Joe Gordon Clark married Dorothy Nell Broadley, August 20, 1930, born in Joplin, Missouri, daughter of William Harry and Birdie R. (Zartman) Broadley.  The Broadley family had moved to Ft. Worth when Dorothy was quite young.  Joe and Dorothy lived on the 160 acre farm about two miles north of Trickham. the farm had been purchased by his mother, Mary Jane (Legett) Clark (see Laughlins).  Mary Jane lived with Joe and Dorothy for a few months; she died November 21, 1930.  The Clark house was large, and it sat on a hill about a mile from the Santa Anna to Trickham road.  The heating and cooking was done with wood stoves.  REA brought electricity to the house in 1949.  The house never had plumbing.  The family moved to Santa Anna in 1955.  They had six children: Mary Lou, November 12, 1931; Luther Joe, July 28, 1934; Betty Jean, March 30, 1937; Jerry Wayne, November 4, 1939; Robert Carl, December 31, 1941; and Raymond Earl, June 18, 1944. Joe G. Clark died January 1, 1955 and Dorothy died February 11, 1963, both buried at Trickham.  All the children started to school at the Mukewater School, then later transferred to Santa Anna.

     Mary Lou graduated from Santa Anna High School in 1948, moved to Dallas in 1951 and married (1) Morris
Glenn Early, July 27, 1953.  They had five children: Mary Ann, July 16, 1954; Morris Glenn Jr., (Tommy), September 9, 1956; Cynthia Nell, October 6, 1957; Kathryn Sue, April 19, 1959; and Linda Gail, July 25, 1961.  On July 24, 1978, Mary Ann Early married (2) Paul Bradley Steiner.  They live in Dallas.

     Luther Joe (L. J.) finished Santa Anna High School with the class of 1953.  He worked for many years at the Santa Anna Tile Company.  He was active in the Volunteer Fire Department and the Jaycees.  He also served as Fire Marshall for several years.  In 1965, he moved to Stephenville to attend Tarleton State College, married
Vickie Paulette Carleton, June 4, 1967.  They have two children: Jeff Carleton, born October 19, 1978; and Janet Gail, May 5, 1980.  They live in Fort Worth.

     Betty Jean finished Santa Anna High School with the class of 1955, attended the University of Texas.  She married Santiago Vera, a chemist-geologist engineer.  They lived for several years in Venezuela . All four of their children were born there: Betisa, May 28, 1959; Mary Ann Nieves, June 3, 1960; Santiago Patrick, October 31, 1961; and James Santiago, July 26, 1965. Santiago Patrick Vera died April 24, 1964, in Venezuela.  The family now lives in Houston.

     Jerry Wayne was in the class of 1956 at Santa Anna High School. He served 3 years in the Army. He married Lawanda Jo McCarrell, November 3, 1960 (see McCarrell Family).  Jerry worked for the Telephone Company in Santa Anna for several years.  In 1967, they moved to San Marcos.  They have two daughters: Carole Ann, born July 22, 1966 in Brownwood; Pamela Kay, December 16, 1969 in San Marcos.  Jerry works for the San Marcos Telephone Company.

     Robert Carl married Judith McFarling, February 24, 1968, in Dallas.  He is a machine operator and Judith is a tape-drill operator, live at Garland.

     Raymond Earl was in the class of 1962 at Santa Anna High School, graduated from Tarleton State College in
1966.  He entered the Air Force and is a Major at present.  He received a Master of Science degree from Texas A&M in 1972.  He married Kassie Marie Jones, August 21, 1971, three children: Jayson Russell, born July 3, 1973 in San Antonio; Eric Stewart, April 16, 1975 in Ohio; and Kristin Marie, September 26, 1979 in West Germany.  At present, Raymond is assigned to Elgin Air Force Base.  The family lives in Shalimar, Florida.