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James D Clark
JAMES D. CLARK, fruit grower and farmer in Gilpin township, Armstrong
county, was born in Kiskiminetas township, this county, April 20, 1868, a son
of Jacob W. Clark and a grandson of Henry Clark.Henry Clark was for many years a farmer in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong
county, and died there when aged seventy years. He married Magdelena
Knepshield, and they had the following children: Susanna, George W. , Jacob
W., John K., Martha, Mary, Nancy, Margaret, Ida and Henry.Jacob W. Clark, son of Henry was born Aug. 21, 1847, on the old farm of his
parent�s, where he grew to manhood. He has engaged in farming all his life,
and resides on his valuable estate of ninety acres, which is situated in Parks
township. He is a well known and respected man, and is at present serving as
supervisor of his township. He married Catherine A. Shutt, daughter of Michael
Shutt of Spring Church, Armstrong county, and they have five sons: James D.,
Harry M., Grover C., Allen C., and William J.James D. Clark was reared on the home farm and attended the country schools
until he was sixteen years of age, when he went to Parsons Kan., remaining
there one year and returning to the homestead after this glimpse of western
life. When twenty-one years old he began farming for himself and remained
twelve years in Burrell township, moving from there to his native township, in
which he lived for seven years. In 16 he bought the Capt. Henry Truby farm in
Gilpin township, containing 104 acres, and has developed into one of the
foremost fruit growers in western Pennsylvania. He has orchards of choice
varieties covering twenty-three and a half acres of his valuable farm, and to
this industry he gives constant personal attention. His success along this
line has made him well known, and he is looked upon as an authority in
everything considering the raising of fruit. During the harvest seasons he
gives employment to quite an army of men and boys and during the blossoming
seasons, his fruit farm, just one mile east of Leechburg, is a scene of beauty
that attracts many admiring visitors.Mr. Clark married Anna Remaly, a daughter of W. R. Remaly, and they have
six children: Charles J., Howard E., Ada E., Robert H., James E. and Lawrence
D. Mr. Clark and family are members of the Hebron Lutheran Church at
Leechburg. He casts his vote with the Democratic party, but takes no part
other than a good citizen�s interest in political matters.Source: Page 912, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed February 1999 by Nanci Michalkiewicz for the Armstrong County
Beers Project
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