Adams County OhArchives Obituaries.....Clark, James January 27, 1901
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The People's Defender, Jan 31, 1901
  James Clark, an aged and highly respected farmer, who lived on Wheat Ridge, 
was found dead in bed last Sunday morning about eight o'clock by his daughter-
in-law, Mrs. Warren Clark.
  The cause of his death is supposed to have been paralysis of the heart and 
he had been dead but a short time when the discovery was made.  Deceased was 
one of Adams county's best citizens. He was born Novenber 11, 1822, therefore 
was 78 years, 2 months and 16 days old at the time of his death. In1850 he was 
united in marriage to Miss Margaret A. Holmes, who died in 1890. Of this union 
five children were born, the first born, Matilda, dying at the age of five 
years. The children surviving their farther are two sons, Oscar F. and Warren 
S., and two daughters, Mrs. J. T. Leach and Mrs. Fred A. Wisecup.
  He was a brother of S.P. Clark, of Oliver township; John Clark and Mrs. J.W. 
McClung, of this place; A. R. Clark, of Pawnee City, Neb.,; Mrs. A. R. Leach, 
of North Liberty, and Mrs. J.A. McSurely, of Oxford, all of whome survive him. 
Deceased was a christian gentleman in every sense of the word and for many 
years was a member of the Presbyterian church at Wheat Ridge.
  The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Monday. The 
services wer conducted by his pastor, Rev. Dobson, assisted by Rev. Burnsides, 
of the U. P. chruch and were largely attended. Interment at the Wheat Ridge 
cemetery.

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