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orn August 15, 1747, in East Granby,
died there January 29, 1809. He married,
February 28, 1771, Martha Pinney, born
1747, in Simsbury, and died January 21,
1808, daughter of Abram and Elizabeth
(Butler) Pinney.
Their second son, Plorace Clark, born
in East Granby, October 24, 1781, died
December 21, 1842. He married, in 1802,
Hannah Forward. She was born April
4, 1785, in East Granby, daughter of
Samuel and Susanna (Holcomb) For-
ward, and died in 1882. The ancestor,
Samuel Forward, came from Devonshire,
England, about 1666, and settled in Dan-
bury. Connecticut, and two of his sons
settled in Granby, Connecticut. His son,
Samuel Forward, was born July 23, 1671,
and died May 3, 1738. He married Deborah
Moore, born May 31, 1677, daugh-
ter of Andrew and Sarah (Phelps)
Moore, of Windsor, and died August 29,
1734. Their son, Abel Forward, was
born November 4, 1710, at Belchertown,
Massachusetts, and died in 1766. He
married Hannah Phelps, daughter of
Ezekiel Phelps. Their son, Samuel Forward,
married Susanna Holcomb, and
were the parents of Hannah Forward,
who became the wife of Horace Clark, as
previously noted.
Their son, Horace Dryden Clark, was
born May 22, 1805, in East Granby, Con-
necticut, and was a lawyer in Cleveland,
Ohio. His death occurred in Smyrna,
Delaware, March 21, 1887. He married
(first) Cassandra Henderson, of San-
dusky, Ohio, and she died May 20, 1839.
Their eldest son, Horace Clark, was
born in Elyria, Ohio, August 31, 1836.
His early education was obtained in the
public schools of his native town, and at
the age of nine years he removed to Suf-
field, Connecticut, where he lived with
his grandmother. There he continued his
common school education and later was
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a student at the Connecticut Literary
Institute in Suffield. Previous to his
graduation, at the age of twenty years,
he removed again to the West, and con-
tinued his studies in his new home, Cleve-
land, Ohio. When still very young, he
entered his father's office to read law, and
in i860 was admitted to the bar. For a
period of three years he practiced law in
Cleveland, and at the outbreak of the
Civil War, he went to Canada and opened
a business college, known as the Bryant
& Stratton Business College, and for
three years he was resident principal of
the school. He then returned to the
United States and settled in East Granby.
There he purchased a large farm, and
engaged in the occupation of farming for
the next three years. He then sold his
Granby farm and purchased the old
Israel Harmon farm in West Suffield.
For a quarter of a century Mr. Clark lived
on this farm and followed agricultural pur-
suits. In order to be nearer to Hartford,
he removed to Windsor where, apart
from his farm work, he found time to
devote to literary pursuits, which he followed
extensively. He wrote and pub-
lished a work, "The Life of Jesus Christ."
In political affiliations Mr. Clark was a
Democrat, and was several times nom-
inated by his party for various offices,
among them that of State Senator. But
the town of Windsor was Republican in
a verv large majority, and for this reason
Mr. Clark was not elected. He was
a member of Washington Lodge, No. 70,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Mr.
Clark died August 14. 1908.
Mr. Clark married, in East Granby,
Mav 9, 1872, Edna Snow Alderman, born
October 28, 185 1, daughter of James Harvev
and Sarah Jane (Snow) Alderman.
Mr. Alderman was born January 3. 1825,
in Chester. Massachusetts, and Sarah
Jane (Snow) Alderman, January 24, 183 1,