Clarence Earl (Vandermark) VanDemark (1882 - 1980)

Born 6 Aug 1882 in Putnam Co., OH

Ancestors

Husband of Augusta Elizabeth (Brant) VanDemark — married 3 Dec 1903 in Putnam County, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1980 at age 97 in Lima, Allen Co., OH

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In the year 1975 Clarence was sitting in the living room of his daughter, Oleta Jones, in her home in Lima, Ohio. As he talked she wrote as he reminiscenced of the good old days. The following is what she wrote.

"You know your Grandpa and Grandma Brant lived in a log cabin near Kalida until five years before your mother and I were married. They built a new home in the same spot. Mom and I started dating the same year they built the house, that January 1, 1903. We met at a Protractin Meeting, at the Ottawa River Church. I was going with Verdi Reiger (later married John Anderson). I went a year with her, went with a Guffy girl too, what was her name? can't think right now. I was going to High School, first class they had at Vaughsville, had nine in the class. There names were, let me see, there was Ethel Fruchey, Myrtle Reiger, Kate Roberts, Walter Woods, Mary Hughes, David Seitz and an Evans, Preacher's daughter, can't think of the other. Dang just can't remember, can't think of it to save my life. The High School, you know was above Howard Clevenger's store in Vaughsville. there was a stairs to the side, it was owned by Frank Roberts, just one room. I finished on March 1st, Mom and I were married that year. David Seitz introduce us, he dated Blanche Jones at the time. We took a horse and buggy to Ottawa River to meet your Mother, Stella Dacken and she came together. I took her home three straight nights. Your Mother was going with Dallas Hoffman at the time, Grandpa and Grandma Brant had a fit and said he was wild and she quit him then and went with me.

We married December 9, 1903, at the Christian Church in Columbus Grove. There was only the Preacher's wife there. Grandma Brant had a supper for us, Aunt Ida came and helped her cook it. We drove up and Grandpa came out and met us, he congratulated us. He put the horse and buggy in the barn. We went to the house, but Grandma said little, wasn't too happy. We didn't think anyone else knew, but when we finished supper, a whole gang came in, shotguns and all. Bill and Stella Dacken had told everyone. I had already bought candy and cigars, so I passed them out. We stayed only three months. Sold logs and cut them with Grandpa Brant, took them to sell at Kalida. It was sure cold, twenty degrees below zero. Our room was so cold we froze, dang nearly froze, just like outdoors. I got 2000 dollars from Jim Teegarden (step-father) at twenty-one years old. Got a horse at seventeen and a carriage at eighteen. This is what I dated your Mother in, was sure nice when we got married. Last of February Grandpa Brant, Jim and I went to a real estate man and we bought a farm at Columbus Grove. Moved in March and went to housekeeping. Grandpa put his name on a note for us. We sure had fun there, we owned it for two years. Otha and Harold were born there. Then sold it to a Guffy boy, brother of the girl I dated. We moved then to Union County Ohio, on May 9th, land was cheap there. bought it in the spring. Emmet and Clara moved there later, James was born 1908, ate to many sweet apples, and died August of 1911. He is buried in Price Cemetery on the road from LaRue to Richmond. he was two years, nine months, and twenty-one days. Virg was born in 1910; you were born in December 1915 and we moved in March by train to farm house (now Renners). Took the train to Lima, your Mother and you kids went by interurban to the house. Cost fifty dollars to bring the furniture, sent the stock by train, two cows. We loaded the rest of the things on wagons. Emmet and Art Dunlap lived in Union County too, they helped us move by horde and wagon. Harry and Marie Mayberry lived in Union County, Effie Mayberry, Uncle Charlie Clark, Uncle Will Myers, Grandpa and Grandma Myers also, lived in Union County. Land was only hundred dollars an acre there. We moved to the Renner farm, then Emmet and Art came back later. we moved to the Heidlebaugh farm in 1918 by horse and wagon. Cyclone hit and tore down barn, brand new one, no place for anything there. Ruth was born on the home farm Betty, Peg and Kenneth and Bob. Lived there until 1934. We moved to the house back the lane owned by Lloyd Heidlebaugh, moved later to Nicholas place, Mother's home place down by Kalida. Left there and moved to Defiance in 1943, lived near Chet and Otha. I worked at the dairy for Chet. Ruth and Blake helped us move our furniture, remember you girls moved and lived in the Carpenter apartments next to the church, boys were in the service. We then moved by Harold's on Nicholas, lived a short time there and dang if they didn't sell it. We moved by the dairy in the Miller House, from there we moved to the country, May Capras house in 1950, Worked to December of that year and had to quit, I got unemployment then. Moved back to Elida that was May 1965, lived here about ten years and thats about it." Dad did not hesitate on the dates one minute, OH! for the wonderful age of ninety- three. Leta Jones. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/v/a/n/Shirley-Vandemark-/GENE2-0001.html?Welcome=1025628089

Census

1900 Sugar Creek, Putnam Co., Ohio

James H Teegardin Head Male 34 Ohio

Dorcas J Teegardin Wife Female 40 Ohio

Louis W Teegardin Son Male 1 Ohio

Clarence Vandemark Stepson Male 18 Ohio

Emmett A Vandemark Stepson Male 16 Ohio

Clara M Vandemark Stepdaughter Female 13 Ohio

Alva J Vandemark Stepson Male 8 Ohio ^[1]

1910 Washington, Union Co., Ohio

1920 Sugar Creek, Putnam, Ohio

C E Vandemark Head Male 37 Ohio

Augusta Vandemark Wife Female 35 Ohio

Harrold Vandemark Son Male 15 Ohio

Otho Vandemark Daughter Female 13 Ohio

Virgil Vandemark Son Male 9 Ohio

Laurence E Vandemark Son Male 6 Ohio

Oletta Vandemark Daughter Female 4 Ohio

Ruth Vandemark Daughter Female 1 Ohio ^[2]

1930 Sugar Creek, Putnam Co., Ohio

Clarence E Vandemark Head Male 48 Ohio

Augusta E Vandemark Wife Female 45 Ohio

Virgil L Vandemark Son Male 19 Ohio

Laurence E Vandemark Son Male 16 Ohio

Oleda E Vandemark Daughter Female 14 Ohio

Ruth D Vandemark Daughter Female 11 Ohio

Betty J Vandemark Daughter Female 9 Ohio

Margaret M Vandermark Daughter Female 3 Ohio ^[3]

1940 Vaughnsville, Sugar Creek Township, Putnam Co., Ohio

Clarence Vandermark Head Male 57 Ohio

Augusta Vandermark Wife Female 55 Ohio

Betty Vandermark Daughter Female 18 Ohio

Margaret Vandermark Daughter Female 13 Ohio

Robert Lee Vandermark Son Male 5 Ohio ^[4]

"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"

Name: Clarence E. Vandemark

Event Type: Birth

Event Date: 06 Aug 1882

Event Place: Pleasant, Putnam, Ohio

Registration Date:

Registration Place:

Gender: Male

Race: White

Father's Name: J. M. Vandermark

Father's Titles and Terms:

Father's Birthplace:

Father's Age:

Mother's Name: Janie Or Jane Myers

Mother's Titles and Terms:

Mother's Birthplace:

Mother's Age:

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994"

Name: Clarence E. Vandemark

Titles and Terms:

Event Type: Marriage

Event Date: 09 Dec 1903

Event Place: Putnam, Ohio, United States

Age: 21

Birth Date:

Birth Year (Estimated): 1882

Birthplace:

Father's Name: James M. Vandemark

Father's Titles and Terms:

Mother's Name: Jane Myers

Mother's Titles and Terms:

Spouse's Name: Augusta E. Brant

Spouse's Titles and Terms:

Spouse's Age: 19

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1884

Spouse's Birthplace:

Spouse's Father's Name: Jacob Brant

Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms:

Spouse's Mother's Name: Lydia Brant

Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms:

Military

Draft Card

12 Sep 1918

Putnam Co., OH

Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007

Name: Clarenc E Vandemark

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 05 Mar 1980

Event Place: Allen County, Allen, Ohio, United States

Registration Place: Long-Term Care Facilities

Residence Place: Allen, Ohio, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 97

Marital Status: Widowed

Race: White

Social Security Number: 273-22-4517

Birth Date: 1883

Birthplace: Ohio, United States

Certificate Number: 014713

Volume Number: 23968

Certifier's Role: Physician

Census Tract: 0108

Affiliate Line Number: 14708

Affiliate File Name: DEATHS80.DAT

Source Reference: Ohio Department of Health

United States Social Security Death Index

Given Name: Clarence

Surname: Vandemark

Birth Date: 6 August 1882

Social Security Number: 273-22-4517

State: Ohio

Last Place of Residence: Allen, Ohio

Previous Residence Postal Code: 45807

Event Date: March 1980

Age: 98

Burial: Ottawa River Cemetery, Rimer, Putnam County, Ohio

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6P-Q45 : accessed 21 July 2019), Clara M Vandemark in household of James H Teegardin, Sugar Creek Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,316.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDPN-8JT : accessed 20 October 2019), Oletta Vandemark in household of C E Vandemark, Sugar Creek, Putnam, Ohio, United States; citing ED 116, sheet 10A, line 16, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1429; FHL microfilm 1,821,429.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4CC-C27 : accessed 30 September 2019), Betty J Vandemark in household of Clarence E Vandemark, Sugar Creek, Putnam, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 8B, line 100, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1865; FHL microfilm 2,341,599.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWL8-FTC : 29 July 2019), Betty Vandermark in household of Clarence Vandermark, Vaughnsville, Sugar Creek Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-25, sheet 4B, line 74, family 20, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3133.