James Thomas Clark was born to Jonathan Bell Clark and Luranna Jane Ligon Clark. Susan
Evelyn Fisher Clark was the daughter of Enoch Fisher and Sarah Jane Violett Fisher.

James Thomas Clark was born Nov. 4, 1880 on Dyers Branch, Smith Co. Jim was a carpenter
and farmer. He jumped out of the hay loft of his barn while living on Ballenger Rd (which runs
between Hogans Creek Rd.and the community of Punch/Watervale on Rte. 70.) and landed on
a board with a nail through it. .The nail was driven through his foot. He developed lockjaw and
died shortly thereafter on June 23, 1913, leaving his wife and four small children. He was buried
in the Clark Cemetery on Dyers Branch.

Jim had been hired to build the school house on Bluff Creek and apparently he lived long enough
to see it completed as the school opened for its first session in the fall of 1913. A point of interest
is that when the schoolhouse was pulled down in the 1950's the lumber was used by the family of
Nancy Virginia Fisher Haley, younger sister of Susan Evelyn Fisher Clark, to rebuild her home which
was located at the end of Lost Creek out of Rock City.

His wife Susan Evelyn Fisher Clark was born on August 19,1878 in Payne's Bend, Smith Co., Tn.
After her first husband died, she married Harrison Lee Douglas, the son of Robert J. Douglas and
Malinda Permelia Hodges of Hogan's Creek and Arkansas Co., Ar. Susan passed away July 14, 1954
and was laid to rest next to her first husband, James Thomas Clark in the Clark Cemetery on Dyer's Branch.

Ernest left home at the age of 13, and went to live with the Thomas Judson Fisher (Jr.) family. Mr.
Fisher was an attorney and practiced law in Carthage. At that time, the Fishers lived on Rte. 70 between
Ballenger Rd and Carthage. A few years later Ernest helped them in their move to Nashville. He was 17
when he joined the Army in 1920. He spent a year in Texas before returning to Smith County. He found
work on a road crew and spent time in and around the Boston Spring area before joining the Navy the
following year. He spent 33 years in the service, and retired in 1954 as a Commander. His formal
schooling, ended in the 8th grade. All of this schooling took place at the Hogan's Creek School.

The Myers Department Store Picture page shows a reciept and letter for James Thomas Clark.