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George D. Clark, attorney, is a son of Jonathan G. and Jane (Bowlin) Clark, the former of whom was born in New London, Conn., in 1802, and in 1827 located in Perry County, Ill., of which county he was the first judge, holding the position many years and being also ex officio probate judge; he was an active politician, in sympathy with the Democratic party, and during the war was a strong Union man. He died in 1864. Mrs. Jane Clark was born in South Carolina in 1811, and died in 1875. In the family of nine children George D. was the youngest but one. He was born in Perry County, Ill., February 22, 1845, was reared a farmer and received a fair English education. September, 1861, he enlisted in a company of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry, Union army, and took part in every engagement of his company for three years and three months, being honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn., December 10, 1864. He returned to Duquoin, Ill., and read law two years, and in 1867 married Cora Foster, a native of East Bloomfield, N. Y. Mr. Clark subsequently engaged in the tombstone business for ten years, becoming a skilled workman as well as salesman, and in 1872 located in Crawford County, Mo., where two years later he was admitted to the bar. From 1875 to 1879 he was engaged in his old business in Illinois, but has since turned his attention to the practice of the legal profession. For a short time in 1886 he edited the Crawford Sun, a strictly Democratic paper. Mr. Clark is mayor of Steelville, and has served as justice of the peace five years. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have six children, and the latter, with their oldest daughter, is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Clark also belongs to the G. A. R.