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William B. Clark


William Bradley Clark, son of Rev. William and Eleanor (Hardy) Clark, was born January 13, 1842, at Fryeburg, Maine. He began his classical education at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and entered college at the beginning of the Fall term, August 24, 1860.

He left us at the end of the first term of Freshman year, and afterward entered Amherst College, in 1861, completing the full course, and graduating in 1865. He went immediately to Patch Grove, Grant County, Wisconsin, where he was Principal of the Academy for five years. During this time, he also pursued the study of law, and was admitted to the bar of Wisconsin, at Milwaukee, in 1868. 

He removed to Bloomington, Wisconsin, in 1871, and engaged in the banking business, where he remained until the Spring of 1883. He was for seven years Chairman of the Town Board of Bloomington, Wisconsin. In the Spring of 1883, he removed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he is still engaged in banking, and is also the Manager of the Minneapolis Mortgage and Investment Company.

He was married July 17, 1872, to Miss Lucy E. David, of Amherst, New Hampshire. They have no children.

Source:  "Memorialia of the Class of '64 in Dartmouth College" compiled by John C. Webster, Shepard & Johnston, Printers, 1884, Chicago 


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