Clark, Chester M.

CLARK

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 11/12/2008 at 13:50:43

Chester M. Clark

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.255, Waveland Twp.)
Chester M. Clark, farmer, P. O. Elliott, Montgomery Co., Iowa, was born in Peacham, Vt., September 24, 1845. His father, Gideon H. Clark, was born in Vermont February 9, 1805; he is a farmer. Subject's mother, Harriett (Watts) Clark, was born in Peacham, Vt., September 3, 1825. His parents had eight children, seven of whom are living. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Clark began business for himself as a farmer, and has thus continued since. He married Miss Dora Kinkade March 12, 1870. Her father, William D. Kinkade, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, February 10, 1819. Her mother, Emily (Ross) Kinkade, was born in Ohio August 18, 1820. Mrs. Clark was born in Rose Hill, OHio, April 28, 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have one child, Jennie, born August 31, 1872. In 1870, Mr. Clark moved to Boone County, Iowa, from which place he moved to Audubon County, Iowa, thence to Montgomery County, Iowa. In 1873, he moved to Pottawattamie County, where he bought eighty acres at $10 per acre. He now has 230 acres, worth about $35 per acre. In 1873, Mr. Clark's residence was completely destroyed by a cyclone of that year, which damaged him more than $500.