Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Cass County. J.K. Clark, farmer; P. O. Bluff Springs; was born in Monroe Precinct, this county, then Morgan County, May 14, 1828, and is a son of Thomas C. and Julia Ann (King) Clark. Thomas C. Clark was born in Pennsylvania, Feb. 24, 1785; was married in Barren County, Ky., April 23, 1807, to Julia Ann King, who was born in Green County, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1790. They moved to Tennessee, where they lived seventeen years, then came to Illinois, and, after several changes of location, located, in 1846, at Bluff Springs, where they died; he, Aug.16, 1852; she, Aug. 2, 1866; of their thirteen children, four sons and five daughters grew to maturity, of whom three sons and three daughters are living, all in this county. The subject of this sketch attended school near Mount Pleasant, Ia., for about four years, afterward attending the schools of this county some time. He first taught school for some time, and then devoted his attention to farming, which occupation he has since pursued. Mr. Clark was, for many years, Road Supervisor, and School Director; he is a Democrat. Clark King = Morgan-IL PA Barren-KY Green-TN IA