History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 945, Woodland Township
G. W. Clark, farmer, sec. 6; P. O., Astoria; is a native of
Ohio, where he was born in the year 1843; his father, Wm. G. Clark, was
also born in Ohio, where he married his first wife, Mrs. Rachel Knock,
by whom he had 6 children. Geo. W. was the fourth child born of this
marriage; in 1836 Wm. Clark moved to Illinois, locating in Vermont tp.;
he enlisted in Co. B, 84th Ill. Inf., for 3 years; participated in the
more noted battles of the Rebellion; when the war closed he returned to
Fulton county. He was united in marriage to Miss Edith M. Storekin, by
whom he has 5 children: Sarah J.; Elizabeth B., Emma A., Olla and Wm.
Monroe. Mrs. Clark died Feb., 1879.
Note: George Wesley Clark was married to Edith "Edie" Matilda
Stoneking September 6, 1866 in Fulton County. She is the daughter
of Alexander and Sarah Stoneking, died February 27, 1879 and buried in
Union Chapel Cemetery, Astoria Township, Fulton County, Illinois.
