Thomas W. Mardis
CLARK, MARDIS
Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/9/2004 at 10:39:50
Thomas W. Mardis, Winterset, brick manufacturer and contractor; born in Jefferson county, New York, in 1837; came to Iowa from Ohio in 1857, and settled in Washington county; in 1859 he removed to Clarke county, and came to this county in 1873; he has been engaged in the brick business from boyhood and is thoroughly conversant with all its details; owns 172 acres of land; he has held the offices of town trustee and school director; he enlisted in the 18th Iowa Inf. in the late war and served three years; he married Miss H. A. Clark in 1860; she was born in Illinois; has three children: John, Hattie and Freddie.
Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 543
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