Biographical Sketch of John F. Clark, De Kalb County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888,
				Goodspeed Publishing Company

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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John F. Clark, a prominent citizen and attorney of Maysville, was born
in Henry County, IN., on September 25, 1846.  He is the son of William
and Sarah (Abrams) Clark, the former a native of Tennessee and the 
latter of Ohio.  The father was born in 1811, and was the son of
Benjamin Clark, a native of Virginia.  He removed from Tennessee to 
Indiana in 1831, and settled in Henry County, where he engaged in 
farming until about 1872, when he removed to Madison County, where he 
died in 1875.  The mother was born in 1815, and is the daughter of 
Joseph and Rebecca Abrams, who removed from Ohio to Indiana at an early
date.  She is now a resident of De Kalb County, MO., making her home
with her children.  John F. is the fifth of thirteen children, and was
reared on the farm.  His education was begun in the public schools, and
finished at the Newcastle (Indiana) Academy.  After completing his ed-
ucation, he engaged in teaching during the winter months for about 
thirteen years.  In 1865 he immigrated to Missouri, and the same year
joined an expedition against the Indians, and crossed the plains to 
Tougue River.  He then returned to his father's in Indiana.  In April,
1867, he came to De Kalb County, and located seven miles north of 
Stewartsville, where until 1874 he engaged in farming during the summer 
and teaching school during the winter.  He was then elected as a 
Democrat to the office of county clerk, and removed to Maysville. He
was re-elected in 1878.  In 1882 he was elected to represent De Kalb
County in the State Legislature, and in 1884 made an unsuccessful
canvass for senator from the Fourth District.  He was admitted to the
bar in 1885, since which he has been practicing law, and is also en-
gaged in the real estate, abstract and loan business.  In 1868 he was
united in marriage with Lavina A. Brooks, who was born in Buchanan
County, MO., in 1849.  She is the daughter of William B. and Parmelia
Brooks.  They have seven children.  Mr. Clark is a member of the 
Masonic Lodge. *

*Since the above sketch was written death has deprived De Kalb County
of one of its truly representative and substantial men, Mr. Clark 
having died on December 17, 1887, of malarial fever.  On the 18th inst.
he was buried with Masonic honors.

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