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Born 1838
From Biographical records of Linn County, Iowa .. (1901), Portrait and biographical album of Linn County, Iowa (1887)
FRANK G. CLARK, attorney at law, is one of the most prominent members of his profession in Cedar Rapids, and occupies a fine office in the post-office block, lie is finely educated, and well versed in the intricacies of his calling, and stands high among the members of the profession in this vicinity.
Mr. Clark is a native of the Green Mountain State, the son of Theophilus F. and Mary A. (Taylor) Clark, and was born April 17, 1838. His parents were natives of Vermont and engaged in agricultural pursuits. The household circle included six children, four of whom are now living: Frank, Charles, Walter L. and Ella M. The father died in 1871, and the mother seven years later. They were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and contributed cheerfully to all benevolent and worthy objects. Their children were carefully trained and educated after the New England model of a century ago.
The subject of this biography spent his earlier years on his father's farm, and there attained his majority. The year following the outbreak of the late Civil War. found him pursuing his studies at Middlebury College, which lie entered in 1860.
The call to arms was so loud after the second battle of Bull Run, and before Antietam, that he enlisted as a private in Co. (', 16th N't. Vol. Inf., and was subsequently promoted to the First Lieutenancy in the same regiment. He participated in the stirring campaign of L863, which culminated in the battle of Gettysburg, where the regiment to which he belonged, as well as the brigade of which it formed a part, commanded by Gen. Stranard, under the eye of Gen. Hancock, contributed its full share in repulsing the last desperate assault upon Cemetery Hill. Returning at the close of his term of enlistment, he re-entered his class by special favor,
Ssszza and graduated in 1864. He pursued his lawstudiesin the law office of Gov. Washburn at Woodstock,; Vt., where lie was admitted to the bar in 1N66.
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Frank G. Clark was married to Miss Harriet; Newton in 1865. She also is a native of Vermont,: and the daughter of the late David Newton, of: Rochester, in that State. They have a family of: five children — Maud. Charles F.. Raul N.. David F. and Robert L. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members in good standing of the Congregational Church, and politically Mr. Clark is strongly Republican.
In addition to his lucrative law practice and his property in Cedar Rapids, Mr. Clark is the possessor of a fine farm in Dakota, with herds of choice live-stock and other valuable accessories. He is a wide-awake and energetic business man. but has-. given aid and comfort to enterprises other than business ones.
As printed in Portrait and biographical album of Linn County, Iowa (1887). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
FRANK G. CLARK, A. B.
Linn county has man)' able and successful lawyers who have made for themselves an enviable reputation in their chosen profession, to which class belongs the gentleman whose name introduces this review, he being the senior member of the well-known firm of Clark & Clark. He was born on the I /til of April, 1838, in Roxbury. Vermont, and is a son of Theophilus F. and Mary Jane (Taylor) Clark, who were lifelong residents of the Green Mountain state. In their family were six children, of whom four are still living.
Mr. Clark obtained his early education in the public schools of his native state, and later was graduated from Middlebury College. In 1862, during the dark days of the Civil war, he entered the service of his country as second lieutenant of Company G, Sixteenth Vermont X'volunteer Infantry, and subsequently was made first lieutenant of Company I, the same regiment. Upon the expiration of his term of enlistment he re-enlisted. January 1, 1865, and remained in the service until the cessation of hostilities, when he was honorably discharged.
On his return from the army Mr. Clark took up the study of law. In 1867 he removed to Belle Plaine, Benton county, Iowa, where he engaged in the practice of his profession for eight years, and also represented the county in the state legislature in 1872 and 1873. He came to Cedar Rapids in 1876, and has since engaged in the practice of law at this place in connection with the real estate business. He has been remarkably successful, and stands high at the bar of Linn county.
In 1865 Mr. Clark married miss Harriet Newton, also a native of Vermont, and a daughter of David and Sarah (Newton) Newton. By this union were born six children; namely: Charles Newton, who died in childhood; Maud, wife of Rev. John R. Henderson, of South Dakota; Charles Francis, who is mentioned below; Paul Newton, who was born in Belle Plaine in 1876, and is a graduate of Coe College, Cedar Rapids; David Flagg, now a member of the senior class at Middlebury College; and Robert Lane, who is attending the high school of Cedar Rapids. The mother of these children died in 1892, and four years later Mr. Clark wedded JMiss Mary Virginia Loy, a daughter of Dr. Jacob Loy and Sarah Loy, residents of Cedar Rapids.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the First Congregational church of Cedar Rapids, and he is also connected with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion of Iowa. As a Republican he takes quite an active interest in political affairs, and never waters in his allegiance to the party. In all the relations of life he has proved himself an earnest, honest, upright man, and a loyal citizen of whom any community might be justly proud.
Charles Francis Clark, the oldest surviving son of our subject, and the junior member of the firm of Clark & Clark, was born in Belle Plaine, Benton county, Iowa, August 13, 1871, and came to Cedar Rapids with his parents in the fall of 1876. He attended the public schools of this city and Coe College, graduating from the latter institution in 1891, at the age of nineteen years, as valedictorian of his class. He then commenced the study of law with his father, and later entered the law department of the State University of Iowa, where he was graduated in 1894. Since then he has engaged in practice in partnership with his father under the firm name of Clark & Clark.
On the 29th of November, 1900, Charles F. Clark was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Besler, a daughter of Henry and Anna (Kuen) Besler, of Cedar Rapids, where her father is actively engaged in business as a contractor. In his family are five children, all living. Mrs. Clark was born in Cedar Rapids, and is also a graduate of Coe College.
In his social relations 2Mr. Clark is a member of Cedar Rapids Lodge, Xo. 98,
As printed in Biographical records of Linn County, Iowa .. (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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