Identifier: historyofdecatur02howe (find matches)
Title: History of Decatur County, Iowa, and its people
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Howell, J. M., ed Smith, Heman Conoman, 1850- , ed
Subjects: Decatur County (Iowa) -- History Decatur County (Iowa) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago : The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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f his community and has discharged all of the duties devolvingupon him with conscientiousness and efficiency. Fraternally he be-longs to the Knights of Pythias and his wife is a member of the Re-organized Church of Latter Day Saints. His expert technical knowl-edge, his good business sense and his courtesy have been strong fac-tors in the growth of the Barrows Drug Store and in social, fra-ternal and political circles he is well known and highly respected. JOHN CLARK. Although more than a quarter of a century has elapsed since thedeath of John Clark, his memory is still enshrined in the hearts ofthose who knew him and the influence of his work is still potent. Hewas one of the earliest manufacturers of woolen goods in Iowa andwas also connected with the development of the lumber industry inthis state. For many years he resided in Decatur county and wasprominently connected with its industrial and financial growth. Hisintegrity and sense of justice were equally as well developed as his
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JOHN CLARK HISTORY OF DECATUR COUNTY 339 business sagacity and power of initiative, and his life was a force forrighteousness. John Clark was born in Paisley, near Glasgow, Scotland, on the25th of September, 1813, and three years later was brought by hisfather, John Clark, to America. The family landed at Philadelphiaand settled on a small river flowing into the Delaware, about ten milesfrom that city, where the father conducted a cotton factory. Whileliving in Scotland he had been a silk weaver. In 1818 removal wasmade to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, and two years later he tookhis family and went to New Lisbon, Ohio, where both he and his wifespent their remaining days. She was a member of the royal familyof Stuarts of Scotland, her father, Charles Edward Stuart, being theprince of Scotland and her grandfather the king of the united king-dom of England and Scotland. Her demise occurred when she wasbut forty-five years of age and her husband also died when compara-tively young, being

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