Biographical Sketch of William R. Clark, Johnson County, Missouri
Jefferson Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

WILLIAM R. CLARK,

P. O. Knobnoster.  Is among the clever and enterprising young men of his
township.  He was the oldest of three children, and born in Tennessee,
Dec. 30, 1847.  His father was Benj. D. Clark, and his mother Elizabeth
Robinson, both of Tennessee.  William's father died when the children
were quite young.  The only sister, Laura, died in girlhood; Benjamin,
the brother, married Miss Etta Williams, and now resides in Pettis
county.  Mrs. Clark had for her second marriage Russell Kendrick for a
husband, who was a native of Tennessee, by whom she brought a
respectable family of children.  He died in 1877.  He was one of the
valuable citizens of the township, and has been identified with
interests since 1853, when he emigrated from Tennessee.  William's first
teacher was Pam Smith, who taught in a log cabin near the woods.
William has by perseverance and economy risen to easy circumstances, and
influence in his community.  He now owns the Fanbian farm, consisting
of 540 acres of the very best agricultural land, in section twenty-six,
township forty-five, range twenty-four.  The land produces good wheat,
and all cereals, and lies handsomely in the forks of Bushy and Big
Muddy, and is one of the best stock farms in the county.  Blue-grass
does well here, and the little streams furnish an abundant supply of
stock water.  The soil is said to be underlaid with coal.  Fruits of all
kinds do well on this place, and it has one of the best orchards in the
neighborhood.  The land is rolling sufficient to be well drained, and
yet does not wash away, and in many places it is underlaid with marl,
and is suitable for sub-soiling.  In politics, Mr. Clark is a true
Democrat.  He is still a single man, but nevertheless devoted to
business, and in habits, sober and temperate, and stands high in his
neighborhood, with an unbroken, bright future before him.


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