J.S. Clark wrote an important and detailed memoir about pioneering life and his service in the Civil War. It is entitled, "Life in the Middle West" and includes details of the siege of Vicksburg. It is available for download.
Contributor: Beverly Wright (48880599)
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I know that the memorial marker says James was born on the 17th of October, but other records, including his application to the Sons of the Am. Revolution which he wrote and signed himself says he was born on the 18th of October 1841 in Johnson County, Indiana.
Contributor: Mountain Traveler (47556948)
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CLARK, CAPT. J. S.-Of the firm of Clark & Connor, attorneys. Is a native of Johnson county, Indiana, and was born in October, 1841, and resided in his native place until fifteen years of age, when he then removed to Warren county, Iowa. He was there engaged in agricultural pursuits and acquiring an education until the outbreak of the rebellion. He enlisted first in the First Iowa and afterward in the Thirty-fourth Iowa, and after passing the various grades of promotion from private, he was mustered out as captain. Deciding to study law he attended the State University at Iowa City, and graduated from the law department of that institution. In 1874 he formed a business connection with Wm. Connor, the present State Attorney for this district. He was married to Miss Laura C. Hutchinson, of Iowa City, November 30, 1870. She died in September, 1871. He married for his second wife Miss Fannie M. Page. They have one daughter: Laura Osgood.
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880
in same lot: Ruth M. Clark, Jamie Clark, James Samuel Clark, Morton Clark, Helen Clark Wentworth, Henry Harding Wentworth, Page Clark, Robert Glenn Clark, Laura N. Clark, Fannie Page Clark, Christine Clark
Contributor: Beverly Wright (48880599)
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I know that the memorial marker says James was born on the 17th of October, but other records, including his application to the Sons of the Am. Revolution which he wrote and signed himself says he was born on the 18th of October 1841 in Johnson County, Indiana.
Contributor: Mountain Traveler (47556948)
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CLARK, CAPT. J. S.-Of the firm of Clark & Connor, attorneys. Is a native of Johnson county, Indiana, and was born in October, 1841, and resided in his native place until fifteen years of age, when he then removed to Warren county, Iowa. He was there engaged in agricultural pursuits and acquiring an education until the outbreak of the rebellion. He enlisted first in the First Iowa and afterward in the Thirty-fourth Iowa, and after passing the various grades of promotion from private, he was mustered out as captain. Deciding to study law he attended the State University at Iowa City, and graduated from the law department of that institution. In 1874 he formed a business connection with Wm. Connor, the present State Attorney for this district. He was married to Miss Laura C. Hutchinson, of Iowa City, November 30, 1870. She died in September, 1871. He married for his second wife Miss Fannie M. Page. They have one daughter: Laura Osgood.
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880
in same lot: Ruth M. Clark, Jamie Clark, James Samuel Clark, Morton Clark, Helen Clark Wentworth, Henry Harding Wentworth, Page Clark, Robert Glenn Clark, Laura N. Clark, Fannie Page Clark, Christine Clark
J.S. Clark wrote an important and detailed memoir about pioneering life and his service in the Civil War. It is entitled, "Life in the Middle West" and includes details of the siege of Vicksburg. It is available for download.
Contributor: Beverly Wright (48880599)
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I know that the memorial marker says James was born on the 17th of October, but other records, including his application to the Sons of the Am. Revolution which he wrote and signed himself says he was born on the 18th of October 1841 in Johnson County, Indiana.
Contributor: Mountain Traveler (47556948)
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CLARK, CAPT. J. S.-Of the firm of Clark & Connor, attorneys. Is a native of Johnson county, Indiana, and was born in October, 1841, and resided in his native place until fifteen years of age, when he then removed to Warren county, Iowa. He was there engaged in agricultural pursuits and acquiring an education until the outbreak of the rebellion. He enlisted first in the First Iowa and afterward in the Thirty-fourth Iowa, and after passing the various grades of promotion from private, he was mustered out as captain. Deciding to study law he attended the State University at Iowa City, and graduated from the law department of that institution. In 1874 he formed a business connection with Wm. Connor, the present State Attorney for this district. He was married to Miss Laura C. Hutchinson, of Iowa City, November 30, 1870. She died in September, 1871. He married for his second wife Miss Fannie M. Page. They have one daughter: Laura Osgood.
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880
in same lot: Ruth M. Clark, Jamie Clark, James Samuel Clark, Morton Clark, Helen Clark Wentworth, Henry Harding Wentworth, Page Clark, Robert Glenn Clark, Laura N. Clark, Fannie Page Clark, Christine Clark
Contributor: Beverly Wright (48880599)
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I know that the memorial marker says James was born on the 17th of October, but other records, including his application to the Sons of the Am. Revolution which he wrote and signed himself says he was born on the 18th of October 1841 in Johnson County, Indiana.
Contributor: Mountain Traveler (47556948)
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CLARK, CAPT. J. S.-Of the firm of Clark & Connor, attorneys. Is a native of Johnson county, Indiana, and was born in October, 1841, and resided in his native place until fifteen years of age, when he then removed to Warren county, Iowa. He was there engaged in agricultural pursuits and acquiring an education until the outbreak of the rebellion. He enlisted first in the First Iowa and afterward in the Thirty-fourth Iowa, and after passing the various grades of promotion from private, he was mustered out as captain. Deciding to study law he attended the State University at Iowa City, and graduated from the law department of that institution. In 1874 he formed a business connection with Wm. Connor, the present State Attorney for this district. He was married to Miss Laura C. Hutchinson, of Iowa City, November 30, 1870. She died in September, 1871. He married for his second wife Miss Fannie M. Page. They have one daughter: Laura Osgood.
"The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880
in same lot: Ruth M. Clark, Jamie Clark, James Samuel Clark, Morton Clark, Helen Clark Wentworth, Henry Harding Wentworth, Page Clark, Robert Glenn Clark, Laura N. Clark, Fannie Page Clark, Christine Clark
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