A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...

6Q CLARK GENEALOGY.
V. William Watkinson, b. Nov. 20, 1859, in San Francisco,
vi. Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1861, in Petaluma, Cal.
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Denuis ItVootli'iiff'' {Abraham,^ 3Iervin,^ John,^ Matthew ^'^
John'), b. May 27, 1819, in Farmington ; m. Aug. 22, 1850,
Mary Caroline Hubbs, born April 1, 1819, in Portland, Maine,
daughter of Alexander and Mary (Lowell) Hubbs.
The following statement of the principal facts of his life
was contributed by a member of the family :
" Mr. Clark was born in Farmington, May 27, 1819.
Leaving that town with his father's family, when about eleven
years old, he spent twenty-two years in the West, finally locat-
ing in Portland, Maine, where he is now living. Going West
in 1831, he had no opportunity for more than a common
school education. His business education commenced as a
clerk in the book-store of Mr. Jeremy L. Cross, in New
Haven, Ct. After removing West he was clerk for merchants
in Naples and Jacksonville, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri.
Leaving St. Louis in 1845, he made his first venture in busi-
ness at Rockingham, Iowa, but afterwards went to Platteville,
Wisconsin, where he engaged in mining and mercantile pursuits
until 1852. While living in Platteville he united, March
10, 1844, with the Presbyterian church, and August 22,1850,
was married in Portland, Maine, to Miss Hubbs, daughter of
Capt. Alexander Hubbs. In 1852 a partnership was formed
with his brother, Dr. J. W. Clark, and brother-in-law, Mr.
Elias Gill, under the firm name of Gill, Clark & Co., for trad-
ing in California. Here his next two years were spent in
San Francisco and Sacramento. Returning in 1854, he located
in Portland, and has for twenty-eight years been engaged in
the ice business in that city, for nineteen years carrying on