BIOGRAPHY

MRS. ELIZA E. CLARK - OF BATAVIA, NY

Clark, Mrs. Eliza E.-Jerome A. Clark was born in Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY, October 29, 1811. He learned the jeweler's trade in New York and came to Batavia in 1834, where he established himself in the jewelry business, in which he continued to the time of his decease in 1885. Mr. Clark was for many years one of the wardens of St. James's church in Batavia, and was an exemplary citizen. As indicating the sentiment of his townsmen at his loss, on the day of his funeral all the business places in Batavia were closed. He was married to Caroline Holden, who died in 1855, leaving two Sons: Hinman H. of St. Louis, and John H. of Chicago; for his second wife he was married to Mary Field, whose death occurred in 1869; he then married Eliza Holden, who survives him, with one son, Jerome De Lancy, of Batavia.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890