Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Capt. John W. Clark
History of Daviess Counties
Goodspeed Publishing Company 1886
CAPT. JOHN W. CLARK (deceased) was born in Washington, Daviess County, Ind., August 6, 1832, and is a son of John W. and Catherine Clark, who were born in 1806 and died in 1863 and 1848 respectively. They came to Indiana at an early day, and were among the first settlers of Harrison Towship. Subject obtained his education in the common schools, and in 1861 enlisted in Company D, Eightieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was afterward commissioned captain in that regiment. By the explosion of a shell at Resaca, he was disabled and compelled to resign his command. He was a gallant officer and a true and brave soldier. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade, and followed that occupation almost exclusively through life. At the time of his death he owned eighty-five acres of land near Glendale. March 15, 1855, he married Sarah E. Steen, who bore him one child, named Benjamin W. Mrs.Clark died in l856, and in 1867 Mr. Clark took for his second wife Eliza C. Wise, a native of Daviess County, born in 1849. To their marriage these four children were born: Ephraim T., born in 1868; Carrie D., born in 1870; John M., born in 1873, and Harlan T., born in 1884. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and was for many years a Mason. He was noted for his clarity and for his many sterling virtues. His death, which occurred October 16, 1885, was the result of rheumatism contracted in the army. At the time of his death he was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Clark is a woman of much intelligence, and a kind and accommodating neighbor.
Contributed by: Michael L. Tedrow