City: Memphis
CLARK, Mark J., real estate dealer; born Madison, Ind., Aug. 1, 1851; Irish descent; son of Mark and Hannah (Gavin) CLARK; father was a farmer; educated in parochial schools of Madison, Ind.; in early life engaged in wholesale grocery business and was clerk in grocery store; entered business under firm name of M.. Gavin & Co., 1869, and continued in same until 1904, when the firm changed to Clark Grocery Co.; married Katie GUNN, Aug. 11, 1880; member Business Men’s Club and Merchants Exchange; Roman Catholic; member of board of St. Peter’s Orphan Asylum.
