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Col Uri Clark
b.28 Oct 1836 New York, United States
d.3 Feb 1916 Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States
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m. 14 May 1828
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m. 1 Jun 1859
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[edit] Biography of Uri ClarkUri Clark was born born Oct 23, 1836 in Ithaca, New York[1]. After Uri and Harriet marry, they move into the household of her parents who moved their family to Ithaca, New York where they are found living on the 1860 U.S. Census[3]. When the 1870 U. S. Census was taken, Uri and Harriet had two daughters; Amelia, born in 1864 and Augusta, b. in 1865[4]. On the 1880 U.S. Census, a son, Leland B. Clark, is born and is seven months old[5]. The entire family is complete on the 1880 U.S. Census, in Ithaca, Tompkins, NY. They also have two 'cousins' living with them, a William Hutchinson and George Wilson[5]. On the 1900 census, Uri and Harriet are still living in Ithaca with their son Leland Clark[6]. In 1910, Amelia and her husband, Edward Fritts, have moved in with Uri[7]. Uri dies on October 23, 1836[1] where an extensive family history for him was published. [edit] Civil War Enlistment
[edit] Obituary of Uri Clark:Ithaca Daily News, Tuesday Evening February 3, 1916, page 5, 3rd col.[12][16] from FultonHistory.com [edit] Col. Uri Clark Dies at HomeProminent Resident of City and Former Business Man Passes Away After Long Illness – Was Secretary of Calendar Clock Co. Col Uri Clark, one of the City’s oldest and more prominent business men, died about 4 O’clock this morning at his home, 313 East Buffalo Street, after a long illness. Mr Clark was 79 years of age. While Mr. Clark retired from active business several years ago, he was interested financially in many of the city’s commercial enterprises and was recognized as a man of unusual business ability. At the time of his death he was secretary of the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company. Colonel Clark has been regarded generally as one of the city’s most successful and wealthy men. Whatever wealth he possessed, however, was acquired entirely through his own efforts, as he was the son of respected, but poor parents. [edit] Born Oct 23, 1836His grandfather came to this country from Connecticut in 1800 and his father was a farmer and drover, residing in Danby, where Mr. Clark was born Oct. 23, 1836[1]. The family moved to this city in Mr. Clark’s early boyhood and for a time the son attended the old Lancasterian School in Mill Street. He afterwards attended the old Ithaca Academy for one year and then became a jeweler’s apprentice under Joseph Burritt, in whose service he remained until he became a journeyman jeweler five years later. Mr. Clarks first business venture was in 1863 when he became a partner in the jewelry business with his former employer and F. W. Brooks under the firm name of Burritt, Clark & Co. A year later he sold his interest in the business and enlisted in the DeWitt Guards, seeing service as guard at a large camp of Confederate prisoners established at Elmira. During his term of service he was promoted to the rank of first sergeant. [edit] Ran Jewelry Store Many YearsAt the close of the war he returned to Ithaca and opened a jewelry store near the Colonial building, then the old post office, where he remained until 1867. He then moved to the corner of State and Tioga Streets, where he remained for thirteen years, eventually purchasing the store now occupied by the Fahey Pharmacy, where he conducted a jewelry store for more than twenty years. Immediately after the war Mr. Clark was attached to the staff of Gen. Charles F. Blood with the rank of adjutant general, from which he received the title of colonel, by which he was popularly known. In 1859, Mr. Clark married Harriett E. Patterson, the daughter of a prominent Ithaca physician. Mrs. Clark died a number of years ago. Colonel Clark leaves a son, Leland B. Clark of Buffalo, and two daughters, Mrs. Charles R. Browning of Orange, N.J>, and Mrs. E. M Fritts of this city. [edit] Funeral SundayAlthough Colonel Clark was deeply interested in the business and civic welfare of the city, he never consented to become a candidate for election to any office, although he served as a member of the Board of Health for fifteen years, being president of that body at the time of the typhoid epidemic in 1903. A member of the Odd Fellows, he at different times held all of the chairs in that organization. He also was the oldest member of the Protective Police. He was a member of the Town and Gown Club and one of the original members of the Daddy’s Club. The funeral will be held at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the home. Burial will be in the City Cemetery. Image Gallery
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