WILLIAM HENRY CLARK William Henry Clark, who is one of the best known residents of Holbrook, has lived an active and eventful life, during over forty years of which he has been a resident of this locality and none is held in higher esteem that he. He was born in Cheshire, Massachusetts on the 22 day of August 1859 and is a son of Lyman T. and Sarah A. (Andrews) Clark. His father, who was a dealer in horses, moved from New York state to Massachusetts in which state his death occurred and of the latter state his wife was a native. They became the parents of five children, of whom William H. is the fourth in order of birth. He was educated in the Cheshire Harbor grade schools and when eleven years old left home, going first to New York state and then to Vermont. Later he located in Connecticut and engaged in the newspaper business for a short time. He sold out there in 1877 and came to Arizona, where he spent a year in prospecting over the state. He returned to New York, but a short time later returned to Arizona and enlisted in the Fourth U.S. Cavalry, under Colonel McKenzie with which command he spent five years at Fort Wingate and Fort Apache. At the expiration of his army service, he returned to Massachusetts for a short time and then in 1888 came to Holbrook Arizona and engaged in the hotel business to which he devoted his attention for twenty years. In 1896 he embarked in the real estate and insurance business and in that connection handled much public land. He also took a number of large government contracts for feed and supplies, his business in that line running as high as four hundred thousand dollars in some years. He has always shown a high type of business ability and is now in comfortable financial circumstances. In 1884 at Fort Wingate, Mr. Clark was married to Augusta Shultz, who died in 1917 without issue. The republican party has received Mr. Clark's active support and from 1889 on for several years he served as Chairman of the Republican County Committee and was also a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1900 and 1908. He is a charter member of Winslow lodge No 536. He has taken a keen interest in matters concerning the prosperity and development of this section of the state and was the organizer of the Navajo Railroad. Plans were completed for the construction of the road when the president of the company died, stopping operations and the line was later completed by other parties. He was instrumental in having the Petrified Forest National Monument set aside. He had a personal interview with president Roosevelt in order to get the bill through. Mr. Clark is a man of sterling character and strong individuality has been active and influential in his community for many years and is regarded as one of its most dependable citizens. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. submitted by burns@asu.edu