri, USA; died on 3 Sep 1988 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin, USA; was buried in Three Lakes, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Stoneking, Carol Lee was born on 28 Sep 1935 in Three Lakes, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA; died on 5 Apr 2011 in Terrebonne, Deschutes, Oregon, USA; was buried in Cremated.
2. Stoneking, S.A.
3. Stoneking, J.
4. Stoneking, Harry was born in 1938 in Three Lakes, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA; died in 1996.
5. Stoneking, C.K.

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James married CLAUNCH, Elizabeth Ann on 22 Sep 1872 in Johnson county, Missouri, USA. Elizabeth was born on 12 Dec 1847 in Mercer county, Kentucky, USA; died on 1 May 1910 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; was buried on 2 May 1910 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Elmwood Cemetery