WILLIAM CLARK, farmer; P. O. Plum Lick; was born March 3, 1821; his father was Thompson Clark ... [his] mother was Deborah Wilson, ... William Clark received his early education in a log school house, under the instruction of a Mr. Samuel Nicholson, a Pennsylvanian; among his schoolmates, were Colonel Thomas Johnson and Colonel John S. Williams, now United States Senator; he afterward received instructions from various sources until about eighteen years of age; he subsequently engaged in teaching and farm work until his marriage, which occurred Nov. 22, 1849, to Eliza Ann Bradley, of Montgomery County and among the early and prominent families of this county; ...
... the result of the marriage of William Clark, were children as follows:
- Susan Alice, now Mrs. Calvin Gillispie, Jr.;
- Annie B.,
- Mollie B., now Mrs. David T. Wilson;
- James B.,
- Emma, now Mrs. James Gillispie, of Nicholas County;
- Willa,
- Frankie,
- Ida D.,
- Maggie L.,
- Eliza E. and
- Mattie Clyde.
He is of a conservative character, paying but little attention to affairs not pertaining to his business, but living a life of devotion to his family and business, he and family are members of the Christian Church at Flat Rock, and living lives of devotion to their christian faith.
