Bio of CLARK, Irving James (b.1878), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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IRVING JAMES CLARK - Vol II, pg 576-577
Irving James Clark, a representative of the Minneapolis bar, was born in Byron,
Minnesota, June 28, 1878, his parents being James E. and Alice M. (Walrath)
Clark, who were natives of the state of New York and came to Minnesota about
1855 with their respective parents. The Clark home was established on a farm at
Union Springs, in Dodge county, and for many years James E. Clark devoted his
attention to general agricultural pursuits. His wife is still living, but he has
passed away.
Irving J. Clark largely devoted his youth to the acquirement of an education in
the public schools of Minneapolis and in a review of the broad field of
business, for the purpose of determining upon a course of life work to which he
wished to devote his time and energy, he decided upon the law and began study in
the office of a local attorney, who directed his readings until he was admitted
to the bar in 1913. Since that time he has been engaged in the general practice
of his profession and while advancement in the law is proverbially slow he is
making steady progress and has already reached a position which many an older
representative of the profession might well envy.
On the 4th of August, 1898, Mr. Clark was married to Miss Mary W. Waddick of
Minneapolis, and they have two living children: Rudolph, twenty-one years of
age; and Mildred, aged nineteen, both of whom are students in the University of
Minnesota.
Mr. Clark is truly a self-made man and deserves much credit for what he has
accomplished. He came to Minneapolis when he was thirteen years of age and
worked at anything that he could get to do that would yield him an honest
living. He realized that education is necessary for advancement and success and
accordingly attended night school. He won his degree in the Northwestern College
of Law, having the honor of being the first graduate of that institution. His
father died before the son came to Minneapolis and he had to assist in the
support of his mother and two younger children. He bravely faced conditions and
met the responsibility which devolved upon him, and throughout his life he has
never allowed despondency or mental depression to master him. On the contrary,
he has faced every condition with a resolute will that has carried him forward
to success and today he occupies an enviable and honorable position in legal
circles. During the World war he was a member of the legal advisory board. He
belongs to the Masonic fraternity and he has membership in the Lake Harriet
Commercial Club and in the Automobile Club. He is also a member of the Hennepin
County and the Minnesota State Bar associations, an d his personal worth and his
professional ability command for him the esteem, confidence and goodwill of his
fellow representatives of the Minneapolis bar.