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 124 CLARK. CLARK. Boston, and there, and in New York, carried on the American dry goods com- mission business until 1S65, when he re- tired. He resided in Boston until 1846 only, then removed to Framingham, where he still resides. Mr. Clark was married in Medway, February 14, 1S28, to Mary Ann, daughter of George and Lois (Whiting) Barber. Of this union was one child : George Barber (deceased). He was married the second time in Worcester, March 24, 1842, to Catharine Monroe, daughter of Dr. David and Catharine (Monroe) March, of Sutton. Of this union were six children : Edmund Sanford, Catharine Elizabeth, Emily Jo- honot, Frances Augusta, James Wilson, and Arthur March Clark. (Catharine and Frances deceased). Mr. Clark was thirty years director in the Framingham National Bank (1849 to '79), and many years its president ; direc- tor in South Framingham National Bank (1880 to '89), also its president ; two years president of the South Middlesex Agricul- tural Society (1856 and '57) ; representa- tive to the General Court five consecutive years (1S61 to '65); was one of a delega- tion in 1866 from Massachusetts to meet delegations from all the States of the Union to consider and compare the politi- cal opinions of the Republican party with regard to its status at the time, and its future policy. Their meeting was in Phila- delphia, September of that year. In 187 1 he was state senator. In 1873, by appointment of Governor Washburn, he attended, as commissioner, the exposition at Vienna, Austria. He has been justice of the peace twenty-one years ; member of the American Pomological Society, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, the New England Historic Genealogical So- ciety ; director in the Tremont and Suffolk Mills, Lowell, and in the Bates Manufac- turing Company, Lewiston, Me. He has made many voyages across the Atlantic, and has spent portions of several years in Europe, both for business and recreation. Mr. Clark is an active Republican. He voted for John Quincy Adams for presi- dent of the United States, and for John Bailey for representative to Congress, in 1824, and has voted for every Whig and Republican nominee for these offices since. CLARK, JEREMIAH, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Bullock) Clark, was born Feb- ruary 11, 1S19, in Washington, Orange county, Vermont. He drew his education from the common schools. He entered the Lowell Machine Shop to learn the trade of machinist in 1836, re- maining there thirty years, having for some time been contractor for tools and cotton machinery. He then went into business as manufac- turer of card clothing, and organized the Lowell Card Company in 1873, of which he is president. In 1886 he became presi- dent of the Mechanics' Savings Bank. He is now a heavy dealer in both new and second-hand machinery. Mr. Clark was married in Lowell, 1840, to Lucy, daughter of Samuel and Eunice (Jaquith) Chamberlain. They have no children. Mr. Clark was called by his city to serve in the common council in 1852. He was elected to the House of Representatives, i860 and '61, and to the Senate, 1873. He was two years president of the Mechanics' Association of Lowell, is now one of the trustees of the Old Ladies' Home, trustee of the Young Women's and Children's Home, Lowell, and has been treasurer of the Worthen Street M. E. church since i860. CLARK, JONAS C, the son of William S. and Elizabeth Clark, was born in Hub- bardston, Worcester county, February 1, 1815. His father was a farmer, and the son worked on the farm until the age of eighteen, laying the physical foundation for a sturdy manhood. He then learned a trade, in which he later built up an extensive business. His affairs enlarged, and from a central office in State Street, Boston, he managed the general business of several stores he had established. In 1836 he married Susan W., daughter of Hildad and Rhoda Wright. In 1853, leaving manifold interests, he went to San Francisco, where he remained five years. He has since twice revisited the Pacific coast. His transactions in California were fairly successful, but the largest proportion of his great wealth has been accumulated since he located in New York City, thirty years ago, establishing the office there which he still retains. His acquaintance with business men and moneyed institutions secured him ad- vantages he was able to turn to good account, but the sources of his vast accu- mulations, and the germs of his uniform success, go back to his careful training among the New England hills. Mr. Clark has so managed his business that he has been enabled to allow long in-