Ancestry of
Barack Obama

44th U.S. President

Christopher Columbus Clark

View famous kin of Christopher Columbus Clark

• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Barack Obama — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 54 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Clark 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Davis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Dec 1845 
  • Birth Location:
  • Missouri 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 Jan 1937 
  • Death Location:
  • El Dorado, Butler, Kansas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis, Missouri 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Susan Catherine Overall
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Jan 1870 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Nelson County, Kentucky 
  • Child:

  Gabriella "Gabie" Lee Clark (Ahnentafel No:27 )

  • Notes: 
  • The 1900 Federal Census show Christopher as having been born in Kentucky. However, other census from both before and after show Missouri as his birthplace.

• Sources for Christopher Columbus Clark

  • ¹ Federal Census, MO, Lewis County, 1900, Canton, ED #46, Image 20 of 29.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/16/2012).
  • ³ New England Ancestors Magazine, Fall 2008, Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 45-46.
  • ⁴ Concerned Members of the Kentucky Historical Society, "The Complete Kentucky Heritage of Sen. Barack Obama", (accessed 05/09/2012).
  • ⁵ New England Historic Genealogical Society, "Partial Ancestor Table - President Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.", (accessed 05/09/2012).
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 565-566.