Census: 1880 North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska: age 26, farmer

"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Mar. 11, 1932, p 1.
Funeral services for John A. Clarke who passed away Saturday at his home in Kearney, were held from the A. H. Babcock home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Hurley S. Warren in charge. A quartette composed of Mrs. Gladys Christiansen, Mrs. Ava Johnson, A. D. Moulton and D. F. Barber sang several songs accompanied by Mrs. Warren at the piano.
A very beautiful and profuse floral offering testified to the esteem in which the deceased was held and expressed the sympathy of relatives and friends, to the bereaved family.
Interment was made in the North Loup cemetery.
Mr. Clarke has been an invalid for a number of years. Last week his condition became worse and on Saturday his tired body was released from suffering. He was well known in North Loup as he spent his earlier years and a part of his later life in the village.
John A. Clarke was born in Milton, Wisconsin, June 30th 1853 and died March 5th, 1932 at the age of 78 years.
At the age of 21 he joined his father and brother in the pioneer colony at North Loup, Nebraska
Here he endured and enjoyed the hardships and privations of a pioneer's life.
As the colony grew and prospered he with his brother engaged in the livery business for several years, following which they went south into Mississippi and Louisiana.
In 1890 he was united with Gertrude Davis in marriage at Beauregard, Mississippi. This union was blessed with three children, Mildred, Marian and a son who died at the age of 3 years.
He removed with his family in 1904 to Boulder, Colorado, returned to North Loup in 1913 and from here to Kearney in 1921 where he has since resided.
Mr. Clarke was a man of strong integrity and deep seated religious convictions.
At the time of his death he was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church at Boulder, Colorado. He was ever a loyal defender of the Seventh Day Sabbath and his faith in a loving Savior sustained him in his long months of suffering. His daily life was sufficient testimony of his beliefs.
Although of a jovial disposition which won him friends where ever he went, his chief interests centered in his home, and his great pleasure came from his comradeship with his family.

Census: 1880 North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska: age 18

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 40, No 16, p 5, Apr. 17, 1884.
In North Loup, Neb., April 6, 1884, Kate L., wife of John A. Clark, and daughter of A. J. and E. S. Davis, in the 23d year of her age. Sister Clark came to be a believer in the religion of Jesus Christ at ten years of age and was baptized and united with the Seventh-day Baptist Church of Welton, Iowa. She came with her parents to this country among the early settlers and has identified herself with the interests of the Seventh-day Baptist Church here since that time. Her influence at home and abroad has been steadily in favor of the right. Since the organization of the Woman's Missionary Society of this place she has been one of its active and earnest supporters. In her death society has lost the influence of a sincere Christian woman and the Church an esteemed and valued member. We mourn her loss, yet not without hope, for we are comforted in the belief that our loss is her eternal gain. G. J. C.