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Born 1831, Trumbull County
From The history of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc., etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, p (1882), A biographical history of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri; (1901)
H. CLARK, farmer and stock raiser, section 27, was born May 10, 1831, in Trumbull County, Ohio. His father, Almon Clark, was a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, born May 15, 1800. His mother, Delany Clark, nee Bowles, was a native of York County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Clark was the eldest of a family of nine children. He was reared on a farm in his native county, receiving a common school education. In 1863 he moved to Johnston County, Iowa, where he remained for two years, afterwards going to Linn County, in the same state. He came to Atchison County, Missouri, in the fall of 1871, and settled where he now resides, it then being all wild prairie land. He set about to improve a farm and now owns 560 acres, well improved, with a new residence, good outbuildings, etc. He deals quite largely in stock, raising, buying and shipping large quantities. He at present holds the position of school director and road overseer. Mr. Clark was married June 12, 1870, to Miss Emma S. Shaum, daughter of John and Rebecca Shaum. She is a native of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, born in June, 1844. They have three children: Austa A., born May 15, 1871; Annie B., born March 17, 1873; Fred., born August 15, 1877. Mrs. C. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
As printed in The history of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc., etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, p (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
HEMAN CLARK.
Heman Clark is one of the most extensive land-owners and stock-raisers of Atchison county. He has a pleasant home on section 27, Colfax township, where he has resided since 1872, in which year he became the possessor of three hundred and twenty acres of wild land. As years passed he transformed this into a very valuable tract and as his financial resources increased he added to the property until he now owais seven hundred and sixty acres, constituting one of the finest farms in the county. He has a model home, commodious and con- Wenientl_v arranged, and standing upon a natural building site in the midst of a beautiful gro\e, in which fox squirrels may be seen at play. The grove comprises twelve acres and upon the farm there is also a large orchard which yields its fruits in season. The outbuildings are modern and convenient, including a barn 60x44 feet, with sheds 26x44 feet. There are good pastures and meadows, a windmill and all modern machinery, and the fertility of the soil is kept up through the rotation of crops. In connection with general farming Mr. Clark is successfully engaged in feeding and shipping stock, both branches of his business bringing to him an excellent income. This successful and enterprising" farmer is well known in Atchison county and he certainly deserves honorable mention in the history of north western Missouri.
A native of Oliio, he was born May lo. 1832, in Bloomfield, Trumbull county. His father. Almon Clark. Ayas a prominent and well known citizen of Trumbull count\ wlu're he conducted a hotel, dealt in stock and carried on other lines of business. He was bi.rn in Burtmi. Geauga county, Ohio, in the year 1800. His grandfather, Isaac Clark, was a native of Connecticut and of Scotch ancestry. He served as a soldier in the war of 1812, loyally defending the American interests. By trade he was a wheelwright and was sent by a Connecticut colony to build a log gristmill on the Cuyahoga river, in Geauga county, thus becoming one of the first settlers of that portion of the state. He married Miss Susan Gates, also a native of Connecticut and of the same family to which belongs John W. Gates, the president of the American Steel Works. Isaac Clark and his wife both died in Trumbull county, Ohio. There Almon Clark was reared, and after arriving at years of maturity he married Delama Bowers, a daughter of Japhet Bowers, of a Pennsylvania Dutch family. Nine children were burn of this marriage, eight of whom reached mature years, while seven are still living, as follows: Heman; Almon, who died in Bloomfield, Ohio; Mrs. Martha M. Laird, who died in Farmington. Ohio; Al.mon H., the second of the name, now living in Famiington; Mrs. Roxanna Hart, of Warren. Ohio; Ausla J., nf South Omaha, Xeliraska; Isaac \' of Colfax township; A. C. Weir, of South Omaha. Nebraska; and Mrs. Belle Johnson, of Warren, Ohio. The father died in Farmington, Ohio,' at the age of seventy-six years. He had been an enterprising business man whose unflagging industry and perseverance secured to him a comfortable competence. His political.support was given to the Republican party. His wife passed away in Farmington. at the age of seventy-three years, and, like her husband, enjoyed the warm regard of many friends.
Heman Clark, whose name introduces this record, was reared on a farm in Trumbull county and in his youth aided in driving stock o\er the mountains to market in Orange county, Xew York. His early connection with the stock-raising business made him an excellent judge of cattle, and when he was eighteen years of age his opinions concerning live stock were largely received as authority throughout the community in which he li\ cd. The common schools afforded him his educational privileges and experience in business added to his practical.knowledge. In 1853 he drove cattle to Iowa, receiving twelve dollars per month, and later he purchased sheep in Ohio, driving them across the country to Cleveland, Ohio, where he loaded them on cars and shipped them to Chicago, whence he drove them to Inwa, where he si'Ul his sheep and purchased cattle. His financial resources increasing as the result of his capable conducted business affairs, he made investments in land in Jones county, Iowa, near Anamosa. For nine years he was located in Lisbon, Iowa, where he was engaged in the stock business, and in 187J he came to Atchison county, Missouri, where he has since made his home.
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As printed in A biographical history of Nodaway and Atchison counties, Missouri; (1901). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Their biographies name H. Clark: Charles D. Hocker (b. 1840)
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