STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1903, page 1, column 6

PHILO CLARK, 15 Jan 1815 - 11 Mar 1903

                      PHILO CLARK

   The subject of the above sketch was well known to the early 
settlers of this county and kept up the acquaintance by frequently 
attending the annual meetings of the Old Settlers.  He was born 
Jan. 15, 1815, in Eaton, Madison county, N. Y.  His people were 
Massachusetts people and he took great pleasure in the fact that he 
could trace his ancestors back to the Winslows of the first years 
of the Plymouth colony.  He married Elizabeth Fitzgerald in Ontario 
county, N. Y., in 1841.  They immediately settled in Steuben 
county, he having lived here since 1836.  In 1864 they moved to 
Albion, Michigan, where they resided until the death of Mrs. Clark 
in 1894, and in May, 1896, he went to live with his son, R. E. 
Clark, in Chicago, where he died March 11th, 1903.  Mr. Clark 
occupied more than an ordinary position among the people of Steuben 
county.  He held many township and county offices, and in 1858 was 
elected a member of the legislature, and served faithfully and 
well.  He enjoyed the perfect confidence and esteem of a very wide 
circle of friends and acquaintances.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Clark were 
identified with the Christian church.
   
   Mr. Clark has, not withstanding his advanced age, being over 
eighty-eight years old, enjoyed exceptional good health, often 
saying he had no aches or pains.  During the past winter he showed 
many evidences of loss of strength of mind and body without any 
decided sickness except such as often comes with advanced years.  
His remains were taken to Albion for burial.
(Picture included with obituary)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1880 U. S. Federal Census, for Sheridan Township, Calhoun County, 
Michigan, on file at Salt Lake City, Utah, Family History Library Film 
#1254575, NA Film Number T9-0575, page #376A, has the following 
information:

   Philo Clark, self, married, male, white, age 65, farmer.
   Elizabeth Clark, wife, married, female, white, age 64, keeping house.
   Clara Burgess, other, single, female, white, age 24, servant.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net