Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Clark, Frank W. |
Genealogy ID |
25996 |
Born |
21 AUG 1839 |
Birthplace |
Richmond, Tioga PA |
Deceased |
27 SEP 1927 |
Deceased where |
Mansfield, Tioga PA |
Cemetery |
Prospect Cemetery |
Education |
Mansfield Publilc School Wellsboro High School Mansfield Classical Seminary Mansfield State Normal School |
Occupation |
Lawyer |
Titles & honors |
Mansfield Borough secretary Trustee Mansfield State Normal School Mansfield Hook & Ladder State Board of Health Democratic County Committee |
Father |
Elijah Pincheon Clark |
Mother |
Fanny Fitzgerald |
Spouse |
Leila S. Cole |
Children |
Juia Genevieve Clark Fannie M. Clark |
Reference |
Obit PDC |
Notes |
CLARK, Frank W., Esq. – F.W. Clark, Prominent Lawyer Passes Away – Frank W. Clark, Esq., one of the most prominent lawyers in Northern Pennsylvania, died yesterday at ten o’clock, a.m., after a week’s illness. Enlargement of the heart was the doctor’s decision. The funeral will be held tomorrow [Thursday] afternoon at two o’clock at the house on North Main Street, Rev. J.H. Stanton, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will officiate, assisted by Rev. D.J. Griffiths, of the Baptist church; interment will be in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. Clark is survived by his widow, and two daughters, Fannie M. Clark, and Julia Genevieve, wife of Carl Clark, of Wellsboro; and six grandchildren; also a niece, daughter of the late J.M. Clark. Frank W. Clark was born in Richmond township, August 21, 1839, a son of Elijah Pincheon and Fannie Fitzgerald Clark, and grandson of Elijah and Lydia Mixter Clark. He was reared in his native township and received his education in the public schools of Mansfield, the Wellsboro high school and the Mansfield Classical Seminary, now the State Teachers College. He spent the summer of 1863 in the West with his invalid brother, Daniel E. Clark, remaining with him until his death. In the early part of 1864 he commenced the study of law under the Hon. Henry Sherwood, of Wellsboro, with whom he remained two years. Upon his admission to the bar, in 1866, he located in Mansfield, where he has ever since resided, and practiced his profession. Mr. Clark was married September 9, 1875, to Miss Lelia S. Cole, a daughter of Alston J. and Mary B. Adams Cole, of Mansfield. In politics Mr. Clark has always been a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat. Had he been of the Republican faith, Mr. Clark could have been elected to most any office in the county or district, for he was one of the best lawyers in the state. For fifteen years he was a member of the State Board of Health. He has served as chairman and secretary of the Democratic County Committee. He was nominated several times for Representative in the Legislature, as well as District Attorney and Judge, but unfortunately for him he was on the wrong side of the fence politically. He was secretary of the borough of Mansfield for many years, a trustee of the Normal School, and President of the Mansfield Hook and Ladder Company. Mr. Clark was not only a prominent and successful lawyer, but was always one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of Mansfield. – Mansfield Advertiser, PA, 28 September 1927, p.1 CLARK, Fran W., Esq. – Funeral of the Late Frank W. Clark – The funeral of the late Frank W. Clark, Esq., was held at his late home on North Main Street, and was largely attended. The following members of the Tioga County Bar Association were in attendance: Judge Howard March, C.H. Ashton, C.B. Clark, Thomas Crichton, Mason Owlett, A.B. Dunsmore, C.M. Elliott, E.H. Green, N.B. Leslie, George R. Mathers, Horace B. Packer, F.H. Rockwell, E.B. Rockwell, Walter Sherwood, Harry N. Sherwood. Many others from out of town were present, among whom we noticed Prothonotary E.P. Rees, of Wellsboro; Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick and Mr. & Mrs. Dodson, of Olean; Mrs. Lucy Bailey Rockwell, of Wellsboro. Rev. J.H. Stanton, pastor of the Mansfield Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Clark was a member, gave a short, but splendid talk from John 9:4: "The night cometh when no man can work." Mr. Stanton said, in part: Death is certain. Man may conquer everything else. He may jealously guard his health, and obey all the laws of his physical being. Yet with it all a slow disintegration sets in early life. We start to die before we have commenced to live. Death is a swifter runner than man. It overtakes him in the end. Trips planned are never completed, poems are left unwritten, children are left motherless and husbands wifeless. The dearest ties are broken. Death is cruel. It has no love nor sentiment. But in another sense death is uncertain. The moment of its coming is beyond our knowledge. There are a thousand things to cut one’s life short unexpectedly. Life is constantly becoming more hazardous. We must then strive to out utmost to make our lives useful while we can, for death may at any moment terminate our work. Rev. Mr. Griffiths mad a few remarks in which he eulogized some of the peculiarities of the deceased. He said that Mr. Clark had often said that he desired to die from his feet up, when his time came. Meaning that he wished that his mind would remain clear to the end. And in this he got his wish. The interment was in Prospect Cemetery. – Mansfield Advertiser, PA, 5 October 1927, p.1 Frank W. Clark, married Death Cert. #87956; Cause – Chronic myocarditis + senility b. 21 August 1839, Richmond Township; d. 27 September 1927, Mansfield boro Spouse – Lelia Cole Occupation – Lawyer Parents – Elijah Pincheon Clark, Richmond Township + Fanny Fitzgerald, Orange County, NY Informant – Lelia Clark, Mansfield, PA Signed my – DeVere Ritclur, MD; 27 September 1927 [name difficult to read] Burial – 29 September 1927, Mansfield, PA |
Places of residence |
Mansfield, Tioga PA |
