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Note: STEPHEN CLARK AGE 25 AND MISS LUCINTHA J DYE 15, BOTH OF JACKSON COUNTY ARKANS AS WERE MARRIED 27 NOV 1878 BY REV. W.S. GIPSON, A.M.E. JACKSON COUNTY AR MA R RIAGE RECORD B, PAGE 38 Page 2 of 2 I do not have a copy of the 1900 census f or the Stephen Clark family, but 1 do have the listing for Martin Dye's fa mily, still in Bird Township: Mart Dye, 57, born Oct 1852 (Note error), TN, bo th pa rents born TN Carlina Dye, 52, wife, born May 1848, SC, both parents bor n SC, mother of 1 child, none living Mart and Carlina Dye were shown to have been ma rried 34 years Windell Sanders, 18, boarder, born Jan 1882 AR, father born GA, mother born unknown Frank Sanders, 16, born Oct 1883 AR, father bo rn GA, moth er born unknown Louis Finch, 34, nephew, born Jan 1866 AR, father born TN, mot her born AR Mart Dye was listed as a farmer, and Frank and Windel l Sanders and Louis Finch were all listed as farm laborers In 1901 Mart and Caroline Dye m oved to Diaz, just north of Newport, and lived there one or t wo years before mo ving to Newport. Martin Dye died in 1907. His will names hi s wife Caroline as executrix and gives her a life estate in his property. He left $1 to his brothe r (as the will recites) Louis Finch, and at the death o f Caroline his estate wa s to be divided between Katie Griffin and Louis Fin ch, except for $200, which was to go to his adopted son, Henry Clay. He also left $100 to Lucy Clark. Car oline Dye died in 1918. She left two wills made t wo weeks apart. Her principal bequests were to her nephew, Mack Griffin, and Irene Atkins, a 12year-old girl she was raising. She also left $25 each to Le na Clark and Veneeda Clark Warren. (I notice Vernealure Ann and Alena among the children you listed for Lucy Dye Clark.) I find no record of an adoption of Lucinda J. Dye by Martin or Caroli ne, and 1 also do not find any guardia nship for the child. 1 am sure the relati onship was an informal one but one which remained intact until the deaths of Ma rtin and Caroline. I trust thi s information is beneficial to you. James Loga n Morgan 314 Vine St. Newport AR 72112 am not much at this e-mail thing. 2/ 8/00
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