Li-Di ‘Lydia Ann’ Clark

Li-di is a Cherokee woman

Biography

Cherokee Name: "Li-di" Daughter of George Washington Scraper and Louisa (McIntosh) Scraper. She was born in Scraper Hollow like the rest of her siblings. Wife of Judge George Washington Clark. She died of pneumonia. She was buried by way of her son Ross Clark. Judge George Washington Clark and Lydia Ann (Scraper) Clark, are buried near each other at Fairview Cemetery in Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, USA.

Sources

• Deesugawskee family history family records
• Dawes Final Roll Cherokee Nation
• Guion-Miller Roll
• Ancestry.com
• Find A Grave memorial page for Lydia Ann Scraper Clark (1844–1920), memorial ID 70031579, citing Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, Craig County, Oklahoma, USA; maintained by Phyllis (contributor 46530541).

Fairview Cemetery Records

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Scraper-6
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Lydia Ann4 Scraper, (George Washington3, Dee-su-gaw-skee2, /Oo-ka-wor-dar/1 ) b. 23 Apr 1846 in Scraper Hollow, Goingsnake District, I. T., d. 9 Jan 1920 in Vinita, Okla, buried in Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, OK. Her Cherokee name was Li-di.

    Lydia married George Clark, George's sister, Ellen Clark married Lydia's brother, Joseph M. Scraper.

    She married 8 Jun 1865, George Washington Clark, b. 18 Mar 1843 in Delaware District, I.T., d. 30 Dec 1914 in Vinita, Okla, buried in Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, OK.

    Civil War : George was a Private assigned to Company E, Third Indian Home Guard Regiment of the Confederate Army. Later switched to Union side.

    Judge of the Circuit Court, Northern District, Cherokee Nation, for terms of 1879 and 1883.

                     Children:

                 i.    William H.5 Clark, b. 1866.  He married Lyla John.

                 ii.   James Austin Clark, b. 17 Sep 1869, d. 29 Sep 1892.

                 iii.  Elizabeth "Lizzie" N. Clark, b. 1871, d. AFT 1914.  She married Lee Barritt.

         109.  iv.  Lydia Minerva Clark b. 1874.

         110.  v.   Susan Cordelia Clark b. 19 Sep 1876.

                 vi.  Joseph M. Clark, b. 1879, d. 1883, buried in West Cemetery, east of Strang, OK.

                 vii. Mary J. Clark, b. 1882.

         111.  viii. George Washington Jr. Clark b. 6 Dec 1885.

                 ix.  Ross Radcliff Clark, b. 9 Sep 1889, buried in Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, OK.

                 x.   Eva May Clark, b. 28 Oct 1892.  She married __________ Flagg.

Source: Scraper, J. (2009). The Scraper - Sixkiller Book: Genealogy and History of the Scraper and Sixkiller Families of the Cherokee People. Aardvark Global Publishing. Extract from Our Scraper Family Compiled by Joe Scraper Jr. @ https://scraperfamily.angelfire.com/texts/Scraper.htm