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P. M. Clark
P. M. CLARK, district attorney, Tionesta, was born near Curwensville,
Clearfield Co., Penn., September 23, 1851, and was the adopted son of Samuel
H. and Jane E. Clark. He removed with his parents to Forest county in June,
1870, and has since resided here. Entering the office of Hon. J. B. Agnew,
then prothonotary of Forest county, he remained there until March, 1872, when
he attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Penn., until December 1873, and,
re-entering Mr. Agnew’s office, was chosen to succeed him on his election to
the legislature in 1874. After the expiration of his official term, he studied
law with Miles W. Tate, Esq., and was admitted to the bar in 1883, at the
September term, forming a legal partnership with Hon. J. B. Agnew under the
firm name of Agnew & Clark. Mr. Clark was elected district attorney of
Forest county in the fall of 1885, and was re-elected in 1888. April 26, 1888,
he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Emma Baker, daughter of Daniel Baker,
of West Freedom, Clarion Co., Penn., a lady of the highest Christian
character, who died June 22, 1889, leaving to mourn her death a sorrowing
husband and a wide circle of relatives and friends.Source: Page(s) 926, Chapter 15 Biographical Sketches – Tionesta Township and
Borough of Tionesta
Hickory and Harmony Townships
History of Counties of McKean, Elk and Forest, Pennsylvania.
Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1890.
Transcribed November 2005 by Nathan Zipfel for the Forest County Genealogy
Project
Published 2005 by the Forest County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project
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