Clark, Rev. Thomas W. (1808-1883

CLARK

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/18/2007 at 20:04:20

Historical Sketches of Iowa Baptists, 1886.

REV. THOMAS W. CLARK died at DeWitt May 11, 1883, after a residence there of forty-three years. So says the Obituary Report of 1883. The earliest record we find of his name in the minutes is in 1858, where he is named as coming into Iowa in 1857. It is possible he may then have returned from a temporary absence from the state, having entered the ministry in the mean time. He was born in Queen’s county, New Brunswick, February 24, 1808, and removed to Stark county, Ohio, in 1830. “He was the founder of the DeWitt Church and for many years the pastor, and was always a ready and willing worker in every good cause. The later years of his ministerial work he labored in the capacity of an evangelist, and under his faithful labors many feeble churches were strengthened and enlarged.”