Monterey County CA Archives Biographies.....Clark, Robert H. 1848 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

ROBERT H. CLARK, of Soledad, is a son of Mark Clark, a resident of California
since 1868, who now resides in Merced county. He came to California from
Tennessee, his native State, being born there September 18, 1848. Here he
married Miss Ellen Hunter, a native of the same State. Of their nine children
seven are living, and of these seven Robert is the oldest. Mark Clark first
located at Natividad, in Monterey county, and there lived until 1891. He opened
the first blacksmith shop at Gonzales, and in 1886 sold the same to the subject
of this sketch.

  Robert H. Clark was born in 1862, August 27, in Washington county, Tennessee.
He learned his trade of his father, and has pursued the same about twenty-one
years.

  His marriage occurred in 1876, October 20, to Miss Hattie L., daughter of
Joseph Smith. She is a native daughter of the State, having been born at Badago
Corners, in Sonoma county. They have two children, Ralph and Russel.

  Mr. Clark is a Democrat in politics, but liberal in his views. He is a member
of the Baptist Church of Gonzales, and he and his estimable wife are highly
respected citizens of the place where they live.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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