George Clark

CLARK, NELSON

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/16/2004 at 10:43:25

George Clark, Madison twp., farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Winterset; owns 180 acres of land; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania in 1822; came to Ohio and lived there until 1859, when he came to Iowa; was married to Miss Nancy Nelson in 1845; has nine children living: Ellen J., Maud C., Henrietta, Nancy J., Benjamin N., John K. Hugh M., James D. and George W.; Mr. Clark has held various offices of trust; has good farm improvements and a splendid farm, which has good indications of an inexhaustible bed of coal; one vein has been worked, which shows 2 ½ feet in thickness; is a member of the Presbyterian church.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" pages 645, 646