BIOGRAPHY

AARON CLARK - OF MEDINA, NY (#1)

Aaron Clark was born in Geneseo, October 7, 1827, came to Alabama when a young man, and married Elsie Jane, daughter of Gideon and Mary (Snyder) Howland, of Alabama, October 4, 1856. Soon after he located in Medina, and built the hotel which he occupied up to He was a kind and genial landlord, and justly entitled to the name "Old Sport" given him. There were four children born to them, viz.: Adelbert and Ira, who died in infancy; Carrie E., born 1861, married Robert McConnell, in 1880, and has a son, Curtis, born November 15, 1882; and Mark, born 1866, who is a noted horse trainer. Aaron Clark's wife died in 1880. He married, second, Belle Lyon, widow of John Montgomery. Mr. Clark is fond of horses, and resides on West Street, Medina.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record, of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890