History of Fentress County, Tennessee, Albert R. Hogue. Originally published Nashville, Tenn, 1916. Reprinted by Baltimore Regional Publishing Company, 1975, p. 127 [Russell county] CLARK CHOATE. Clark Choate was born in 1883. He is a son of Austin Choate and Martha (Hart) Choate. Grandparents: Austin Choate and Mary (Barnes) Choate. His great-grandfather was also Austin Choate. Maternal grandparents: Socrates Hart and Nancy (Brown) Hart, natives of Russell County, Kentucky. He was educated at the A. B. Wright Institute and Union Seminary in Granger County. Began teaching in 1905, and has taught at Albertson, Jones, Buffalo Cove, Banner Springs, Mt. Gilead and Little Crab. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the M. E. Church. Married Miss ---- Reynolds in 1906. Choate Hart Barnes Brown Reynolds = Granger-TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/russell/choate.c.txt