CLARK, Robert H. 1835

CLARK, GILMORE, WOODLEY, KENNEDY

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Date: 2/26/2005 at 19:56:04

Robert H. Clark, a dentist, La Porte City, Iowa, was born in Livingston County, New York, January 4, 1835, a son of Calvin E. and Harriet C. Clark, who were of English descent.

He was reared and educated in his native State, his early life having been spent in various pursuits. He has been twice married, taking for his first wife, Mary A. Gilmore, a daughter of Dr. James Gilmore, of Springbrook, Erie County, New York. She died leaving two children, William G. and Emma L. Mr. Clark was subsequently married to Mrs. Sallie A. (Woodley) Kennedy, a daughter of Abraham W. and Rhoda Woodley of La Porte City.

Mrs. Clark has been a resident of Black Hawk County for many years. She was formerly married to the late A.C. Kennedy who was an early settler of this county, and to this union were born three children--Estella I., Orra A., and Olive M.

In August, 1862, Mr. Clark enlisted in Company B., One Hundred and Thirty-sixth, New York Infantry. He participated in the battle of Chancellorsville, but the Eleventh Army Corps, of which he was a member, was principally held in reserve by General Sigel. He was shortly afterward taken sick with typhoid fever and confined in the hospitals of Philadelphia for four months. He was honorably discharged in August, 1863.

He began to practice dentistry in 1865 which he followed successfully for a time in Michigan and also in Danville, New York. He came to Black Hawk County, Iowa, in 1873, locating at La Porte City, where he has since built up a large and lucrative practice and has established an excellent professional reputation, being the leading dentist of this city. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a comrade of the Grand Army post. Politically he is a Republican.

[ Historical and Biographical Record of Black Hawk County, Iowa, 1886 ]