| E.N. Clark |
| E. N. Clark, Postville, farmer, sec. 21;
owns 420 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre; son of M.
D. and Delilah Clark; was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., in
1838, his parents emigrating to Saginaw, Mich., in 1841,
engaging in the lumbering business till in 1848, when
they moved to Linn Co., Io. At the breaking out of the
rebellion, in June 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 6th Ia.
Inf., serving till the close of the war. He participated
in the battles at Pittsburg Landing, Black River and the
siege and capture of Vicksburg; returned home in 1865,
soon after moving to Delaware Co., Iowa, having secured a
government contract for a mail and state route between
Postville and Dyersville, which he run four years; after
which he moved to this county. Mr. Clark was first
married to Miss Martha Reed, in 1860, by whom he had four
children: Mary D., Elmer C., Ulysses G and Minnie C. His
wife died in 1869, and he was again married to Mrs. Lucy
Clark, widow of J. W. Clark, and daughter of Calvin
Dresser, in 1871. His wife has three children by her
first marriage: Franklin, Charles and Clavin D. Mr. C. is
a member of the A.O.U.W. pg 481 |