George E. Clark Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- George E. Clark, hardware merchant of
Lutesville, Bollinger County,
Mo., was born in Norfolk County, Mass., in 1834, and is one of
two
children born to the union of Abijah Clark and Ann Calista
Sayles.
The
former is of Scotch-English descent, and was born in Norfolk
County,
Mass, in 1806.
He is a machinist and carpenter by trade,
and is yet
living in his native State at the ripe old age of eighty-two
years.
His
wife was of English origin, and was also born in Norfolk County,
Mass.,
in 1810. She died in 1881.
Their other child is Addie
Augusta. George
E. received a good education in the common schools, and in 1862
enlisted
in the Federal army, joining Company B, Forty-second
Massachusetts
Volunteer Infantry for nine months.
At the battle of
Brashear City he
was wounded by a gun shot in the left leg, and was taken
prisoner.
After being retained four weeks at Brashear City, La., he was
released,
after which he returned home.
In 1865 he went west, and
locating at
Cobden, Union Co., Ill., engaged in stove and tinware
merchandising.
In
1867 he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza J. Walker, who
was born
in Union County, Ill., in 1842.
She was the daughter of
Charles T.
Walker, of that county.
Their union has been blessed by
the birth of
three children who are living: Herbert Abijah, Nellie Augusta,
and Addie
Calista.
In 1868 Mr. Clark removed to Bollinger County,
Mo., and
locating at Marble Hill, established a general hardware store,
but in
1872 he removed to Lutesville and engaged in his present
business.
He
carries a first-class stock of stoves and tinware, etc., having
the
largest line of general hardware in Bollinger County.
Mrs. Clark died
in 1884. Politically Mr. Clark's views accord with the
principles of
the Republican party.
He served as treasurer of
Lutesville for the past
three years, and as secretary of the school board for seven
years.
He
is a member of the Congregational Church, I.O.O.F. and of the
G.A.R.
[p.824]
Goodspeed's History of
Southeast Missouri, [p.824]
Contributed by
Joe Crim
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