Lloyd Clarke's roots go back to Roston, Derbyshire, England where his grandfather,
  John Clarke, was born in 1845. He immigrated to the United States in 1869 and settled
  in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he met and married Martha Worley of Girard, Kansas.
     There were four children born in Nebraska; Mary, James, William and Pearl. The
  John Clarke's lived in Atwood, Kansas, approximately two years, then located four
  miles west of Medicine Lodge in 1893 and resided there  until John's death in 1934.
  Martha spent her remaining years there. She was aged 91 at the time of her death.
     Mary married Warren Simpson. Their children were Lee, Gladys and Robert. Mary,
  Warren adn Gladys are deceased.
     James married Anna Parker. They had a son, russell. Pearl lmarried Ernest Gaddie.
  All are deceased.
     Josephine Strickland, daughter of Henry Lee and Edna Elizabeth Cole Strickland,
  lived on a farm homesteaded by her father in what is now the Mingona community.
  That land has never left the Clarke family.
     William Clarke and Josephine Strickland were married in 1906 and lived three miles
  west of town on Cedar Creek. Two sons, Lloyd (1909) and Dale (1916) were born to this
  union. Lloyd and Dale attended no. 10 school which their father had attended. It was
  first located on the Iverna Tedrow farm, but was moved to the cross-roads 3/4 mile
  south. Lloyd graduated from MLHS in 1927 and attended the  University of Texas in
  Austin.
     Dale married Donna McKaig. Their children are Esther Hudson, Haysville, and Charles
  Clarke who lives on the James Clarke farm.
     Geraldine Wilson, daughter of Jeff and Lena Spann Wilson, was born in 1910 at
  Medford, Oklahoma. Her mother died when Geraldine was two weeks old. She was reared
  by her grandmother, Nancy Ellen (Hittle) Wilson, along with her uncle, Phillip Wilson.
  Both attended the Medicine Lodge schools. Geraldine attended the University of Texas
  and there is where she and Lloyd met.
     Lloyd Clarke and Geraldine Wilson were married in 1928 and established their home
  in Mingona Township on some of the land homesteaded by his great uncle, Joe Strickland.
     Geraldine taught with Kittie Schmidl at Mingona when it was a two room rural school.
  There were forty pupils, many of the Parrs and Stricklands. Geraldine introduced vocal
  music into the school and took them to county music contests. The second year, they won
  first place, having competed with Medicine Lodge and Kiowa, she felt this one of her
  greatest achievements. She later taught music in the county rural schools. Tire and
  gasoline rationing during WWII made it impossible to continue.
     Two sons were born to this union, Lloyd Eugene (1929) and John Wilson (1933). Gene
  and John attended Mingona and graduated from MLHS. Gene then attended Kansas State
  University and John, Fort Hays State.
     Lloyd was involved in farming and raising cattle, then began his dirt moving enter
  prise in soil conservation work building ponds, dams, terraces and roads. He switched
  to oilfield service business in 1943 when Boggs' Pool opened.
     Orville Freeman began work with the company in 1946 and has worked continuously
  since that time.
     The Clarkes moved to Medicne Lodge in the early 1950's.
     Gene married Carol Colby of Des Moines, Iowa. They have a son, John J. Gene is a
  home builder, developer and realtor in Des Moines, where they live.
     John married Joyce Renberger of LaCrosse, Kansas. Both are Fort Hays graduates.
  They have three daughers; Kathy, Kay and Connie, and a son, Jeff. John and Joyce
  live in Medicine Lodge where John is involved in the oilfield service, oil production 
  and is a farmer-stockman.
     Music has had an important place in the lives of hte Clarke family. Geraldine had
  been an accompanist since her teen years. She taught piano and organ to many youth of
  the area. For many years Lloyd and Geraldine, Phil and Oley Wilson and Guy and Flossie
  Hittle shared their God-given talents with the community, with various groups, enter-
  taining community activities and the Christian Church where the Clarkes worship.
     Phillip Wilson married Jessie Olson, a vocal music teacher in Medicine Lodge schools.
  They have a son, Sam, and since 1946 have made Amarillo, Texas their home. They have
  a Beauty Supply business there. Phil died in May 1979.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 132 
     Submitted by: Lloyd Clarke