Caledonia

CLARK, John Calvin

1st Biography of John Calvin CLARK

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 72

John Calvin CLARK, St. Johnsbury [Caledonia County, Vermont], was born 03 
June 1852 in Lunenburg [Essex County, Vermont], son of John S. and Ann E. 
(ROBINSON) CLARK. [Note the mother's name is given as Eliza Ann in the 
second biography.] His educational advantages were received in the public 
and private schools of Detroit [Wayne County], Michigan, and he commenced his 
business career at the age of eighteen, when he was employed as a clerk in he 
First National Bank at St. Johnsbury. In 1873 he accepted the position of 
cashier in the First National Bank of Chelsea, but after then years returned 
to St. Johnsbury as assistant cashier in the institution in which he was 
first employed. In 1886 he was promoted to the post of cashier, which he 
retained until 1893, when he resigned to become the treasurer of the E. & T. 
Fairbanks Company. Mr. CLARK is also treasurer of the St. Johnsbury Electric 
Light Company, The Mystic Club, and Home for Aged Women, and is a director of 
the First National Bank. A stanch Republican, but has never held any 
political office excepting that of clerk of the village corporation. He is a 
member of the Sons of Veterans, and of Passumpsic Lodge No. 27, of St. 
Johnsbury. On 14 April 1881 he [John Calvin CLARK] was united in marriage to 
Lida E., daughter of Rev. John M. and Anna Haselton PUFFER. Three children 
are the issue of the marriage: Robert P., Margaret R., and Arthur Dana.



2nd Biography of John Calvin CLARK

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 149

John Calvin CLARK, St. Johnsbury [Caledonia County, Vermont], treasurer and 
general manager, was born 03 June 1852 in Lunenburg [Essex County, Vermont], 
son of John Spencer and Eliza Ann (ROBINSON) CLARK. Educated in the public 
schools of Newton [Middlesex County], Massachusetts, and public and private 
schools at Detroit [Wayne County], Michigan. Entered First National Bank, 
Chelsea, 1873; assistant cashier First National Bank, St. Johnsbury, 1883; 
cashier 1886; treasurer of E. & T. Fairbanks & Company 1893, secretary and 
treasurer 1895; general manager 1911; now holds these several offices in the 
company; director First National Bank since 1893; director, secretary, and 
treasurer of St. Johnsbury Electric Company; director and treasurer of E. & 
T. Fairbanks & Company, Ltd., Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec. Republican; 
represented St. Johnsbury in the Legislature 1894. Member of the 
Congregational Church. In 1881 he [John Calvin CLARK] married [Miss?] Lida 
Ella PUFFER, of Chelsea [Orange County, Vermont]; they have four children: 
Robert Puffer, Margaret Robinson, Arthur Dana, and Dorothea Clark.

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