Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St Joseph counties, Indiana, together with biographies of many prominent men of northern Indiana and of the whole state, both living and dead . f the well-known, Peter D. Berkey. They also reside near the mill and are doingwell. The efforts of the brothers are being rewarded, and their business is con-stantly on the increse. He has never hesitated to put his hand to any honorablework and is fully deserving of the esteem in which he is held in his section of thecounty. His career is well worthy of emulation. Edwakd Clabk. a glance at the lives o
Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St Joseph counties, Indiana, together with biographies of many prominent men of northern Indiana and of the whole state, both living and dead . f the well-known, Peter D. Berkey. They also reside near the mill and are doingwell. The efforts of the brothers are being rewarded, and their business is con-stantly on the increse. He has never hesitated to put his hand to any honorablework and is fully deserving of the esteem in which he is held in his section of thecounty. His career is well worthy of emulation. Edwakd Clabk. a glance at the lives of representative men whose names appearin this volume will reveal many sketches of honorable and influential citizens whohave resided many years in this county, but among them none are more worthy ordeserving of meution than Mr. Edward Clark, who is a true typo of a successfulIndiana farmer. He is not only one of the countys oldest settlers, but one of itsmost wortby and prosperous men. His fine farm, consisting of 160 acres, is situ-ated four and a half miles south of Goshen and is kept in the best condition byMr. Clark, who thoroughly understands everything connected with agricultural. r^^i^^^^t^^^tY. _^C^^ ifBifOIRS OF INDIANA. 56S parsuits. Mr. Clarks grandfather, who was the progenitor of the Clark family inthe United States, was born in Ireland, but at a period antedating the Revolntionarywar he crossed the ocean to America, settled in Hampshire county, Va., and becamea large farmer, owning several hundred acres. He joined with the colonists andfought for independence but was captured and held by the Indians for threemonths. The four sons born to this marriage were named as follows: Thomas,William, Daniel and Hendricks. Mr. Clark lived to be an aged man and receivedhis final summons in the Old Sominioa. His son, Hendricks, father of subject,was also a native of that grand old State, Virginia, born in Hampshire county in1793, and there received a limited edacation. In conn
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