For the past twenty years, I have been researching the eight families listed in the home page title. They represent the surnames of my eight great grandparents. At the present time, I have about 3,000 records, which I would happily share.
Here are the names, their country of origin if known, the states which my lines have lived in, the dates for which I have records.
Clark - Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas (1750s-1998)
Jones - Wales, Ohio, Michigan, Kansas (1820-1998)
Woody - England, N. Carolina, Missouri, Kansas (1650-1998)
Miller - Germany, W. Virginia, Missouri, Kansas (1800-1998)
Corbin - England, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas
(1650-1998)
Todd- Scotland, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas
(1800-1998)
McCauley - Ireland, Illinois, Kansas (1820-1998)
Lemon - Ireland, New Jersey, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas (1820 -
1998)
All of the above families moved to and lived in Wabaunsee County, Kansas during the mid- to late-1800s. I was born there in 1944, near Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. I attended schools there and graduated from Washburn University in 1972. I was married to Verona Shannon Little in 1970 and we have two children, Nicholas II, and Amelia Mary Verona Clark. In August 1977, we moved to Moscow, Idaho, where I obtained a Masters Degree in Museum Studies from the University of Idaho. In 1978, we moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin where I was the first director of Heritage Hill State Park, an outdoor history museum. In 1983, we moved to Jacksonville, Oregon, where I was director of the Southern Oregon Historical Society. In 1987, we moved to Muncie, Indiana where I had the good fortune to build the Minnetrista Cultural Center and Oakhurst Environmental Center. In 1995, we moved to Lafayette, Indiana, where I am currently building three museums on a 300-acre campus. The Wabash Valley Living History Farm, the official Indiana Museum of Woodland Native American Culture, and the Prophetstown Prairie Environmental Center. I have had a wonderful and rewarding career, which has messed well with my love of geneaology.
My Grandmother Clark, to whom I owe much of my interest in family history, used to say, "There's no such thing as shirttail relations! Either you are, or you aren't." I've had the good fortune to meet hundreds of my cousins across the country, either in person or by mail or now, e-mail. I agree with my grandmother---they're all wonderful. I'm looking forward to meeting you as we search together for our "roots."
Nick Clark
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Clark-Jones-Woody-Miller-Corbin-Todd-McCauley-Lemon Families