CLARK, A. O., St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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A. O. CLARK, M. D., RIDGE.--Dr. A. O. Clark was born in St. Landry parish,
Louisiana, September 9, 1858.  He is the son of Valentine and Frances
(McCleland) Clark, natives of Mississippi and Louisiana respectively.  The
subject of this sketch is the oldest of a family of eleven brothers and three
sisters, six of whom are now living.  Our subject's mother died when he was a
small boy, and his father married a second time, Miss Catharine Clark; to this
marriage were born three children.  Valentine Clark died in 1870.  He had been
a planter and stock dealer the whole of his life.

Dr. Clark received his early education in Opelousas, and subsequently became a
student at Blackman's College, New Orleans, from which institution he
graduated in the spring of 1878.  Shortly after leaving college Dr. Clark
embarked in a mercantile business in partnership with Messrs. Hoffpauir &
Green.  In this he was engaged for a short while, when he disposed of his
interest and engaged in stock dealing, in which he continued for five years.

In 1878 he married Miss Alice Lambert, daughter of David and Elmire (Andrus)
Lambert, of this parish.  In 1885 Dr. Clark entered the medical school of the
Tulane University, from which institution he graduated in 1887.  Immediately
upon the completion of his studies Dr. Clark began the practice of his
profession in partnership with his brother-in-law, Dr. Lyons.  The doctor has
succeeded in obtaining a lucrative practice, and he is a gentleman who keeps
well up with his profession.  As a practitioner he ranks deservedly high.  In
connection with his profession the Doctor also superintends his plantation,
which yields a handsome income.  Dr. Clark and wife are the parents of two
sons and two daughters, viz.:  Oran,  Mattie,  Lelia,  Michael.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p.
214. Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf 
Publishing Company.