Esther was born 1 September 1870 in Vernon Township, Shiawassee, Michigan the daughter of Charles Yerkes and Margaret Young. [1][2] Esther appears with her parents on the 1880 US Census in Vernon Township, Shiawassee, Michigan.[3]
Esther and Charles H. Clark married 1 June 1892 at Ovid, Clinton, Michigan. [4][2]
She died 4 February 1894[2] and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan.
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"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQNF-J2R : 12 August 2019), Hestes Yerkeis, 01 Sep 1870; citing item 2 p 213 rn 2227, Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,297,927.
↑ 2.02.12.2 Leach, Josiah Granville, Chronicle of the Yerkes Family (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1904), p. 103.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3F-1SS : 14 August 2017), Esther Yerkes in household of Charles Yerkes, Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 363, sheet 580A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,606.
↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3X8-YJY : 2 April 2020), Charles H. Clark and Esther Yerkes, 1 Jun 1892; citing Marriage, Ovid, Shiawassee, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208244.
"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQNF-J2R : 12 August 2019), Hestes Yerkeis, 01 Sep 1870; citing item 2 p 213 rn 2227, Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,297,927.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3F-1SS : 14 August 2017), Esther Yerkes in household of Charles Yerkes, Vernon, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 363, sheet 580A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,606.
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3X8-YJY : 2 April 2020), Charles H. Clark and Esther Yerkes, 1 Jun 1892; citing Marriage, Ovid, Shiawassee, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208244.
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