Clark, John A.

CLARK

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 3/7/2008 at 15:46:40

Jackson Sentinel
Centennial Edition, 1938

Fulton’s Oldest Man Heads 5 Generations

When John A. Clark, oldest resident of the Fulton community, celebrated his 90th birthday last August 26, it was the cause for the gathering of five generations of one pioneer family. Mr. Clark’s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild all were present.

Mr. Clark was born in Rock Island, Ill., in 1847, where his parents had stopped on their way west from eastern Canada, and came to Jackson county two and a half years later.

Mr. Clark’s father, Asariah, was a French Canadian cabinet maker and carpenter and he immediately was employed at Crabbtown where a lumber mill was located. He built the first frame house in that community.

In 1872 John Clark married Miss Harriet Edwards, and they were the parents of nine children, four sons and five daughters. He has been a farmer all his life, living near Crabbtown until a few years ago when he moved to the Fulton community.