Archie Clark Cemetery List
Near Starks, La
The cemetery isn't very large and has about 40 graves with markers
of some kind. To visit this cemetery, turn east on Gene Nelson Road from LA 109. Just before it makes the turn to the north, there
will be a road turning to the south ...
there is a small sign indicating "Cemetery" ... this will take you
the short distance to Archie Clark Cemetery on the left (or east) side of the road.
Historical note: This cemetery
is named after Archibald "Archie" Clark, a son of John Harvey and
Rachel (Drake) Clark Sr who started the community known as Clark Settlement
in Calcasieu (now Beauregard) Parish northeast of Starks, LA a
few years after the Civil War. It is one of three Clark cemeteries in this community,
the others being the Babe Clark and Dick Clark cemeteries.
Listing Compiled by
Roberta B. Doty and Evelyn E. COLE August 1992
Annotations by La Vaughn H. "LV" Hayes
are preceded by LVH
UPDATED MAY 19, 2001 by Frann S. Clark & Riley F. Clark, Jr. (Riley is great,
great grandson of John H. Clark, Sr. who is buried in this cemetery)
DIRECTIONS: Traveling on LA Hwy 109--turn east or right from Starks or turn east or left from DeRidder onto Gene Nelson Rd--blacktopped.
Smith Cemetery Rd. is across the hwy from Gene Nelson Rd.
-notes by Frann S. Clark
| ASHWORTH, EDWIN | OCT 15 1916 MAY 14 1980 [LVH: s/o Levi and Elizabeth Rachel (Clark) Ashworth, h/o Bobbie McFetridge] CSA MARKER |
| ASHWORTH, G. | [LVH: Frank "Gus"] |
| ASHWORTH, INFANT | inf\o MARION ASHWORTH |
| ASHWORTH, MARION | 1870 1946 [born 4 Feb, died 6 Nov, s/o Andrew Jackson and Anna Missouri (Burgess) Ashworth Sr, h/o Cordelia Stanley] |
| CLARK, ARCHIE | [LVH: Archie Merida, s/o Archibald "Archie" and Elizabeth Ann (Ashworth) Clark] |
| CLARK, ARCHIE | OCT 13 1856 AUG 29 1941 [F] [LVH: Archibald "Archie", s/o John Harvey and Rachel (Drake) Clark Sr, h/o Elizabeth Ann Ashworth] |
| CLARK, DANIEL | OCT 7 1884 MAY 14 1970 [F] [LVH: Daniel Ellis, s/o Archibald "Archie" and Elizabeth Ann (Ashworth) Clark, h/o Jettie Clark] |
| CLARK, EDWARD ALVIN | 1937 1956 [LVH: s/o Louis Moore "Louie" and Mabel (Barnhart) Clark] |
| CLARK, ELIZABETH | JUN 28 1862 MAR 12 1951 [M] [LVH: Elizabeth Ann, d/o Andrew Jackson and Anna Missouri (Burgess) Ashworth Sr, w/o Archibald "Archie" Clark] |
| CLARK, ELLEN | |
| CLARK, EVELYN RUTH | 1934 1937 |
| CLARK, GERTRUDE | 1912 1935 [LVH: d/o Daniel Ellis and Jettie (Clark) Clark] |
| CLARK, INFANT | B\D 1949 dau\o DOUG CLARK |
| CLARK, INFANT | inf\o ANDREW CLARK |
| CLARK, INFANT | inf\o ARCHIE CLARK |
| CLARK, INFANT | inf\o ARCHIE CLARK |
| CLARK, JETTIE | AUG 13 1895 FEB 20 1964 [M] [LVH: d/o Tilmon "Tilly" and Laura (Smithart) Clark, w/o Daniel Ellis Clark] |
| CLARK, JOHN H | d-1897 age 83 MM-Co I 6 La Cav C.S.A. [U.C.V.] [LVH: John Harvey, s/o William and Rebecca (Burney) Clark, h/o Rachel Drake] |
| CLARK, LOU ETHEL | B\D AUG 21 1943 [LVH: d/o Louis Moore "Louie" and Mabel (Barnhart) Clark] |
| CLARK, MARION TILMAN | JAN 5 1895 MAY 24 1964 [LVH: s/o Archibald "Archie" and Elizabeth Ann (Ashworth) Clark, nevermarried] |
| CLARK, MARY BELLE | 1947 1949 |
| CLARK, PRUDENCE | FEB 24 1915 JUN 4 1972 [LVH: d/o Daniel Ellis and Jettie (Clark) Clark, w/o Ralph Clark] |
| CLARK, RACHEL | [LVH: born 1830, died 12 Feb 1916, d/o John and Elizabeth "Betsy" (Ashworth) Drake, w/o John Harvey Clark Sr] |
| CLARK, RALPH | APR 10 1909 JAN 10 1985 [LVH: s/o William Madison and Isabelle (Smith) Clark, h/o Peggy ? and Prudence Clark] |
| FISCH, CLARENCE | FEB 8 1886 JUN 12 1977 [F] [LVH: s/o William and Harriet (Bennett) Fisch, h/o Laura Cordelia "Cord" Clark] |
| FISCH, CLIFFORD H | OCT 31 1926 OCT 19 1961 MM-La Pfc 325 AAA SLT BN CAC WWII [LVH: s/o Clarence C. and Laura Cordelia "Cord" (Clark) Fisch, h/o Billie Fountain] |
| FISCH, LAURA CLARK | DEC 30 1896 NOV 25 1979 [M] [LVH: Laura Cordelia "Cord", d/o Archibald "Archie" and Elizabeth Ann (Ashworth) Clark, w/o Clarence C. Fisch] |
| FISCH, MARGARET | FEB 13 1928 DEC 20 1932 [LVH: d/o Clarence C. and Laura Cordelia "Cord" (Clark) Fisch] |
| JOHNSON, PATRICIA ANN | B\D MAY 17 1941 [LVH: d/o John Willie and Elaine (Barrow) Johnson Jr] |
| SMITHART, AUZY | [LVH: s/o William F. and Rachel (Clark) Smithart] |
| SMITHART, CARRIE | |
| SMITHART, EDDIE | |
| SMITHART, RACHEL | 1870 1939 [LVH: died 14 Feb 1939, d/o John Harvey and Rachel (Drake) Clark Sr, w/o William F. Smithart] |
| SMITHART, WILLIE | d-JUN 25 1934 MM-Pvt 29 Inf 17 Div [LVH: born 1896, s/o William F. and Rachel (Clark) Smithart, h/o Bessie Jones] |
| SMITHART, WILSON | [LVH: s/o William F. and Rachel (Clark) Smithart] |
| STREAMS, BEVERLY CLARK | DEC 12 1958 FEB 21 1980 Other persons known to be buried in the cemetery, but not cited on the listing: |
| CLARK, INFANT | inf\o ANDREW CLARK |
| CLARK, INFANT | inf\o ANDREW CLARK |
| CLARK, INFANT | inf\o ARCHIE CLARK |
| CLARK, INFANT | [LVH: c/o Ralph and Prudence (Clark) Clark] |
| PERKINS INFANT | [LVH: c/o Robert and Margaret (Smith) Perkins] |
| SMITHART, LONIE | [s/o William F. and Rachel (Clark) Smithart] |
| SMITHART, WILLIAM | [William F., s/o William Florence and ? (?) Smithart, h/o Rachel Clark] |