The independent-reporter., 1924-11-27
The Late y. Weston Clark

Weston Clark were held Sunday fore
noon at 10 a. m. from the Clark home
on Pleasant street, with Rev. George
Merriam officiating Interment was
in the North Burying Ground. Mr..
Clark died early Thursday morning at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID.
Bailey in the Bigelow Hill section.
The end came suddenly. The deeeas-
ed had for sometime been boarding at
East Madison, and had only been at
the Bailey home about one week He
had been in feeble health for some
time and recently his mind had been
so seriously impaired that he had not
recognized members of his own family
Mr.. Clark was named for Nathan
Weston for whom his father Col.
James Clark, was working, at the
time of his marriage Nathan Wes-
ton Clark was born in Corinna, jan
uary 3, 1910. His mothers maiden
name was Serlina Ireland. OF Mr..
Clark's brothers and sisters. Frank,
died in Lawrence, Mass, where he
had been overseer in the Everett Cot
ton Mills for % years. He is re-
membered for several valuable inYen-
tions in the Cotton Machinery line. A
sister, Marcia, married G.. L. Moore
of Bangor and died in that city. An
other sister, Ella died in Bangor un-
married. She was telegraph OPP
orator, following this occupation in
California for two years. also at Lew
iston, Bangor and in the White
Mountains. The Clarks were among
the early settlers on the River road
and the gentleman just now deceased
could recall the Indians coming down
the river and stopping on the inter-
wales.
While the family lived in Cornna,
all the children except Nathan w.
had diptheria and one, Albra. died,
young. Two of these children who
were born in Bloomfield, and both Of
whom were brought up by Capt.
Joseph Weston, moved back to what
in later years has been known as
the Adams farm which had been their
home in their younger days. 1t
should be noted that the mother and
father of N. W. were one of several
families that moved east from Bloom
field in the early days settling in the
edge of Somerset and Penobscot
counties. The Clarks were one of
the few households to establish
their home i'll Somerset county after
about 30 years absence.
Young N. W worked at first in the
woods in the Penobscot region. Soon
after his 21st year however he went
to work for Uncle Jack" Weston
and later on, for his son Levi w.
This employment lasted for about 80
years except for one year in Penn
sylvania. The most OF this time his
position was head sawyer. After
this he did some scaling in the woods
about Moosehead Lake, Greenville,
Dead River, etc, for the Westons,
William b. Snow, Hollingsworth &
Whitney and others This gives a
pretty good account of his lifes en-
ployment except for a few seasons
when he was employed as log watch
at Skowhegan and Madison by the
Kennebec Log Driving Co.
Mr.. Clark's time was spent so
much around the river that he recall
ed all the big freshets for many years
past He could remember one dis
tinctly that swung the Weston saw
mill off its foundation and came very
near carrying him down river. He
remembered seeing his first employ
er, famliarly spoken of as Uncle
Jack, in narrow escape on some
logs in high water in the back chan
mel. Uncle Jack was elderly at the
time and was caught out on jam
that had swung off from the head of
the island. As the logs worked
apart he fell across and partially be-
tween them. The men going to his
rescue, themselves took great chances
and he was only gotten ashore just
in time to save him from going over
the south dam.
Mr.. Clark was married Christmas
night 1872, and moved the next day
into the house On Pleasant ST. which
was his home for so mAny years
His wife was Mrs. Octayia Gray
widow of Frank Gray, former pro-
prietor of tho Elm House, now the
Skowhegan House When he moved
on to Pleasant ST., Moses Littlefeld
at that time editor and proprietor of
the Democratic Clarion, was living in