Gravestone finally to be placed at burial spot of Milwaukee's only lynching victim
George Marshall Clark, killed in 1861, buried at Forest Home Cemetery
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Updated: 6:36 PM CDT May 13, 2021
Gravestone finally to be placed at burial spot of Milwaukee's only lynching victim
George Marshall Clark, killed in 1861, buried at Forest Home Cemetery
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Updated: 6:36 PM CDT May 13, 2021
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160 YEARS. BUT AS KENT WAINSCOTT REPORTS, THAT WILL SOON CHANGE. KENT: AMONG THE HEADSTONES BEARING SOME OF MILWAUKEE’S MOST FAMOUS NAMES IS THE GRAVE OF SOMEONE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY HISTORY, GEORGE MARSHALL CLARK, THE VICTIM OF MILWAUKEE’S ONLY LYNCHING. BUT CLARK’S GRAVE WAS NEVER MARKED. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS APPALLING. HOW DOES SOMEONE DIE LIKE THAT AND THEN THEY’RE JUST FORGOTTEN? KENT: TYRONE RANDLE SET OUT TO ENSURE PEOPLE REMEMBER CLARK AND HIS STORY. ACCUSED IN 1861 OF A MURDER HE DIDN’T COMMIT, CLARK WAS TAKEN BY A MOB FROM THE JAIL AT WHAT’S NOW CATHEDRAL SQUARE AND CARRIED TO THE PRESENT DAY THIRD WARD. >> THAT’S WHERE HE WAS LYNCHED. KENT: THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS COMMISSIONED A PLAQUE TO BE PLACED AT THE SITE OF THE LYNCHING. >> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EVENT. IT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED. KENT: BUT STILL NO GRAVE MARKER. >> WE DID NOT KNOW WHO GEORGE MARSHALL CLARKE WAS, AND WHAT HE MEANT TO THE HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE. KENT: SARA TOMILIN OF FOREST HOME CEMETERY HELPED TO MAKE THE HEADSTONE HAPPEN SPLITTING THE COST WITH A GO-FUND-ME ACCOUNT RANDLE LAUNCHED. BUT BEFORE THE GRAVE COULD BE APPROPRIATELY MARKED WITH A HEADSTONE, THEY HAD TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE THE GRAVE IS. ENTER KEVIN RUTHERFORD. >> YOU JUST HAVE TO PACE IT OFF? >> YEP, YEP. KENT: USING OLD CEMETERY RECORDS AND A FEW STEPS HE FOUND THE CLARK’S BURIAL SITE. >> SO THIS IS THE SPOT. KENT: AND WITH THE GRAVE LOCATED AND MONEY RAISED. THE HEADSTONE’S ORDERED. AND THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF MILWAUKEE’S LONE LYNCHING VICTIM WILL BE FORGOTTE

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