Dr. Jasper N. Clark
Dr. Jasper N. Clark, of Madison Mills, is the second son of Alexander and Lydia (Adkins) Clark. His parents were natives of Orange County, Virginia, and came to Ohio in the year 1837.
Our subject was born, October 6, 1843, in Mt. Sterling, Ohio, and in 1859 his parents settled at Madison Mills. He evinced a taste for study at an early age, and by close application to his books, became the leading pupil of his neighborhood and school. He worked for some years at the trade of blacksmithing, but at the age of twenty-eight, he turned his attention to the study of medicine, and began reading with Dr. W. T. Wilerman, of Pickaway County. During 1870-71 he attended the usual lecture courses at Starling Medical College, Columbus, and in March, 1872, graduated from that institution. That same spring he began practicing at Harrisburg, continuing there one year; then at Buena Vista a year, when he located, in 1874, at Madison Mills, where he now has a fine practice. He was married, December 28, 1877, to Ella, second daughter of George and Emily (Bush) Parrot, of Madison Township. To them have been born two children: Mabel, born May, 19, 1879, and Lewis, born February 13, 1880.
Dr. Clark has surmounted many obstacles to attain the position he now occupies in his profession, and he now stands among the first of the medical men of his county, enjoying and deserving the utmost confidence of his professional and unprofessional acquaintances. He is a member of the Bloomingburg Lodge No. 449, F. & A. M.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County