John Elmore Clark was the son of John Deputy Clark and Sarah Margaret Bridgewater. Born in Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana, he married at least four times. Sometime prior to 1934, he adopted the name John Frederick "Fred" Silvers. His family in Scott County, Indiana were aware that he was in Yakima, as he is mentioned in at least 2 obituaries of family members as "John Clark of Yakima".

Known marriages:
m1. John Clark married Daisy Davis, daughter of John Thomas Davis. (His brother Omar married Daisy's sister Bertha). John Clark and Daisy Davis had son Carvin Von "Cal" Clark (1914- ) and daughter Myral Alice Clark (1916-2002). The family appears together on the 1915 census for Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa and in the 1920 census for Jeffersonville, Indiana. Daisy and the children appear on the 1930 census for Phoenix, Arizona. Daisy listed as "widowed".
Name: John Clark
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1892
Birth Place: Scottsburg Ind
Marriage Date: 18 Oct 1913
Marriage Place: Clark, Indiana
Marriage Age: 21
Father: John D Clark
Mother: Sarah Bridgewater
Spouse: Daisy Davis
FHL Film Number: 1415921

m2. John Clark married Myrtle Cook, daughter of Tillie Cook (and Samuel Isgrigg). They divorced prior to March 1930 when she married Charles L. Hall.
Name: John E Clark
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 30
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1892
Birth Place: Indiana
Marriage Date: 15 Nov 1922
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Residence Place: Jeffersonville, Indiana
Father: J D Clark
Mother: Margaret Bridgewater
Spouse: Myrtle Cook
Page: 70
FHL Film Number: 002311705
John C Clark Jeffersonville son of Mr and Mrs John D Clark of Johnson township was married last Wednesday to Miss Myrtle Cook of Jeffersonville - The Chronicle (Scottsburg, Indiana) 22 Nov 1922, Wed

m3. John Clark (as John Frederick Silvers) married Clara Alice Williams Feik
Marriage Record:
Name: John Fredrick Silvers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage Age: 40
Birth Date: abt 1894
Birth Place: Louisville, Kentucky (Scott County, Iowa)
Second marriage
Marriage Date: 3 Sep 1934
Marriage Place: Yakima, Yakima, Washington, USA
Father: John Deputy Silvers (John Deputy Clark)
Mother: Sarah Margaret Bridgewater
Spouse: Clara Alice Feik (Clara Alice Williams Feik)

m4. John Clark (as Fred Silvers) m. Blanche Bishop Mathews
Name: Fred Silvers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marriage License Age: 62
Birth Place: Indiana
Application Date: 5 Jan 1955
Marriage Place: Yakima, Washington, USA
Spouse: Blanche B. Matthews (Blanche Bishop Matthews)

Census and Other Records
1900 Lexington, Scott, Indiana, USA - Son
1910 Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, USA - Prison inmate
1915 Mapleton, Monona, Iowa - Head of household with wife Daisy and children
1920 Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, USA - Head of household with wife Daisy and children
1930 - Not Found
1940 Selah Extension, Yakima, Washington, USA - John F. Silvers with wife Clara Williams.

WWI Draft
Name: John Clark
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Married, Wife and 2 children
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1892
Birth Place: Scottsburg, Indiana, USA
Street address: 39 S Arlington Av
Residence Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA

WWII Draft
Name: John Frederick Silvers
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 31 Jan 1892
Birth Place: Scottsburg, Indiana, USA
Residence Place: Selah, Washington, USA
Military Draft Date: 1942