Yolo-Placer County CA Archives Biographies.....Clark, Ephraim 1882 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

EPHRAIM CLARK, a resident of the vicinity of Woodland, was born April 25, 1882,
in Jefferson City, Missouri, a son of M. D. and D. T. (Fowler) Clark. The father
was a farmer by occupation, and a brother, J. F., is now the occupant of the
homestead in Missouri, which was settled by M. D. Clark in 1829. He died in
1862, at the age of sixty-three years. The subject of this sketch still owns a
third interest in 525 acres in that State, a portion of which is the old
homestead place. He of course was reared on a farm, and when twenty-two years of
age, in 1854, he came to California, driving an ox team across the plains to pay
his way, and arrived in Placer County, where he remained until February, 1862.
He then visited British Columbia, Idaho and Montana, being one of the first to
enter Montana that year. The same year he returned to Placer County and followed
mining one year. In 1863 he went to Churchill County, Nevada, where he engaged
in making toll-roads, and was the first Democrat elected to represent the county
in the Legislature. He was elected four years as Supervisor and two years as
Assessor,—all this while the county generally gave a Republican majority.
Remaining there until the last of November, 1880, he sold out his stock and
road, returning to California; finally settled near Woodland, a mile and a half
from the city, upon a tract of ten acres, of which six acres are vineyard and
four in clover. Mr. Clark has traveled over all the United States and can relate
many interesting incidents. He thinks an American should see his native country
before going to Europe.

  He was married in 1875 to Miss L. W. Severance, a native of Massachusetts.
They had one son, who died at the age of three months.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.


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