Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . m Bro. Clark was next inauthority; he was among the first ofElder Kingtons flock who yielded obe-dience to the gospel asbrought them by Elder Wilford Wood-druff, by whom he was baptized earlyin 1840; he was ordained a Priest at thetime of his confirmation and was or-dained an Elder June 21, 1840, under the hands of Willard Richards and WilfordWoodruff; after this he traveled andpreached and baptized many hundredsinto th
Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . m Bro. Clark was next inauthority; he was among the first ofElder Kingtons flock who yielded obe-dience to the gospel asbrought them by Elder Wilford Wood-druff, by whom he was baptized earlyin 1840; he was ordained a Priest at thetime of his confirmation and was or-dained an Elder June 21, 1840, under the hands of Willard Richards and WilfordWoodruff; after this he traveled andpreached and baptized many hundredsinto the Church. Emigrating toAmerica, he set sail from GloucesterApril 6, 1841, for Quebec, in charge ofa company of emigrating Saints, withwhom he traveled through Canada andarrived at Nauvoo July 8, 1841. Hesuffered in common with the Saintsgenerally the persecution and trials en-dured by the Church in Illinois untilthe expulsion in 1846. He then trav-eled to Winter Quarters, whence hewas called on a mission to travelamong the branches of the Church InIowa and Missouri, and on his returnfrom that mission he was called on amission to Europe, which he filled hon-. orably and returned in the fall of 1849,bringing with him a company of im-migrating Saints. He remained atKanesville till July 11, 1852, when hestarted for Utah. He arrived in SaltLake City Oct. 10, 1849, and almost im-mediately moved to Grantsville wherehe resided until his death, which oc-curred Oct. 14, 1873. During his resi-dence there he presided most of thetime as local Bishop or president. El-der Clark was a man who by his kind-ness and faithful labors gained theesteem of all with whom he was as-sociated. He was filled with integrity,spent his time in teaching and exhort-ing the Saints to faithfulness in thegospel, and as long as he had strengthto use his voice he bore powerful tes-timonies to the truth of the great Lat- 548 LATTER-DAY SAINT ter-day Work. The immediate cause ofhis death was dyspepsia, with whichhe wa
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