Bios: WILLIAM A. CLARK, JR., M. D., 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
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WILLIAM A. CLARK, JR., M. D.,
[p. 952] one of New Wilmington's prominent physicians, residing in his
pleasant and attractive home, which is situated on the corner of Market
and Vine Streets, was born at Great Belt, in Butler County, Pa., April
3, 1879. He is the only son of William A. and Martha (Jones) Clark. The
grandparents of Dr. Clark, George and Elizabeth Clark, came as pioneers
from York, Pa., to Lawrence County. By trade George Clark was a tailor,
but he was mainly known as a general merchant and postmaster at New
Wilmington. William A. Clark, father of Dr. Clark, has been successfully
operating in the oil fields of Butler County for many years.
Dr. Clark was about four years old when his parents moved to
Philadelphia, and later to Butler, Pa., where he attended the public
schools. His father's business required family removals and he later was
a student in the private school of Professor Clark, of Sharpsburg, near
Pittsburg. From there he came to New Wilmington, and for four years was
under the instruction of Mrs. Elizabeth Edgar, a well known educator
here, preparing to enter college. In the meanwhile, his father had
installed an electric plant at New Wilmington and this became Dr.
Clark's property and was under his management until he sold it, prior to
entering the Western Reserve College, at Cleveland. In preparation for
the medical studies he intended to pursue there, he had taken a course
at Westminster College. After one year at the Ohio institution, Dr.
Clark attended old Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, for a
year and then took a special course in diseases of the stomach, at the
Chicago University. For two years following his graduation, Dr. Clark
practiced his profession at Volant, Pa., and then came to New
Wilmington, a step he has never had cause to regret.
On August 5, 1903, Dr. Clark was married to Mary Helen Mealy, who is a
daughter of Dr. George N. Mealy, a well known physician of New
Wilmington. Dr. and Mrs. Clark have one son, George Paul, who was born
August 28, 1904. With his wife, Dr. Clark belongs to the Neshannock
Presbyterian Church of New Wilmington. Fraternally, he is a Mason and an
Odd Fellow.
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20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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