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CLARK, JOSEPH A. farmer and stock raiser, res. Second st, Carrollton; farm property situated in township 9, range 13, and township 8, range 13, and consisting of 720 acres. Joseph A. Clark is a native of Iowa, was born in 1839, the second child of Joshua and Paulina Clark, whose maiden name was Hoffman. The family moved from Iowa when our subject was a child, and settled on land at a point familiarly known as the Bluffs, where the head of the family followed agricultural pursuits, until his entree into the hotel business at Carrollton. He officiated in this capacity for six years, when he again took up the life of a farmer, and here young Clark passed his early years, and first embarked in business on Macoupin Creek; at a point now known as Clark’s Landing; here he kept a grocery, and attended to the duties pertaining to his farm, and also rafted logs down the river to St. Louis and Alton, during the greater part of ten years. Mr. Clark energetically pursued the calling of rafting logs down the river, and on which transaction he realized a handsome profit, and in due time he accumulated a handsome property, and now owns as above stated, 720 acres. In Fuldom, Jersey Co., Mr. Clark transacted a general merchandise business, and held the position of postmaster when he moved to Carrollton, where he purchased a residence and town property. In 1861, Mr. C. was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Fulks, a daughter of John Fulks, by whom he has six children: Clara B., Mary, Jennie, Cyrilda, Rosa and Zana Clark Rev. Robt., pastor M. E. Church.