Frank Watson Clark Family
Title
Frank Watson Clark Family
Subject
People, Family, Granville (Mass.)
Description
Frank Watson Clark (1857-1917) was born and lived in Granville, the son of Franklin and Susan (Couch) Clark. Frank married Jennie Augusta Jacobs (1860-1897). They had two children, Leon and Harry Clark.
Frank married Nettie Marilla Davis Bancroft (1874-1949) in 1905. They had one child, Richard Newell Clark (1908-1953).
Nettie's first husband, Burton E. Bancroft, died in 1902. She and Burt had two children, Bertha Elizabeth and Luther J. Bancroft.
Pictures as follows:
1. Frank Watson Clark
2. Memorial Card, Jennie (Jacobs) Clark
3. Frank and Nettie Clark
4. Frank Clark
5. Frank Clark holding his son Richard Newell Clark (1908-1953) in the home of Franklin and Susan Clark on Maple Street (now 431 Main Road) in Granville, Massachusetts.
6. Reverse side of photo#5.
7, 8, 9. Patent for a foldable crib, in the name of Frank Watson Clark
Frank married Nettie Marilla Davis Bancroft (1874-1949) in 1905. They had one child, Richard Newell Clark (1908-1953).
Nettie's first husband, Burton E. Bancroft, died in 1902. She and Burt had two children, Bertha Elizabeth and Luther J. Bancroft.
Pictures as follows:
1. Frank Watson Clark
2. Memorial Card, Jennie (Jacobs) Clark
3. Frank and Nettie Clark
4. Frank Clark
5. Frank Clark holding his son Richard Newell Clark (1908-1953) in the home of Franklin and Susan Clark on Maple Street (now 431 Main Road) in Granville, Massachusetts.
6. Reverse side of photo#5.
7, 8, 9. Patent for a foldable crib, in the name of Frank Watson Clark
Rights
Original photos loaned to the Granville Library Historical Room by the Robert Clark family for digitization. Displayed here with permission.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Black-and-white photograph
Collection
Citation
“Frank Watson Clark Family,” Granville History Digital Collection, accessed October 14, 2026, https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/1155.
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Sherri
I just obtained a stamped 1910 patriotic postcard from an antiques store in Santa Cruz , CA. It is addressed to Mr and Mrs Frank Clark of Granville, Mass, from a Nellie E Perkins of Willingford. This is probably the same Frank Clark mentioned here. Fun facts