Matthew D. Clark
Matthew D. Clark, barber, Garrettsville, was born in Ireland, August 15, 1849, son of Michael and Jane (Sands) Clark, of Farmington, Ohio, who had a family of eight children, five now living: Mary, Matthew, Kate, Anna, and John, who married Celia Johnson (have three children: Elser J., Elton P. and Claud, deceased). Our subject received a common school education in his native land, and in 1864 came to America with his mother, brothers and sisters to join his father, who had preceded them seven years, locating at Farmington, Trumbull Co., Ohio. Our subject enlisted in Company D, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, and on March 31, 1865, in the battle at Dinwiddle Court House, Va., he was wounded, and a week later his left leg was amputated by Dr. D. W. Bliss, Surgeon of the Army Hospital at Washington, D. C. After his discharge from the service he attended school a short time, then began to work at his trade, having learned it in Ireland. He was married, October 18, 1868, to Miss Alvira Johnson, born in Copley, Ohio, March 14, 1850, daughter of Fayette and Eliza (Taylor) Johnson. By this union there is one daughter—Maud J., born April 14, 1873. Since locating in Garrettsville Mr, Clark has here remained continuously, with the exception of three years spent in Akron, Ohio. He has been a member of Portage Lodge, No. 456, I. O. O. F., about nine years; also of the Encampment at Ravenna, and of Buckley Post, G. A. R., of Akron.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885