CLARK, JOHN

CLARK, ALLEN, MATHARAL, MARTIN, LARKINS

Posted By: Marilyn Norris Holmes
Date: 4/14/2013 at 10:28:04

The 1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

Warren Township

Page 800-1

CLARK, JOHN--Farmer and stock-raiser, section 15, P.O. Victor. Was born in Ireland, April 28, 1810, where, after finishing his education, he engaged in farming and weaving linen till 1829, when he came to America and settled in Enfield, Connecticut. There he worked at his trade, that of weaving, till 1852, when he went to Leeds, New York, and took charge of some weaving mills, and continued to operate the same till 1854. He then went to De Kalb county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming till 1855, when he came to Iowa, and settled where he now lives and owns eighty-six acres of good land, a part of which is timber, the balance under good cultivation. He was married, August 31, 1832, in New York City, to Miss Mary Allen, who was born in Ireland in 1814. They have seven children, who were born as follows: John G. (born April 26, 1836; married, and lives in Shelby county, Iowa), Sarah M. (born December 24, 1839; now the wife of Robert Matharal, of Pottawattamie county, Iowa), William A. (born January 20, 1842; married, and lives in Kansas), Isabella (born March 17, 1844; now the wife of R.J. Martin, of Kansas), Mary A. (born January 31, 1847; now the widow of T.T. Larkins), Elizabeth (born November 20, 1850) and Margaret (born February 28, 1852).