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Former summir Man WhosaSon Had Brilliant career In New YorldMidi lie 1 C. Clark who was a well known resident of Summit thirty years ngo died at 47 Green street* Newark Iasi Thursday and his funeral was in that city on Saturday morning. His home in Summit was.on’the.Turnpike Road near the arch bridge between Summit and Short Till Is and the red house and outbuildings tliat comprised his farm there is still standing* Mr, Clark was known and liked by horsemen StJ all Sections o\ New jersey and they comprised ft prominent part of the states population in these day a* Mr, Clark was o*ie of the first to enlist in the United Status army and served throughout the Civil War. One of the sons who assisted him in his I first days in Summit in the management of his farm afterwards had a wcuderfnl j career in the political and legal life ol New York city. Tins son was William M. Clark and many who Siill reside-dn ]-Summit remember him in the days when I he pitched hay or drove iSi$ wagons from his father's farm into the small village that comprised all there was of j Sum in it, jDuring Ins spare hours he devoted himself to the study of lawmandjbnly A few years later he was named as corporation counsel .of New York and served for two terms tinder the administrations of Mayors Grant and Gilroy,William Clark was a' law partner of W* Bourke Coekran and was the principal factor in tliejievelopment of the famous i jjmpirfr track the scene of sonic of jtjae, greatest trotting events in the history of the turf* William Clark, who was born in this city, died about twelve ^vears ELgO. - |Anothcryson, John Edward Clark is now ft resident of Boufid Brook, He is a lawyer* having in early life been connected with the firm composed of his brother and W. Bourke Cock ran. He i gave up the practise of law some years ^go and has applied himself to the work ■ of conducting a large farm at Bouud Brook,} He tfas the Democratic candidate in V the Third congressional district against Benjamin F, Howell three years ago, and, although defeated, made great inroad* in the then overwhelming Republican majority, He is a member of the board of Tiustees of Hie Epileptic Village, at SkiUman Station,
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Summit Record
Summit, New Jersey, US
Sat, Mar 07, 1914
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