. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. ecticut. April 26. 1868. His father, Herman (lark, was a farmer by occupation and was ason of William (lark, who followed carpentering. The mother bore the maiden name ofEllen Holcomb. Alfred H. Clark has one brother living, George B. Clark, founder of theGeorge B. Clark Furnitiu-e Company of Bridgeport, controlling one of the largest retailfurniture houses of Connecticut. There is also one sister, Mrs. Flora L. Deckand. of Strat-ford. There is also a half brother and a half sister: Jesse B., living at Torrington. Con-nectioit; and ilrs. Lizzie Wilcox. Alf
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. ecticut. April 26. 1868. His father, Herman (lark, was a farmer by occupation and was ason of William (lark, who followed carpentering. The mother bore the maiden name ofEllen Holcomb. Alfred H. Clark has one brother living, George B. Clark, founder of theGeorge B. Clark Furnitiu-e Company of Bridgeport, controlling one of the largest retailfurniture houses of Connecticut. There is also one sister, Mrs. Flora L. Deckand. of Strat-ford. There is also a half brother and a half sister: Jesse B., living at Torrington. Con-nectioit; and ilrs. Lizzie Wilcox. Alfred H. Clark was reared at Torrington and in his youthful days attended the publicschools, finishing his education with a two years course in Professor Guiles Business Collegeof New Haven. He was eigliteen years of age when he entered the factory of the UnionHardware Corn|iany at Torrington, in which he was employed for one year. Later he spent,two or tliree vears in the serviee of the Adams IOx]iress Company of Torrington and after-. ALFRED H. AXD (. A. CLARK BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 679 waid was (.ciiiiuctcd witli thi JCxfelsiur Nliillr I (iiii|iiiiiy tlicrt, uccu|i_\ iiig the positiiin uftoieinau for si-vtii years. In i>arly manliood lie likewise had experience in various other lines,selling the Wlieeh^r & Wilson sewing niaehines for a time and also tlie New Home sewingniaehine. lie possessed jduek and energy and anytliing Nvliirh hi niulertook he eai i iedforward to sneeessliil completion. At nineteen years of age he was the owner of a donblehouse in Torrington. At twenty-one years of age he owned two such houses—a fact whichshowed that he had carefully saved )iis earnings, of wliicli he liad made wise August, 1S96, he came to Bridgeport and from that time to tlie present, or for twenty-one years, he has been prominently identilied with the real estate business, making aspecialty of handling farm projierty, in which coiniection he has won an extensi
Size: 1421px × 1759px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidhistoryofbridgep00wald
