Biography of Thomas Jefferson Clark, pages 682 / 683.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Thomas Jefferson Clark was born in Richland County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1850, the 
eldest son and second child of George and Delilah (Schaffer) Clark.  In 1851 
his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and here he was reared and 
educated.  When he was ten years of age he began to assist his father in 
running a threshing-machine, working for the farmers in harvest.  He has 
been successful in his business transactions and is on of the most 
prosperous young men in the county.  He owns 110 acres of choice land, all 
well improved, with a pleasant residence and good farm buildings.  Mr. Clark 
was married in 1871 to Harriet Weaver, daughter of David Weaver, of Auburn, 
Ind.  To them were born two children---Mary M. and Aldie May.  In 1876 
Mrs. Clark was burned while lighting a fire with kerosene, and lived but a 
few hours.  Feb. 27, 1879, Mr. Clark married Dorothea Ann Cochran, daughter 
of Thomas Cochran, of Keyser Township.  They have two children---David E. 
and Walter S.  Politically, Mr. Clark is a Republican.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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