Orville Clark (June 29, 1801 – March 19, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was born on June 29, 1801, in Mount Holly,

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. His family removed to

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in 1815. He graduated from the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at

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. In 1828, he removed to

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, and practiced law there. He married Delice Marice Martindale (1805–1881), daughter of Congressman

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(1780–1860), and they had two children. Clark was a member of the

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(4th D.) from 1844 to 1847, sitting in the 67th, 68th, 69th and

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s. He was a

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of the New York State Militia. He was President of the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company, and died of "congestion of the lungs" while on a business trip in

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, on March 19, 1862.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 134f and 139; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''The New York Almanac for 1857''
(pg. 215)
''Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Iowa'' (5th Session)
(1855; Appendix, pg. 49)
''The Vermont Historical Gazetteer''
(1877; Vol. III, pg. 860) {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Orville 1801 births 1862 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators People from Hudson Falls, New York People from Mount Holly, Vermont 19th-century American railroad executives Norwich University alumni 19th-century American politicians