Captain Samuel E. Clark
Captain Samuel E. Clark entered the 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. July 28, 1862, at the age of thirty-eight, for a period of three years. He was killed May 9. 1864, at the battle of Cloyds Mountain. His body was brought home and is interred in the village cemetery at West Union. He engaged in the battle with good health, and with zeal and energy. He had worked hard to make himself an efficient officer. He was beloved by his men and respected by his fellow officers, and they regarded him as one of the ablest among them. He lived long enough after struck to learn the result of the battle, and almost with his last breath, he thanked God that victory was soon to be ours.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900