Stoneking, Clark Leonard

1889 - 1960  (70 years)

• Name	Stoneking, Clark Leonard
  Born	16 Sep 1889	Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	9XYC-6B2
  _UID	CE5A5BD0D93946F8AC9A607B58634BEAB409
  Died	14 Feb 1960	Three Lakes, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Buried	Three Lakes, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I3878	We Are Three Lakes - the people file
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Stoneking, James H.,   b. 6 Aug 1845, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 3 Apr 1920, Missouri, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	CLAUNCH, Elizabeth Ann,   b. 12 Dec 1847, Mercer county, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 1 May 1910, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1872	Johnson county, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F1168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Weeks, Cecile Thirza,   b. 29 May 1900, Linn, Osage, Missouri, USA ,   d. 3 Sep 1988, Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Jun 1925	Rhinelander, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Stoneking, Carol Lee,   b. 28 Sep 1935, Three Lakes, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 5 Apr 2011, Terrebonne, Deschutes, Oregon, USA  (Age 75 years)   2. Stoneking, S.A.   3. Stoneking, J.   4. Stoneking, Harry,   b. 1938, Three Lakes, Oneida, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 1996  (Age 58 years)   5. Stoneking, C.K.
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2024
  Family ID	F1165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Find A Grave Memorial, MEMORIAL 112834888. [S10] Find A Grave Memorial, MEMORIAL 30220733.