The Episcopal Chapel at Middleburgh, N. Y., furnished Mr. Clark with the educational training with which he entered upon the active duties of life. After leaving school he served an apprenticeship at the foundry trade, which he has continuously followed. He is the patentee of an acetyline gas generator which has been a marked success. In 1885 he settled in Bayonne, Hudson County, and still carries on the foundry business.

Mr. Clark enlisted in the War of the Rebellion, August 20, 1862, as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth New York Volunteers, and served until the close of that sanguinary conflict. He participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, and other important engagements, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He has always been a Republican, prominent in party and public affairs, deeply interested in the progress of the community, and highly respected for those sterling qualities which distinguish the representative citizen. He is Past Grand Commander of the Knights of Malta of New Jersey, and a member of Mansfield Post, No. 22, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bayonne Lodge, No. 99, Free and Accepted Masons, of Veteran Legion, No. 81, of Jersey City, of Bayonne Lodge, No. 37, Knights of Pythias, of Eastern Star Chapter, No. 21, of Bayonne Lodge, No. 206, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Council No. 119, Junior Order of American Mechanics, of Council No. 25. Senior Order United American Mechanics, of Elizabeth, and of Council No. 109, Daughters of Liberty, which he organized. He is also a member of Bayonne Court, Independent Order of Foresters. Mr. Clark is one of the most popular and influential men in the southern part of Hudson County, and in both business and public affairs is widely known. He has achieved success in every capacity, and has discharged with fidelity and satisfaction all the duties which he has been called upon to perform.