RICHARD C. CLARK, the circuit court clerk elect of Clinton county, was born in
Warren county, Ind., May 28, 1840, and lived in his native county until
fifteen years of age. Later, he moved to Minnesota, and was there in 1857,
when the dreadful massacre of Inkpadudah took place, and was also a member of
Capt. Dodd's com-pany, who went out to quell the outlawed Indians in 1860. He
also enlisted in company I, Seventy-second Indiana volunteer infantry, under
Capt. Jesse Hillis, in the late war, was soon promoted to be first lieutenant,
and had a command in Wilder's scouts until the close of the struggle. In 1873
he located in Frankfort, Ind., and for a time was successfully en-gaged in the
grocery business. About 1890 he engaged with Dr. Gard as deputy clerk, and
has met with the recognition of the Frankfort bar as an efficient deputy, and
this efficiency has also been acknowledged by the republican party, who have
re-elected him to succeed Dr. 0. Gard, his former principal, as clerk of
Clinton county.
Transcribed by Chris Brown from page 604 of "A Portrait And Biographical
Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.," published in 1895 by A.W. Bowen &
Co. Chicago.