CLARK, F.H.

CLARK, HITCHCOCK, NEWKIRK, THORNTON

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Date: 10/17/2001 at 16:19:23

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF BROOKFIELD TWP.

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

F. H. CLARK, farmer, P. O. Elwood; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio Nov. 1,1849; in 1853, removed with his parents (B. Clark and Mrs. S. Clark, nee Hitchcock), to Iowa and settled in Brookfield Township, this county. He has been twice married; first wife was Miss Mary Newkirk, who was born near Cincinnati, Ohio; she died Dec. 23, 1873; he married present wife (Miss Lettie A. Thornton) in Cedar Co., Iowa; she was horn in Pennsylvania; there were three children by first marriage; two are living-Ida and George B.; one child by second marriage-Abigail. Mr. Clark was Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk and Trustee several
years; he has also held various school offices members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Mr. Clark has always acted with the Republican party; in the summer of 1864, he enlisted in Co. K, 46th Iowa V. I.; was honorably discharged with his regiment. Owns a finely-improved farm of eighty acres.