Born near Fresno, California324

George Fred Clark (aka G. Fred Clark) was a self-educated public school teacher and a friend of Jack London, the author. G. Fred worked as a longshoreman at the Port of Oakland as a young man, to earn money to put his 2 younger siblings through school. While working at the Port of Oakland, he self-studied and passed the public school teacher's exam. It was around this timeframe that he met and became friends with Jack London, the author. Later in life, G. Fred retired from teaching school and became an insurance salesman. His last residence was Alameda, California.324

GEORGE FREDERICK CLARK

B: 12-20-1878 (Per CA death record @vitalsearch-ca.com)
D: 02-28-1942 Alameda, Alameda Co., CA, USA (Per CA death record @vitalsearch-ca.com)
BP: Nova Scotia, Canada (Per 1930 Federal Census record); immigrated in 1888.

Mother's maiden name: Stanton (Per CA death record @vitalsearch-ca.com)
Mother's place of birth: New York (per 1930 Federal Census)

Father's name: Clark (Per CA death record @vitalsearch-ca.com)
Father's place of birth: Nova Scotia (Per 1930 Federal Census)

Mountain View Cemetery, Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA, USA
Clark, George Frederick and Clark, Sarah "Sadie" C. (Weaver)
Plot #65, Graves #2407 and #2388, respectively
Graves are side by side, with one headstone at top324