Born in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Benjamin Smith
and Edith Jane (Harned) Smith
Wife of
Arthur Thomas Clark
— married
2 Jun 1929 in Bloomfield, NJ
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (1920s - unknown)], [private daughter (1930s - unknown)], [private son (1930s - unknown)] and Elsie (Clark) Purnell
Died
at age 86
in Florida
Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2012
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Biography
Edith was born about 1907. She is the daughter of Charles Smith and Edith Harned. [1]
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Edith was born in 1906 at home, 71 Clinton St (Bloomfield?), NJ. She got a degree in Library Science from New Jersey College for Women (later Douglas College). She worked as assistant librarian in the Paterson, NJ, Public Library for many years before she and husband Arthur Clark moved to New Smyrna Beach, FL, where she was head librarian. She made a point of working with Black librarians in the county system and welcoming ordinary Black users to the city library. This was a strong social justice stance when civil rights in the South were still weak. One line of Edith's roots goes back to Thomas Clarke, mate on the Mayflower (1620) who returned on a later voyage (1623) and resided in Plymouth, MA. [2]
Sources
- Charles Oliver, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Charles and others.
- Herbert Purnell, firsthand knowledge.
- ↑ Entered by Charles Oliver, May 29, 2012
- ↑ Entered by Herbert Purnell, October 6, 2012 and revised slightly on November 2, 2012
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Rejected matches › Edith May Smith (1896-1994) › Edith Gertrude (Irving) Smith (1904-) › Edith Marie Smith (1904-1990) › Jane Pamela Clarke (abt.1905-) › Edith R. (Lang) Smith › Edith M. (Clarke) Jewsbury
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