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 CLARK. CLARK. 123 CLARK, EMBURY P., son of Chandler and Joanna (Woodward) Clark, was born m Buckland, Franklin county, March 31, 1845. His early education was received in the public schools. He removed with his parents to Holyoke in 1 S58, where his father opened a shoe store in which the son assisted as clerk. He has lived in Holyoke ever since, with EMBURY P CLARK. the exception of the time spent in the army during the late civil war. He enlisted in 1862, at the age of seven- teen, joining company B, of the 46th regiment Massachusetts volunteers. This was a nine months' regiment, and was stationed in North Carolina, and with the army of the Potomac. Colonel Clark was then a non-commissioned officer of his company. After returning from the war he entered the employ of E. H. Flagg, and learned the drug business, remaining with Mr. Flagg until he retired from busi- ness. Since 1876 he has been registrar of the Holyoke water-works. Colonel Clark has taken great interest in educational matters, having been a member of the school board continuously for eleven years, and is now vice-chairman of that body. He has been prominent in G. A. R. affairs, and was commander of Post 71 for five years. In social, benevolent and musical societies he has been a leading spirit. In military affairs Colonel Clark has always taken a prominent part. He was a sergeant in Co. K, 2d regiment in 1868, and elected captain, June 4, 1869. August 14, 1 87 1, he was commissioned major of the 2d regiment, and August 31, 1875, lieutenant-colonel. Upon the re-organi- zation of the militia in 1876, Colonel Clark was discharged with all other officers above the rank of captain. He again entered service as captain of Co. D, 2d regiment, December 23, 1878, and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, August 2, 1879, which position he held until February 2, 1889, when he was elected colonel. Colonel Clark is popular with the militia, and is an able officer and strict disciplin- arian. He was married in 1866 to Eliza A., daughter of Perley and Julia M. (Field) Seaver. Of this union are four children : Kate E., Edward S., Frederick B. and Alice M. Clark. CLARK, Isaiah Raymond, son of Ripley and Mary Ann (Raymond) Clark, was born in Felchville, Windsor county, Vermont, January 1, 1853. His early educational training was re- ceived in the public schools of Felchville and Windsor, Vt. Fitting for college, he entered Dartmouth, from which he was graduated in the class of 1S73. Choosing the profession of the law, he pursued his studies with the Hon. A. A. Ranney, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in February, 1876, since which time he has continued in the honorable and successful practice of his profession in the city of Boston, where he resides. Mr. Clark was married in Windsor, Vt., November 14, 1878,10 Katherine, daughter of Charles and Jane (Rowley) Cummings. CLARK, James Wilson, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Wilson) Clark, was born in Hopkinton, Middlesex county, April 13, 1802. His early education was limited to the common schools of those days, and his occupation was the usual one for a lad living on a farm. At eighteen years of age he entered a factory store in Med- way, as clerk, remaining four and a half years, then served for eighteen months as clerk in a store in Boston. In 1826 he went into business, keeping a variety store in Medway, where he re- mained until 1S29. He then removed to