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biography from Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887
R. V. CLARK, one of the intelligent farmers
of Scott Township, was born in Columbiana
County, Ohio, Oct. 16, 1818. His father,
Gen. George Clark, was born in 1772, and
his mother, formerly Miss Hannah Vaughn, was
born in 1779. Both were natives of Pennsylvania,
and were among the first settlers of Columbiana
County,. Ohio, where they located in 1810. Gen.
Clark was a farmer by occupation
but served as a soldier in the War of 1812, commanding a
regiment of dragoons as Colonel, until the close, when
be was breveted Brigadier-General for gallantry in
action. After becoming a resident of Ohio, he was
several times elected member of the State
Legislature, and was a leading citizen in his county, both
in social and political circles. He died in 1828,
and his wife, the mother of our subject, in 1849.
R. V. Clark, the subject of this sketch, removed
to Carroll County, Ohio, in 1845, and engaged in
general merchandising until the fall of 1851, when
he removed with his family to Oskaloosa,
remaining in this city during the winter, and locating in
the spring on his present farm in Scott Township,
which he has since cultivated and finely improved.
He was married, Oct. 2, 1842, to Miss Mary M.
Myers, a native of Ohio, born near Circleville,
Pickaway County, in 1826. They became the
parents of eleven children, as follows: Elmore, born
Oct. 10, 1843, lives in Scott Township ; Damaretta,
born in Ohio, Dec. 27, 1844, is the wife of Sanford
Graham, of Black Oak Township; Hannah Vaughn,
born Nov. 12, 1846, in Ohio; Beverly, born in
Ohio, July 30, 1849, died in Mahaska County, Jan.
7, 1854; George Jacob, born in Carroll County,
Ohio, March 3, 1851, is living at home; Isaac
M., born May 22, 1853, is in Reno, Kan.; Mary M.,
born Jan. 22, 1855, is the wife of Jasper Olney,
and resides in Marion County, Iowa; Richard
V., born Dec. 8, 1856, resides Scott Township, this
county; Hettie, born Feb. 11, 1858, Charles
Willard, April 21, 1861, and Cora Jane, Aug. 3, 1869,
are at home; Sarah Ida, born Feb. 24, 1865, died
June 25, 1886.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark are worthy members of the
Presbyterian Church. Our subject has served as
Justice of the Peace several terms, and has also
been a member of the County Board of Supervisors
two terms, discharging the duties of this latter
position in a manner highly creditable to himself and
satisfactory to his constituents. He is systematic
and thorough in all his undertakings, and pursues
mixed farming, raising large numbers of horses,
cattle and hogs. He has been prospered in life,
and is in comfortable circumstances. He is widely
and favorably known as conscientious and upright
in all his dealings, a man of integrity and of
influence in the community where he resides.
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R. V. CLARK, one of the intelligent farmers
of Scott Township, was born in Columbiana
County, Ohio, Oct. 16, 1818. His father,
Gen. George Clark, was born in 1772, and
his mother, formerly Miss Hannah Vaughn, was
born in 1779. Both were natives of Pennsylvania,
and were among the first settlers of Columbiana
County,. Ohio, where they located in 1810. Gen.
Clark
Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887
Mahaska County, Iowa Genealogy