Clark, S. W. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 427, Astoria Township
S. W. Clark, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 1; P. O., Astoria. Samuel W. Clark was born in Belmont Co., O., March 29, 1819. His father, John Clark, it is supposed, was a native of Maryland, where he married Mrs. Elizabeth Green, by whom he had 10 children. Samuel was the youngest. He married Miss Eliza McFadden, in his native county. During the autumn of 1844 Mr. C. came to Ill., locating in Vermont township, and the following spring in Astoria township, where he bought 160 acres of land very little improved. The township was then heavily timbered, but he set about clearing and now has a well improved farm. All that Mr. C. owns to-day is to his own credit, as it was won by persistent and hard work led by an energy of purpose which never flagged. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Clark was blessed with 10 children, 8 of whom are living, - Thomas H., Nancy E., James F., Charles W., George O., Fannie M., Nelson and Robert L.