Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 1076 - 1077

ALEXANDER CLARK, an enterprising farmer on section 34, Valley Center Township, came to Sedgwick County in 1873, and took up 160 acres of land, where he now resides. He pays considerable attention to the raising of fine grade cattle and Poland-China hogs, as well as the raising of cereals. He was among the early settlers of Valley Center Township, and merits and receives the reputation of being an honest, upright and honorable gentleman in all the walks of life.

             Mr. Clark is a native of the State of Indiana, and was born in June, 1829. He is the son of John and Kesiah (Clark) Clark, the former of whom was a millwright by profession, and followed that business for about forty years in Kentucky, where he made a considerable amount of money. He was a Republican in politics and quite prominent in the local councils of that organization. He died about 1848. His wife is still living at the advanced age of eighty-five years, in Pike County, Ill., with her youngest son, Thomas Clark. The old people were members of the Dunkard and Free-Will Baptist Churches respectively. In their family were five boys and two girls, namely : Harvey, who died when three years of age; Eliza, Simeon, Alexander, James Monroe, Thomas and Mary Jane. Only three of the children are at present living - Simeon, Thomas and Alexander.

             The subject of our sketch remained with his parents, assisting his father and going to school, until 1849, when he was united in marriage with Miss Anne Jackson, who was born in Pike County, Ill. By this marriage there were three children - Edward, Mary Jane and Emma, the latter of whom died when two years of age. In 1857 Mr. Clark was bereaved by the death of his wife, who "departed to the pale chambers of death," and knowing that it was "not good for man to live alone" he again entered into a matrimonial alliance, in March, 1857, with Miss Hiley McWorter, a native of Pulaski County, Ky., born Jan. 8, 1833, and daughter of Calvin and Sarah (Dunham) McWorter. Her father has "passed to the pale realms of shade," and her mother is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Clark, and has attained the age of seventy-nine years. The hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Clark have been gladdened and their fireside brightened by the advent of nine children, seven of whom are living, viz: Lucy, Eliza, Harvey, Maggie, Fred, Nettie and Alexander. Lucy married Henry McKinney, and is living in Valley Center. The two children whose decease caused a gap in the family circle bore the names of Sarah and Alice.

             In his political affiliations Mr. Clark inclines to the principles and doctrines as formulated by the Republican party, but is not necessarily bound by party lines. His idea is that the fitness of men for the position should be the only consideration in all local questions, and he is very prone to follow his own leadership in the matter. Both he and his wife worship at the Free-Will Baptist Church.

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