From Memorial and Genealogical Record of Dodge and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin, 
publ. 1894 - Page 36-37
 
AMASA B. CLARK.  This honest old pioneer farmer of Dodge County, Wis., has fought 
the battle of life bravely and well, and is now living retired from the active duties of life 
and in the enjoyment of a competency which his early industry brought him.  He was 
born in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 21, 1823, a son of John H. CLARK, a 
native of the same State and county, where he reared his family and spent his life.  When 
a young man, A. B. CLARK followed the life of a sailor on the great lakes for two years, 
and on the 11th of June 1845, united his fortunes with those of Miss Louisa IVARY, who 
was born, reared, educated and was married to him in Jefferson County.  They soon after 
started West by water, and in October 1845, arrived in Dodge County, Wis., and in the 
spring of 1847 Mr. CLARK located on the farm on which he now resides, entering a tract 
of eighty acres, on which he built a substantial log house and in it made his home for 
several years.  While clearing and breaking his land, he made other improvements also, 
and when his means permitted he bought more land, which he also improved.  He now 
has a neat and substantial brick residence on his place, a good barn, outbuildings, etc., 
and his farm is considered one of the most valuable in that section.  Mr. and Mrs. 
CLARK have reared three children: Judson H. is a farmer of Argyle, Minn.; Albert J., 
and Elvie May, who is the wife of Leon REIBEL, of Mayville, Wis., by whom she has 
two children, Genevieve and Vernon.  Mr. CLARK has always identified himself with 
the Republican party, and has held a number of local positions of trust and honor, but of 
his own accord would never have aspired to office.  For nearly fifty years he has resided 
in Dodge County, is one of the honored first settlers of the State, and is one of the 
respected original members of the Mayville Lodge of Odd Fellows, and has been an 
active member of this organization for years.  He is a man of tried integrity, and is in 
every way worthy of the confidence which is bestowed upon him.

Submitted by:  Carol Holmbeck