Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....W.J. Clark  1848 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Pages 503-504

W. J. Clark

W. J. Clark is another of the respected citizens of Meriwether county who 
devotes himself to the cultivation of the soil. His grandfather, Thomas Clark, 
was born in England, and coming to the United States, settled in South 
Carolina, where he married. In 1824 he migrated to Georgia and settled first 
in what is now Meriwether county, whence not long afterward he moved to Coweta 
county, where he lived three years. He then moved to what is now Cherokee 
county, but after staying there a year he moved back to Meriwether county, 
where he made his permanent home. Henry G. Clark, Mr. Clark’s father, was born 
in South Carolina in 1818 and was only six years old when his father moved to 
Georgia, and grew to manhood in Meriwether county. He married Miss Nancy J., 
daughter of George A. and Rebecca Ray, who were early settlers of Meriwether 
county. It was in this county, in 1848, that their son, W.J. Clark, was born 
and passed his early years upon the farm, with the limited school privileges 
of those days. His chief interest has always centered in agriculture, and to 
that he has devoted himself, and with great success, as is evident from the 
fact that though he started out life with nothing, he has already acquired a 
competence, has a pleasant home and a fine farm of 500 acres near Oakland. His 
wife, whom he married in 1872, was Miss Lucy A. Estes, who was born in this 
county in 1845, and is the daughter of John W. and Lucy Estes, natives of 
South Carolina, but among Georgia’s early settlers. To the union of Mr. and 
Mrs. Clark seven children have been born: Mattie J., Josie S., Mary L., Lizzie 
Etta, James W., Henry J., and Lewis C. Mr. and Mrs. Clark and daughters are 
members of the Missionary Baptist church. Mr. Clark is a Mason and also a 
member of the Farmers’ alliance.



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