From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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WILLIAM M. CLARK
	William M. Clark is certainly to be classed as one of the earliest 
pioneers of Danville.  It was he who located the land and received the 
patent for the same which is now occupied by the town of Danville.  
Excepting the trading post which was established there, he erected the
first building in the town and was a veritable leader in opening up this
place.  At the time Mr. Clark erected the first structure in Danville, he 
opened a good general store and also started a butcher shop.  Since those
days he ahs been continuously engaged in the prosecution of this enterprise
and is now the recipient of a fine patronage.  Mr. Clark is considered one
of the leading and substantial business men of Danville and his efforts
of building up the town and opening the country, have met with the approval
of all.  In addition to his mercantile interests he is quite heavily
interested in mining properties in various sections, especially about
Danville.
	William M. Calrk was born in Iowa on July 9, 1856, being the son
of Charles and Mary Clark, natives of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, 
respectively.  While our subject was yet an infant, the family went to 
Nebraska, and then crossed the plains with ox teams to Butte county,
California.  His mother died and he was bound out to a man, S.K. Thomas,
for seven years.  Upon the completion of this term of service, Mr. Clark
went ot southern California and Mexico and then returned to Kansas, where
he lived until twenty-one years of age.  After that he started with a band
of horses for the sound, but sold out and went thence to California, 
whence he came to Puget sound and then to Yakima.  In this latter place he
remained ten years, being occupied in riding the range.  He also bought
and shipped cattle to Seattle and other sound points.  In 1892, Mr. Clark
located in Loomis, Okanogan county, and went into the stock business.
Later he went to the Carribou country and located placer ground which he 
sold in 1896.  Then he came to where Danville now stands and, as stated,
secured a patent to the ground andestablished the town of Danville.
	In 1892 Mr. Clark married Miss Bell Balien.  Her parents, J.L. and
Margaret (Gage) Balien, were natives of Texas and moved to Oregon in 1854.
They now reside in Danville.  They are the parents of ten children.  Mr.
Clark has one sister and three brothers, Katherine, George, Nicholas and
Charles.  To Mr. and Mrs. Clark two children have been born, James W. and
Charles S.
	In political matters our subject has always taken an active part
and pulled strong for the principles of the Republican party.  He is a 
member of the I.O.O.F., the K. of P., and the Eagles.  He has passed
through the chairs of the two former orders.
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