Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Clark, Andrew J. 1900
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The Lake Odessa Wave, Friday, August 17, 1900
A. J. Clark, one of the oldest and best known residents of Odessa township, 
died at his home in this village on Monday morning, August 13th.  The funeral 
was held Wednesday forenoon at ten o’clock from the M.E. church, Rev. Maurer 
officiating.  The remains were interred in Lakeside cemetery.

A. J. Clark was born May 18th, 1828, in Allegany, N.Y.  He came with his 
parents to Seneca county, Ohio in 1833.  He was married to Miss Mary Ann 
Spitler, who survives him, in 1848, and in 1849 he took up the 160 acres of 
land on section 23 Odessa township. 

He was converted to the Christian religion at the age of 16, joining the M.E. 
church when he came to Michigan.  He later united with the U.B. church, as 
there was no Methodist church here at that time; later he united with the M. 
E. church in Hecla.  When they returned to Michigan they brought letters with 
them.

Politically he was a republication, having joined the party at its birth; and 
was as staunch a supporter of McKinley as of Freemont or Lincoln.  Mr. Clark 
was the last member of the board that bought and platted the Lakeside 
cemetery, and helped to bury the first body therein.  He was present when the 
township was first organized, and voted at the first election, and was the 
earliest pioneer living in the township at the time of his death.

To Mr. and Mrs. Clark were born four sons and one daughter, all of whom are 
living, and all were at the funeral except Leroy Clark, the oldest son, now 
living in South Dakota.  In 1898 the family and friends joined in celebrating 
the father and mother’s fiftieth year of weeded life.

No man was more devoted and generous to his children than he, and yet his word 
was law, and the 21st birthday made no difference so far as his sons were 
concerned; as long as they were at home he governed without a question.  All 
remaining at home on the farm until they married and went to their own homes; 
and as they lay him away to rest, all can say, and do say, they have lost a 
kind father.


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