Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Clark, R. L. 1882 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 469
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     R. L. CLARK, secretary of the Portland Livestock Exchange and member of 
the livestock commission firm of BoDine & Clark, well merits the reputation 
which he enjoys as a capable, progressive and reliable business man. He was 
born in Clarksburg, Decatur county, Indiana, in 1882, and is a son of J. B. 
and Una May (Johnson) Clark and a grandson of Woodson Clark, who founded the 
town of Clarksburg. His father followed the occupation of farming during the 
greater part of his active life, but is now retired and he and his wife reside 
in Portland.

     R. L. Clark attended the public and high schools of his home town and 
then entered Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, from which he was 
graduated in 1907. Returning home, he devoted his attention to agricultural 
pursuits for seven years, and in 1914 came to Portland and entered into a 
partnership with Ira D. BoDine, under the firm name of BoDine & Clark, as 
livestock commission merchants. This is now the oldest and largest firm 
engaged in this business at the Union stockyards and through this connection 
Mr. Clark has met with very gratifying success. For the past ten years he has 
rendered effective service as secretary of the Portland Livestock Exchange and 
is regarded as one of the leaders in the livestock business of the Portland 
district.

     In 1907 Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Olive Critchett, of 
Marion, Ohio, and they are the parents of four children, Woodson, Robert, 
Prosser and Thomas. Mr. Clark is a member of Clarksburg Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & 
A. M., at Clarksburg, Indiana; Oregon Consistory, No. 1, A. A. S. R.; Al Kader 
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., and the Sigma Chi college fraternity. A man of 
substantial qualities, reliable in his judgment and honorable in all of his 
dealings, he commands the uniform confidence and esteem of all who know him.

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