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gold fields attracted him West, and in
that State he remained for eighteen
months, a period of strenuous, but success-
ful, prospecting. Soon after his return to
Windsor, on September 8, 1850, he mar-
ried Laura Z. Thrall. She was born in
Windsor, January 30, 1829, and died there
December 22, 1883. Her parents were
Hon. Horace and Eliza Johnson (Wilson)
Thrall, and she was descended from
William Thrall, who was a resident in
Windsor before the Pequot War, and
who in 1646 joined with Robert Winslow
in purchasing, from Simon Hoyte, the
land known as ''Hoyte's Meadow," upon
which land the home of the Thralls has
ever since been. Mrs. Eliza Johnson
(Wilson) Thrall was the daughter of Cal-
vin and Submit (Denslow) Wilson; her
father was a Revolutionary soldier, and
a leading citizen of Windsor town, resid-
ing in Poquonock. Salmon (2) Clark
remained in Windsor for about five years
after his marriage, but then, on Decem-
ber 24, 1855, he started on a whaling voyage
around Cape Horn to the Okotsk
seas, and during this voyage, which lasted
for three years, he visited China. After
his return to Windsor, he resumed farm-
ing operations, and thus occupied, remained
in Windsor until his death. To
Salmon (2) and Laura Z. (Thrall) Clark
were born children as follows : Eliza
Achsah, born January 22, 1852, married,
April 7, 1874, Walter J. Lamberton, of
Windsor ;
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Charles Oliver, of whom fur-
a twin of the latter, who died
in early infancy.
Charles Oliver Clark, after public
school education in Windsor, took energetically
to railroad work, in the employ
of the New Haven Railroad Company.
Connected with that line he remained for
nine years, holding during that time the
positions of brakeman, fireman and con-
ductor. Thereafter, until the present, his
time has been given chiefly to farming
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and the growing of tobacco. Soon after
leaving railroad work, he purchased the
old John Phelps place in Poquonock, and
commenced actively to raise tobacco on
his land. He prospered and eventually
became one of the largest individual
growers in his district, where tobacco is
the main crop. He remained on the old
Phelps place until 191 5, when he acquired
his present property in Windsor, the old
Hayden homestead, the house on which
estate was built in 1735.
Mr. Clark has a good record in public
life. He is a Democrat, and notwith-
standing that he has never sought office,
he has been elected to many by the peo-
ple of Windsor, in whose estimation he
ranks high. In 1909-10 they elected him
to the Board of Selectmen, and he re-
ceived further evidence of his popularity
in 191 1. when he was chosen candidate of
Windsor for the more responsible office
of representative in the State Legislature,
to which house he was sent with the dis-
tinction of having received a larger vote
than had ever before been cast in favor
of a Democrat by the people of Windsor.
He also takes keen interest in national
affairs, and fraternally he is a member of
Washington Lodge, No. 70, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, and Palisado
Lodge, No. 23, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. He does not belong to any
historical or patriotic societies, though,
by reason of his ancestry, particularly in
the maternal line, he is entitled to membership
in the Sons of the American Rev-
olution.
Mr. Clark married, April 11, 1893, Julia
Easter, daughter of William and Rosanna
Carroll, of Windsor. Their children are
1. Rebecca Eliza, born April 8, 1895; sne
married Edward J. Kernan, April 12,
191 5 ; they live in Windsor, and have one
child, Frances Juliana, who was born on
August 23, 1917. 2. Salmon (3), born
May 23, 1900, and lives with his parents.
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