Clark, John H. (1840-1914)

CLARK

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 12/1/2008 at 16:09:25

John Harrison Clark
Aug 6, 1840 - Oct 11, 1914

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.15, Council Bluffs)
J. H. Clark, Reporter for Circuit Court of Thirteenth Judicial District, Council Bluffs, was born August 6, 1840, in Brown County, Ill.; he was raised and educated there, and in 1856, came with his parents to Jefferson, Greene Co., Iowa. He entered the army at Jefferson, Iowa, August 10, 1861, as a private, in the Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry; was promoted to First Sergeant in 1862, and to Captain of Company H - same company in which he had enlisted - August 11, 1863. He held that position until discharged, January 15, 1865, at Savannah, Ga. He was wounded fourtimes, one, a severe would in the shoulder. He returned to Jefferson, Iowa, and engaged in merchandising, and during the years 1869-70-71 and 72, was mail agent on Des Moines Valley Railroad during 1873; meanwhile he had been studying shorthand writing, and still continued that study, and in 1875, was appointed to the position of Reporter for Circuit Court of Thirteenth Judicial District of Iowa, and still holds that position. In August, 1880, he came to Council Bluffs to reside. He is of English descent.