Thompson F. Clark was born in Lower Canada, in 1798, and came to Prophetstown in 1836, settling on the bottom west of the present village. He died in 1846. Mr. Clark married Miss Philena Miller in 1821. Their children have been: Charlotte, now dead; Statira, wife of E. Burchard Warner, living in Prophetstown; Oscar, living in Iowa; Edgar, who married Miss Electa Spencer, and lives in Chicago; Adeline, now dead; Rothchild; who enlisted in the 40th Illinois Volunteers, and died in the service; and Theodore F., living in Prophetstown.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County
