With the exception of a short time passed in the northwestern part of the United States, the whole of Patrick J Clark's American residence has been in the borough of Dunmore, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, where he now lives. He is a native of county Mayo, Ireland, his father, James Clark, also born in Ireland. James Clark followed the blacksmith's trade throughout his active life, his death occurring in the homeland when he was about seventy-five years of age. He married Catherine Forbes, born in Ireland, died in Dunmore Pennsylvania, aged eighty years, buried in St Mary's Cemetery, of that place. Children of James and Catherine (Forbes) Clark: John, deceased; Michael; James, deceased; Mary, deceased; Bridget; Helen, deceased; Dudley, deceased; Patrick J, of whom further; Margaret, Catherine.
Patrick J Clark was born 13 Mar 1849, and when a youth came to the United States. He was a small boy when he began to work in the mines at Dunmore, later obtaining employment in a blacksmith's shop, where he remained until 1876. Becoming a worker in iron, he entered the service of the Scranton Bolt and Nut Company, and was connected with this concern until his retirement in Sep 1913. He is a member of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and politically is a strong Democratic sympathizer, having at one time been elected to the Dunmore borough council as the candidate of that party.
Mr Clark married, in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, Anna Donough, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States in girlhood. Of their thirteen children, the following grew to maturity: James J, deceased; Anthony; Joseph L; Frank D; Catherine, Cecelia, Anna, Nellie E; Genevieve. Mrs Clark died 14 Jan 1894, aged forty years, and is buried in St Mary's Cemetery.