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F.A. Clark Obituary 1914
Everett Daily Herald
12-27-1914
Frank A. Clark, a pioneer of Everett, died last night at 10 o'clock in Morgan, Utah. Telegraphic advices were received in Everett late last night by members of the family apprising them that death had resulted suddenly from pneumonia. Mr. Clark went from Salt Lake City to Morgan, a few miles distant, to spend Christmas day with friends. He caught a cold, which rapidly developed into pneumonia and death quickly followed.
Frank A. Clark came to Everett with his brother John J. Clark about 24 years ago, engaging in the clothing business with his relative. Always active in republican politics in Snohomish county, each successive city committee usually had his name on the list. F.A. Clark, better known to intimate friends as "Alex", was a well known citizen of Everett and had a host of friends and well wishers here and in Western Washington. A few years ago he removed from Everett to Utah, where he has been identified with the oil development of that region. Under the administration of Gov. Albert E. Mead, F.A. Clark served as state oil inspector.
The deceased was 66 years old. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Mulvihill, and a brother John J. Clark, both of Everett, and a son Perry Clark of Bluff, Utah.
(Transcribed by Karyn Zielasko 27 Jul 2001)
12-27-1914
Frank A. Clark, a pioneer of Everett, died last night at 10 o'clock in Morgan, Utah. Telegraphic advices were received in Everett late last night by members of the family apprising them that death had resulted suddenly from pneumonia. Mr. Clark went from Salt Lake City to Morgan, a few miles distant, to spend Christmas day with friends. He caught a cold, which rapidly developed into pneumonia and death quickly followed.
Frank A. Clark came to Everett with his brother John J. Clark about 24 years ago, engaging in the clothing business with his relative. Always active in republican politics in Snohomish county, each successive city committee usually had his name on the list. F.A. Clark, better known to intimate friends as "Alex", was a well known citizen of Everett and had a host of friends and well wishers here and in Western Washington. A few years ago he removed from Everett to Utah, where he has been identified with the oil development of that region. Under the administration of Gov. Albert E. Mead, F.A. Clark served as state oil inspector.
The deceased was 66 years old. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert Mulvihill, and a brother John J. Clark, both of Everett, and a son Perry Clark of Bluff, Utah.
(Transcribed by Karyn Zielasko 27 Jul 2001)
Notes
Frank Alexander "Alex" Clark and J.J. Clark of Everett were sons of John Clark, a tailor born in Scotland who migrated to Niagara Falls, Ont. Canada, in the 1830s. They had several other siblings, James G., Robert and Margaret among ??? others. I once saw an article in the WA State Library in Olympia that may have the other names (update: all now shown in genealogy in Ancestry.com). My understanding is that they remained in Wisconsin, though one other brother may have been briefly part of the Everett mercantile business. Somehow they whole family was involved in the clothing business at one time or other principally in Wisconsin; oldest brother James George Clark was one of the founders of Jenkins and Clark, which later adopted the trade name Oshkosh B'Gosh, which brand survives to the present day.
Alex married Belle Perry of Berlin, WI, and they had two children, Perry Alexander and Genevieve AKA Jane.
Belle Perry Clark is buried near the northeast corner of the oldest portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Everett, WA. Her father Ambrose Perry lies about 200 feet southwest next to his daughter-in-law Helene T. Perry, wife of Belle's older brother Wallace Perry.
My great aunt Jane Clark Mulvihill (born Genevieve (Jennie) Bernice Clark) lived until 1940. She was the first graduate of Everett High School and was later a school teacher. Her husband Robert Mulvihill was a prominent Everett attorney.
My grandfather Perry Alexander Clark lived until 1972. He married Emma Frances Hanson, daughter of Wm. Joseph Hanson, around 1910, and they had three children, Geraldine, Valerie and Perry Alexander Clark, Jr., 1916-96, (aka "Bill") who was my father, having married my mother, Gwendolyn Davis Clark, in 1942.
Alex married Belle Perry of Berlin, WI, and they had two children, Perry Alexander and Genevieve AKA Jane.
Belle Perry Clark is buried near the northeast corner of the oldest portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Everett, WA. Her father Ambrose Perry lies about 200 feet southwest next to his daughter-in-law Helene T. Perry, wife of Belle's older brother Wallace Perry.
My great aunt Jane Clark Mulvihill (born Genevieve (Jennie) Bernice Clark) lived until 1940. She was the first graduate of Everett High School and was later a school teacher. Her husband Robert Mulvihill was a prominent Everett attorney.
My grandfather Perry Alexander Clark lived until 1972. He married Emma Frances Hanson, daughter of Wm. Joseph Hanson, around 1910, and they had three children, Geraldine, Valerie and Perry Alexander Clark, Jr., 1916-96, (aka "Bill") who was my father, having married my mother, Gwendolyn Davis Clark, in 1942.