Individual Details
Harriett "Hattie" May Lovejoy
(30 Nov 1895 - 14 Dec 1996)
Hattie spent her childhood at Horseshoe Bend. She received her first horse "Johnnie" when she was eight years old and grew up into a superb horsewoman. As a girl she rode her horse to the Elder Creek School. A tree near the old school site still shows where her horse's hooves dug out a ring around its base where it was tethered, waiting for her during her eight years of elementary school. By age ten she became a mail carrier on horseback. She left home in 1916 to foreman ranch between Sherwood and Cahto. In October of 1919 she married Bill Clarke from the adjoining ranch. Pictures of her typically show her with her horse. One shows Mrs. Clarke winning the cowgirl race at the Covelo Rodeo held July 4th, 1924.
During an interview in Sept 1987 with Mark Walker, a childhood neighbor and friend, he recalled how Hattie preferred living in the country -
"...My folks and the Lovejoy's associated quite a bit and I went to school with Hattie and Rob, Charlie and Bess, Lucille and _. .......I corresponded with Hattie during WWI. When you had your reunion down there I went over and stayed with Hattie! My nephew, he used to go and stay with Hattie for quite a while, for a week or two at a time and live on the ranch. So we got together on that day. We wanted to take Hattie out to dinner. She didn't like the idea of going out anywhere very much. So I says, Well, we'll just go out and buy a dinner someplace and we'll cook it on your table. How'd that go? 'Oh, that'll be fine, I like that much better than going out."
"She didn't like to go out," agreed Marjorie.
"No, well she's always been that way, more or less. She.. take her out in her environment though, and she knows what to do. But she's just not a town girl, not a city girl. You take her though on the ranch or the mountains and she'll show you anything you want to know about. She's one of those types and her mother was the same."
Kathy Clarke Smith says of her grandmother - "Grandma Hattie died Sat. Dec 14, 1996. When it started getting close to her birthday, she decided she was going to make it to 101 and by golly she did! I'd forgotten that Aunt Bess died so close to when Bobby did. When Bobby died (Hattie's brother), Ken Lovejoy called Grandma Hattie to tell her. She was standing next to the treadle sewing machine and started crying, I was so shocked, Grandma crying was totally beyond comprehension. Speaking of the treadle sewing machine (which my cousin Janet Clough Coleman has), Grandad (George) got it as a Christmas present for Grandma Lovejoy the year Grandma Hattie was 5 (1900) She could remember standing at the window and watching him carry it out of the barn and up to the house to surprise her mother, there was a light snow falling. Makes me wish I'd been there."
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) Wed, Sep 14, 1949, Page 6
Mrs. Bill Clark returned to her home last Tuesday after having surgery at the Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits. Her brother, Robert Lovejoy, drove her home in his car.
On Thursday night of last week a group of friends and relatives gathered at the Bill Clark home to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Clark's father, Mr. Geo. Lovejoy, who was 79 years old. The congenial gathering included the guest of honor, Mr. Lovejoy, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clark and son Warren, Mrs. Lee Clough and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walters and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lovejoy. Ice cream and cake were served at the close of the evening.
For more information on Lovejoys and the descendants of Harriet, email Kathy Smith at ksmith@pacific.net
During an interview in Sept 1987 with Mark Walker, a childhood neighbor and friend, he recalled how Hattie preferred living in the country -
"...My folks and the Lovejoy's associated quite a bit and I went to school with Hattie and Rob, Charlie and Bess, Lucille and _. .......I corresponded with Hattie during WWI. When you had your reunion down there I went over and stayed with Hattie! My nephew, he used to go and stay with Hattie for quite a while, for a week or two at a time and live on the ranch. So we got together on that day. We wanted to take Hattie out to dinner. She didn't like the idea of going out anywhere very much. So I says, Well, we'll just go out and buy a dinner someplace and we'll cook it on your table. How'd that go? 'Oh, that'll be fine, I like that much better than going out."
"She didn't like to go out," agreed Marjorie.
"No, well she's always been that way, more or less. She.. take her out in her environment though, and she knows what to do. But she's just not a town girl, not a city girl. You take her though on the ranch or the mountains and she'll show you anything you want to know about. She's one of those types and her mother was the same."
Kathy Clarke Smith says of her grandmother - "Grandma Hattie died Sat. Dec 14, 1996. When it started getting close to her birthday, she decided she was going to make it to 101 and by golly she did! I'd forgotten that Aunt Bess died so close to when Bobby did. When Bobby died (Hattie's brother), Ken Lovejoy called Grandma Hattie to tell her. She was standing next to the treadle sewing machine and started crying, I was so shocked, Grandma crying was totally beyond comprehension. Speaking of the treadle sewing machine (which my cousin Janet Clough Coleman has), Grandad (George) got it as a Christmas present for Grandma Lovejoy the year Grandma Hattie was 5 (1900) She could remember standing at the window and watching him carry it out of the barn and up to the house to surprise her mother, there was a light snow falling. Makes me wish I'd been there."
Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) Wed, Sep 14, 1949, Page 6
Mrs. Bill Clark returned to her home last Tuesday after having surgery at the Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits. Her brother, Robert Lovejoy, drove her home in his car.
On Thursday night of last week a group of friends and relatives gathered at the Bill Clark home to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Clark's father, Mr. Geo. Lovejoy, who was 79 years old. The congenial gathering included the guest of honor, Mr. Lovejoy, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Clark and son Warren, Mrs. Lee Clough and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walters and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lovejoy. Ice cream and cake were served at the close of the evening.
For more information on Lovejoys and the descendants of Harriet, email Kathy Smith at ksmith@pacific.net
Events
| Birth | 30 Nov 1895 | Usal (Historical), Mendocino Co., California, United States |  |  | |
| Graduation | 1911 | Elder Creek, Mendocino, California, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 20 Oct 1919 | Manchester house, Jackson Valley, Mendocino, California, United States - William Victor "Bill" Clarke | | ||
| Census (family) | 8 Apr 1930 | Round Valley Indian Reservation, Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States - William Victor "Bill" Clarke | | | |
| Census (family) | May 1940 | Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States - William Victor "Bill" Clarke | | ||
| Census (family) | 1950 | Round Valley Judicial Township, Mendocino, California, United States - William Victor "Bill" Clarke | | ||
| Death | 14 Dec 1996 | Covelo, Mendocino, California, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | William Victor "Bill" Clarke (1892 - 1955) |
| Child | May Lee Clarke (1920 - 2007) |
| Child | Joseph Henry "Joe" Clarke (1927 - 2009) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | George Edgar Lovejoy (1870 - 1962) |
| Mother | Anna Laurie Lockhart (1875 - 1929) |
| Sibling | Robert Tormey "Bob" Lovejoy (1899 - 1976) |
Notes
Birth
"Hattie, I'm not right sure about Hattie, she was born either at Wilderness Lodge or over at the Lockhart place, one or the other. She was born in '95, the 30th of Nov...."(Mark Walker)
Graduation
Ukiah Daily Journal, 21 Jul 1911, Fri · Page 1Graduates. (8th Grade)
Elder Creek: Harriet M. Lovejoy
The Mendocino Beacon (Mendocino, California) Sat, Jul. 23, 1910, Page 4
GRADUATES
BOYS AND GIRLS WHO PASSED EXAMINATIONS
Those Who Were Successful in the Seventh and Eight Grades of the Grammer Schools.
The Board of Education has completed its labors and given out a list of the successful ones who passed the examinations for graduation and promotion in the 7th and 8th grades of the grammar schools of the county.
The following is a list of those who graduated:
...
Elder Creek - Charles Lovejoy, Bessie Lovejoy.
....
The following is a list of those who have been promoted from the Seventh to the eighth grade:
...
Elder Creek - H. M. Lovejoy.
Marriage
UKIAH REPUBLICAN PRESS, OCTOBER 21 OR 22, 1919, SOCIETY PAGEPioneer Families of North United by Marriage Vow
A wedding of County-wide interest occurred at "The Canon", the beautiful country home of the J. H. Clarke's and of the G. E. Lovejoy's, near Laytonville, on October 20, when Miss Harriet May Lovejoy was united in wedlock to William Victor Clarke.
Miss Lovejoy is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lovejoy and a young woman of fine character and initiative. William Clarke is the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clarke and a rancher who received the highest training possible for his life work in the Oregon Agricultural College where he majored in animal husbandry. During his college life he was prominently identified with the Lamba Chi Alpha and other school societies.
During America's participation in the late war he was held at Camp Lewis as Commander of the Write-Up department of the mustering office and keenly regretted his inability to get across the pond and into the thick of the fight.
The marriage ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents by Judge Furniss of Laytonville and was witnessed by the immediate relatives of the bride and groom. The large living room of the home with its huge stone fireplace made a beautiful setting for the wedding with decorations of woodwardia ferns, Oregon grape and fall flowers.
The bride wore a modish wedding gown of white faille satin and
embroidered net and carried white La Marque roses and pedatum ferns. Her bridal veil was an heirloom of the Clarke family and had been worn by three sisters of the bridegroom. Mrs. S. D. Reilly, a sister of the groom, was matron of honor. She wore her wedding gown and carried Perle d'or roses and smilax. Robert Lovejoy, brother of the bride, was best man.
After felicitations had been offered a buffet service of wedding cakes, ices, fruit punch and other delectable viands were served.
Amid a shower of rice Mr. and Mrs. Clarke took their departure by automobile for San Francisco and other bay cities where they will spend several weeks. Their car was appropriately adorned with old shoes and other insignia of the occasion. They were accompanied to Ukiah by Miss Inez Ells and Robert Lovejoy.
On their return they will live on the Clarke ranch in the beautiful home built recently by Frank Clarke.
While in San Francisco they will spend some time at the Livestock Exhibit, fine animals being a hobby with Mr. Clarke.
Those present at the wedding included Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lovejoy, Dr. and Mrs. Manchester, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Clarke, Miss Inez Ells, Mrs. S. D. Reilly, Robert G. Manchester and Robert L. Lovejoy.
Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California) Fri, Oct 24, 1919, Page 1
CLARKE-LOVEJOY WEDDING AT BRANSCOMB MONDAY
A merry wedding party, consisting of Wm. V. Clarke and Harriet May Lovejoy bride and groom; George Lovejoy and son and Miss Inez Ells, motored to Ukiah last Monday morning from Jackson Valley. Immediately after their arrival here the principals departed on the south J. E. Moore, departing on the south-bound train for a short wedding trip to San Francisco and other points, carrying with them many hearty good wishes.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lovejoy, well known residents of the Jackson Valley section. She is a pretty and charming young lady and highly popular with a host of friends. Mr. Clarke is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clarke of the Cahto section and is well known here. He, like his winsome bride, is also popular with a multitude of friends.
They were married by Judge Furniss at Branscomb Monday morning.
The couple will come in for felicitations from all, in which the Dispatch-Democrat joins.
Census (family)
12, 12 Clarke, William V. Head, Own, radio, MW 37, Married at 28, CA UT CA Farmer, General FarmHattie M., Wife, FW 34, Married at 23, CA ME CA,
May Lee, Daughter, FW, 9, single, CA CA CA
Joseph H. Son, MW, 2 9/12, single, CA CA CA
Lovejoy, George E., Father-in-law, MW, 59, Wd, 24, ME ME ME, Carpenter, house.
Census (family)
SD 1, ED 23-17, sheet 6B Round Valley Judicialvisit 145, own farm $750, lived in same place in 1935
Clarke, William Victor, Head, MW, 47, married, C-7, CA, yes work, Farmer, Stock Ranch, OA, 52 wks/1939
, Harriet M, Wife, FW, 44, married, 8th gr, CA, no work, Housework
(ab), May Lee, daughter, FW, 19, single, C-1, CA, yes work, 40 hrs/wk, receiving clerk, pickle factory, PW, 28 wks/1939 $504
, Joseph H, Son, MW, 12, single, yes school-7th, CA
, Warren L, son, MW, 2, single, no school, CA
Lovejoy, George E, Father-in-law, MW, 69, widowed, 7th gr, ME, yes work 48 hrs/wk, Laborer, stock ranch, OA
Supplementary questions:
Clarke, William V, Father born Utah, mother born California, English native tongue, yes-veteran in war, no SSN, Farmer, Stock Ranching,
Census (family)
William V Clarke, Head, WM, 57 [1893], married, Ranch work - Ranch, CAHarriet M Clarke, Wife, WF, 53 [1897], married, CA
Joseph H Clarke, Son, WM, 22 [1928], never been married, Ranch Work, CA
Warren L Clarke, Son, WM, 12 [1938], never been married, CA
George Lovejoy, Father-in-law, WM, 79 [1871], widowed, ME
Death
cremated, ashed scattered in front pasture at the home ranch.Harriet M Clarke, 101, of Covelo died Saturday Dec. 14 in Covelo. She was born Nov. 30, 1895 in Usal.
Mrs Clarke was preceded in death by her husband, William V. Clarke, and a brother, Robert T Lovejoy. She is survived by a daughter, May Lee Clough of Tracy; two sons, Joseph Clarke of Covelo and Warren L Clarke of Castro Valley; and 13 grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren.
A Covelo resident since 1921, Mrs Clarke was a homemaker and rancher. She was a member of the Covelo Riding Club and taught others how to ride. She enjoyed nature and the out-of-doors, and attributed her long life to hard work.
Willits News
Endnotes
1. Walker, Mark., Taped interview with Mark Walker, by Jeff, Nancy, Chuck and Marjorie Prouty. (Mendocino Co., CA: 20 Sept 1987. Transcribed Aug 2001, Nancy Prouty.).
2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1930 > CALIFORNIA > MENDOCINO > ROUND VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION Series: T626 Roll: 177 Page: 139.