Clark, James T. (1852-1922)

CLARK

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Date: 12/2/2008 at 13:53:57

James Truman Clark
Nov 20, 1852 - Sep 8, 1922

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.17, Council Bluffs)
J. T. Clark, General Agent of Chicago & North-Western Railroad, Council Bluffs, has been in his present position since April, 1880. Previous to coming to Council Blufs, he was in the office of the General Manager of the Chicago & North-Western Railroad at Chicago. In 1870, he left school and went into the office of the General Manager of the Illinois Central Railroad, at St. Louis, Mo. In 1873, he went to Chicago and and entered the General Passenger Department of the Chicago & North-Western Railroad there. In 1875, went into the General Superintendent's office of that road at Chicago, and afterward held a positionj in the General Manager's office, which he held until he came to Council Bluffs in 1880. Mr. Clark was born in Auburn, N. Y., in November 1852. Moved to Springfield, Ill., in 1858, and remained there till 1870. He was married, in Chicago in 1880, to Miss Arnold.