I found this volume of historical biographies on FamilySearch.org at an unremembered date. The face page of this book reads:
HISTORY
OF
MADISON COUNTY,
INDIANA,
FROM 1820 TO 1874,
GIVING A GENERAL REVIEW OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS, STATISTICAL
AND HISTORICAL ITEMS, DERIVED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES.
[I cannot completely read the rubber stamp impression but I think it reads MAR 1883
NEW BEDFORD.]
COMPILED WITH CARE BY
SAMUEL HARDEN,
MARKLEVILLE, IND.
1874.
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PERSONAL SKETCH OF THOHOMAS G. CLARK.
MR. C. was born in Virginia; came to this country in an early day, and located in Lafayette township, near Florida station. He was elected to the legislature as a Democrat in 1856, and served with ability, and was for several years township trustee. Mr.C. took great interest in the county and did as much as any other man for its advancement. Few men were more universally respected than Mr. Clark. He removed to Wayne county, Indiana, about the year 1863, and died there in 1870: Mr. C. was tall, and had
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224 HISTORY OF
dark hair and a dark complexion. Florida station, where he lived, was long known as Clark station, named in honor of him. He was the colleague of Colonel Stillwell in the House in the winter of '56 and '57.
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