Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
Jacob W. Clark, M.D.
History of Daviess Counties
Goodspeed Publishing Company 1886
JACOB W. CLARK, M.D. was born in the township where he now resides February 12, 1842, son of John and Catherine Clark, and is of German-Irish origin. He is the sixth of a family of ten children, and spent his boyhood days on a farm and in attending the common schools in his neighborhood. He began the study of medicine at Glendale under Dr. John S. Mitchell, a graduate of the Louisville Medical College. He attended lectures at the University of Louisville during the winters of 1868 - 69, and graduated in the winter of 1870. He then located at Glendale, where he has since resided. In July, 1877, he began the drug and dry goods business, continuing at that occupation until 1885, when he sold out to Dr. Ragsdale. Dr. Clark owns ninety-two acres of well-improved land. In 1874 he was married to Miss Lucinda J. Gillespie, a native of Benton County, Ind., born in 1852. They have two children, viz.: Ethel B. and Larry L. Politically the Doctor is a member of the National party, and has taken an active part in the political affairs of the county. He was formerly a Republican, and cast his first vote for Lincoln. He joined the Masons in 1866, and the I. 0. 0. F. in 1874. He is a representative of one of the old families of Daviess County, and is one of its most prominent men.
Contributed by: Michael L. Tedrow