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stops, pistons and pedals been placed at
the command of a single performer; and
it as warmly commends the exceeding
richness and beauty of the voicing of the
instrument—the quality of tone, through-
out.
Mr. Austin was awarded the Edward
Longstreth medal of merit by the committee
on science and arts of the Frank-
lin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania.
The medal was awarded for Mr. Austin's
invention of the "Universal Wind Chest"
and its practical application in organ
building. The award was made after a
careful examination of scientific and artis-
tic merits set forth in the course of a de-
tailed analysis and report covering the
entire field of organ building.
Mr. Austin is as prominent in the club
life of the city as he is in its business
field. He is a member and a director of
the Rotary Club of Hartford, and a mem-
ber of the Hartford Club, the City Club,
and the Gold Club. His love for music
has led him to ally himself with the musical
interests of Hartford and New York.
He is a member of the Musicians Club of
the last named city. Mr. Austin married
Jane, daughter of George E. Rogers, of
Milan, Ohio.
His career has been one of which Mr.
Austin may duly be proud, a success in
every sense of the word, and it is another
piece of evidence of the fact that America
is the land of opportunity for the man
with eyes to see and the will to do.
CLARK, Charles Hallett,
Business Man.
Mr. Clark's ancestry was early estab-
lished in England, and handed down to
him those qualities of persistence and
ready perception which enabled him to
excell in the management of business
affairs. He was born February 25, 1836,
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in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died
in Wethersfield, Connecticut, September
27, 1905.
His American ancestor, Hugh Clark,
settled in Watertown, Massachusetts,
where he was made a freeman, May 30,
1660, and soon afterward moved to Rox-
bury, where he died July 20, 1693. In
1666 he was a member of the artillery
company. His wife, Elizabeth, died in
1692. Undoubtedly they came from Eng-
land, where the name Clark was derived
from an occupation. This was one of
the varied English pronunciations of the
word clerk, which was applied in early
days to almost anyone of literary quali-
fications.
John Clark, eldest son of Hugh and
Elizabeth Clark, was born in October,
1641, in Watertown, lived in Roxbury
and New Cambridge (now Newtown),
where he received sixty-seven acres by
gift from his father in 1681. He married,
in 1684, Elizabeth Norman, and their eld-
est child was John Clark, who lived in
Roxbury, and married, in 1697, Ann
Pierce, of Dorchester. Their eldest son,
John Clark, born September 22, 1700, settled,
about 1755, in Waltham, Massachusetts,
where he died May 31, 1773. He
married, November 7, 1734, in Water-
town, Hannah Cutting, born May 6, 1716,
daughter of John and Sarah (Livermore)
Cutting.
Their eldest son, John Clark, born Jan-
uary 12, 1738, was deacon of the church,
selectman and assessor of Waltham, and
was dismissed from the Newtown church
to the Waltham church, February 28,
1779. He married, in 1762, Alice Greenwood,
born March 12, 1739, in Newtown,
died October 28, 1792, daughter of Josiah
and Phebe (Stearns) Greenwood.
Their eldest son, John Clark, was born
November 26, 1766, was captain of the
military company of Waltham. He mar-