The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-24
DEATH OF H, M. CLARK
After an ijlnesS Of Nearly Six Months
He Passed away Peacefully
Wednesday.

NVhLSous
1t is with regret that The Repub-
lican announces the death of Hon.
H. NJ. Clark. which occurred Wednes-
day at As O'Clock a. NJ. at his home
on east Fifth street. His death has
been expected for the past month and
the public was in a measure prepared
fer it, yet the news was received
sadly. He has been confined to the
house practically since last May. when
he was taken with severe attack Of
sciatic rheumatism. The. ultimate
cause of his death was the hardening
of the arteries, which process has
been going on slowly for some little
time. He knew the end was coming
and was wholly prepared for the ter
mination. He has been unconscious
most Of the time but at 5 O'Clock
that morning he was able to recognize
Mrs. Clark and babe her good bye,
and then relapsed into an unconscious
state from which there was no awak-
ening.
H. NJ. Clark was borne in Lyme,
Grafton county, New Hampshire, on
December, 2, 1882. He was reared in
his native county and received his
education in the academy at Thetford,
Vermont. On completing his course
Of study in this institution he en-
tered a store in his native town and
was thus engaged for four years.
He was married November, s. 1856,
to Alice E. Dodge. He spent two
years in Minneapolis, Mimi, and
then returned to Lyme and engaged
in business for himself, opening a
general store, and conducted the same
until the fall of 1868. He sold out
his business there and moved to To-
ledo, Ohio, and there operated a man
ufacturing establishment until 1881.
In Aug, 1880, his first wife died.
In 1881 he sold out his business in
Toledo and came to the then terri
tory Of Dakota, and filed on some
land in the western part of Dawson
county and lived there two years.
He then bought some land in Aurora
county and.until 1896 he resided on
the farm. He was again united in
marriage in 1883 to Miss Sarah a.
Clark, who is left to mourn his loss.
In 1885 Mr.. Clark was sent to the
territorial legislature, which met at
Bismarck, and was made chairman OF
the appropriations committee. In
1896 he moved to Mitchell and en-
gagged in the insurance business.
Later Mrs. Clark joined him here.
At the time of his death MI. Clark
was a member of the city council as
one Of the aldermen from the THIRD
ward. He was also identified with
the Masonic bodies Of the city, and
one or two other societies.
Since his residence in Mitchell Mr..
Clark has made a geat -manyswarm
friends, who admired him for bis
splendid qualities as a man-honest,
straightforward, strict integrity and
unblemished character. He was a
man Of jovial disposition and looked
on the bright side Of things always.
He was a good citizen in every way
and much regret will be expressed at
his death. He was a christian gentle
man and was a consistent member of
the Congregational church, which he
assisted in building up in every way
that was open to his generous nature.
The writer has enjoyed many social
hours with Mr.. Clark and we learned
to esteem and respect him very high
ly indeed. There was a genuineness in
his nature, a feeling Of warm friend,
ship that instinctively drew n tt
him and created a desire to become
better acquainted. He has lived 6
good life and his many good deeds
will live long after in the future.