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Author: Goodspeed

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CLARK, SHUGART, MOUNTCASTLE, TOLBERT



W. B. CLARK, son of William and Harriet* (SHUGART) CLARK, was born in

Lincoln County, Tenn., in February 1832.  He received his education in the

country schools, and remained with his parents until he was twenty-two

years of age.  February 22, 1872, he wedded Laura J. MOUNTCASTLE, a native

of Mississippi, born in the year 1845, and to this union were born two

children:  William M. and Harriet E.  Mr. CLARK had 135 acres, which were

given to him by his father, and upon this he located after marriage.  In

1874 he sold out and went to Colorado, where he remained over five years,

in that time acquiring a homestead of 160 acres, besides purchasing the

same number of acres.  In 1880 he disposed of his property, returned to his

birthplace, where he purchased 162 acres in the Twelfth District, and is at

the present residing there.  During the war he enlisted in the Confederate

service, in Company G, First Regiment Tennessee Infantry, under Col.

Turney; was in several skirmishes; but at the end of eighteen months was

discharged on account of ill health.  Mr. CLARK is an enterprising,

industrious farmer, and bears the reputation of being an honest man and a

good citizen.  He is a Democrat in politics, and he and Mrs. CLARK are

members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.   Mr. CLARK's father was a

Virginian, born in Washington County in 1792, and was an enterprising

farmer, and in connection with this occupation, worked at the blacksmith

trade.  About 1824 he came to Lincoln County, Tenn., and located in the

Ninth District where he bought property and lived until his career ended in

1869.  He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and for his services his widow

draws a pension of $96 per year.  He was twice married, his first wife

being Barbara TOLBERT.  The mother of our subject was also born in

Washington County, Va.  She is still living, and since the death of her

husband has made her home with her son, C. D. CLARK.



*see her separate biography



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