Stewart O'Brien Clark
Stewart was the last born child of Oliver and Alice Clark. His three older brothers did not live long, though his older sister Emma outlived him for 18 years.
Stewart was born in 1881 at a time when his family seemed to be going through some financial turmoil in Cheboygan, Michigan. They moved to Avron, Michigan and then Elsinore California in the early years of his life. In 1900, Stewart was working as a day labourer. In 1908, Stewart took on the position as material foreman for the Sante Fe railway at San Bernardino.
In 1916, Stewart was the first man on scene as Mary Anderson, the wife of Sante Fe section foreman at Elsinore, sacrificed her life in a vain attempt to rescue her three year old daughter from drowning. Little Grace had waded out too far, and when Mary tried to save her, she stepped into a sink hole and sank with Grace in her arms. The two were dead before their bodies were recovered from the water.
In 1920, Stewart was working his own farm in Elsinore. In 1930, he was roofing houses, and in 1940 working as a grounds keeper for the cemetery association.
In 1934 Stewart and his sister Emma returned for a visit to Elsinore Valley for memorial day.
Stewart died February 19, 1942 at the age of 60 and is buried in Elsinore Valley Cemetery in California.
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