Biographical Sketch of H. W. Clark, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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H. W. Clark, a leading farmer and stock raiser of Franklin County, Mo.,
was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., November 9, 1854, and is the son of
E. A. and Sarah (Pencost) Clark, both natives of Cayuga County, N. Y.
(For further particulars of parents see sketch of F. M. Clark).  Our
subject came with his parents to Missouri in the spring of 1861, when
he was but seven years of age, they locating at once in Franklin County
about four miles from Washington.  He secured a fair education at the
public schools, and attended for awhile the Washington High School.  He
remained with his mother (his father having died when H. W. was but 
fifteen years of age) until about twenty years of age, and then began
life for himself as a school teacher, following that occupation for
three years in the country schools.  He next spent about six months in
Southwestern Missouri, and then returned to Franklin County, where he
married, February 25, 1876, Miss Bertha Vitt, only daughter of J. T.
Vitt, of Union.  The result of this marriage was the birth of four
children, all living.  After his union with Miss Vitt, Mr. Clark pur-
chased a farm of 131 acres one mile west of Union, and there engaged in
farming and stock raising, and has continued the same up to the present.
On May 2, 1887, he began the dairy business, and since that time has
run a daily milk wagon in Union, and is meeting with success.  He has
always contributed his mite to the advancement of all worthy enterpris-
es, and has always taken an interest in schools and churches.  He is 
now a school commissioner of his district, having been elected to that
office in 1887.

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