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plump wife wife back home to Georgetown he started plans to care for and make a livelihood for his small and new family.

Having initiative and a sense of business acumen, father launched bought a small plot of land and erected a store. In the spring of 1909 he opened his place of business under the firm name of "M.C. Clark & Co." Since that time I've asked him wh what the Co. stood for represented. I suppose he had hopes for his […] son.

Father and Mother then lived in "The Old House", a three two roomed ^log dwelling that had been used by my Grandfather and Grandmother Clarks for sometime before that time. The house was ^{made of} logs but had at a later time been covered with rusting siding which to this day has not been painted.

Needing more room, father built a small "lean to" that served as a kitchen. It was in this ^old home that two sisters and a brother were born. These are; Hazel, Aug. 10, 1909, Helen April 21, 1911, Clifton ^Shepherd, March 26, 1912 (died […] a mo. later)