Clark, Cornelius M.

95 year old Civil War veteran, died at Baxter Springs Kansas, Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Van Dusen. He had been suffering from an attack of pneumonia. The veteran owned a large amount of mining land in the district. He came here immediately after the Civil War and homesteaded a property north of Baxter Springs. Born at Logan Ohio, he entered the war from that state in April 1861, and served continuously throughout the conflict as a private in Company H, Sixty-third regiment. He became a member of the G.A.R. post in Baxter in 1883. He and his daughter, at whose home he died, had maintained the same residence since the latter's birth. He was a member of the First Methodist church. Surviving besides the daughter are one son, W. B. Clark of Sierra Madre, California, and another daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Gaba of Long Beach, California; eight grandchildren and six great-grand children. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 pm Tuesday at the first Methodist church. The Rev. William A. Hubbard, assisted by the Rev. Norman R. Stacy will officiate. Burial will be in Baxter Springs cemetery. Rites will be held by the local American Legion post at the grave.

Cornelius M. Clark, pioneer of Cherokee county, who owned the land on which the Boska Mine No. 2 and the Clark Mine are located, died at the home of his daughter in Baxter Springs a week ago today. Mr. Clark was the last member of the Baxter Springs post of the Grand Army of the Republic. Not only in his line of duty as a soldier, but also as a private citizen did Neil Clark serve his country. Energetic man and a man of honor. He was a progressive man. His life was such that he will ever be enshrined in the memory of those who knew him.