RICHARD CLARK "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884 GIBSON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY. Page 916 RICHARD CLARK, Little York, is one in a family of seven children: George W., James G., Lettie, Richard, John, Elizabeth and one that died in infancy unnamed--born to Richard and Hannah (Wilson) Clark, who were native respectively of Maryland and Kentucky. The father died in the latter State and in 1836 the mother with her children immigrated to Salem, Ind., where she resided the remainder of her days. Richard Clark was born April 24, 1814, in Fayette County, Ky., and was reared and educated in his native State. He worked in the woolen-mills in Salem for a time, and April 26, 1838, was married to Martha, daughter of James Neal, by whom he was the father of this family: Sarah J. (Mrs. David Duckwall), James B., Richard M. and Martha E. (twins), the latter marrying Jasper N. Stewart, and Henry C. The mother dying in March, 1859, Mr. Clark married Miss Malinda Hitchcock, August 29, 1866 and one son, Charles M., was born to them. For a number of years Mr. Clark was engaged in merchandising at Salem, but in 1868 purchased the steam mill property at Little York, where he has since resided. He here produces a superior quality of flour and in connection with that cards wool and operates a saw-mill. Besides this property he owns a farm of 260 acres. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the I.O.O.F. and Masonic fraternities and one of the foremost men of Washington County. Mrs. Clark is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Submitted by: Diana Flynn (ivie@tima.com) ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.