Christopher Columbus Clark (1846-1937)

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Decorated Union soldier in the U.S. civil war. Third Great Grandfather of Barack Obama (1961).

Biography

Christopher Columbus Clark was born 6 December 1846 in Canton, Missouri, United States to Thomas Clark (1812-1892) and Elizabeth Davis (1822-1900) and died 11 January 1937 Eldorado, Kansas, United States of unspecified causes. He married Susan Catherine Overall (1849-1906) 1 January 1870 in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States.

Offspring of Christopher Columbus Clark and Susan Catherine Overall (1849-1906)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Joseph Clark (1871)
Lois Clark (1873)
Gabriella Clark (1877-1966)	June 1877 Laddonia, Missouri, United States	15 July 1966 Wichita, Kansas, United States	Harry Ellington Armour (1874-1953)
Ida Clark (1878)

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President Obama's ancestor, number 54
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In his 1995 memoir "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance", Obama wrote that "Christopher Columbus Clark, had been a decorated Union soldier..."
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