Clark, Hugh

(submitted by Rhea Nichols)

Hugh Clark (1884–1967), of Irish descent, settled at Lot 12, Con. 2 NER, now Brickyard Line, in 1913. He had been raised in Bosanquet.

In 1914 Hugh Clark married Stella Myrtle Smith (1885–1954), who had been raised in Warwick on Birnam Line and was descended from two families of Smiths. Stella's mother died at Stella's birth. Her father married her mother's sister, Jane Elizabeth Smith, who raised Stella and had four more children. Stella's father, Wellington Smith, owned the store at Birnam. Stella ran it and the post
office until she married.

Ross and Hugh Clark planting potatoes. Courtesy R Nichols.

Stella and Hugh Clark had three children: Robert Wellington (1915–1918), Rhea Elizabeth (1917–) and Franklin Ross (1918–). Rhea and Ross attended Kelvin Grove School, SS#2, Warwick, where Annie Ross was their only teacher. Then they attended Watford High School.

Rhea taught at SS#1, Warwick for three years, then two years in Dutton, then back at Kelvin Grove for a year. She married Norman Nichols. They have a family of three: David, Carol and Barbara.

After Ross graduated from the University of Western Ontario he went to work for Imperial Oil. He resides in Sarnia. He married Jean Dobbins. They have two children: John and Nancy.

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