Obituary - Isaac B. Clark
East Liverpool Tribune
ISAAC CLARK, PIONEEER, DIES AT HIS HOME
Owned and Operated Pottery In Past Years
Later Became Interested in Brick Plants and Other Industries
Isaac B. Clark, one of the pioneer business men of this city, died last evening (December 21, 1911) at 4 o'clock at his home on Buckeye avenue after a long illness.
Mr. Clark was born and reared in Rootstown where, as a young man, he was a school teacher and engaged in the produce business.
After becoming a resident of Wellsville he was one of the owners and operators of the Pioneer Pottery at Ninth Street, being associated in the management with Harmon Michaels and George Morley, recently of East Liverpool. This pottery was one of the earliest plants of the kind put in operation in this vicinity.
Mr. Clark afterward disposed of his interest in the pottery and built and operated the brick yard int eh west end of town known as the Buckeye brick works. He laid out the entire tract of the city between Twentieth street and Vulcan brick yards, and Clark avenue was given his name.
He contributed a number of lots which were sold and the proceeds used as a bonus for the United States Pottery and the boiler works.
Mr. Clark was also active in the management of the Wellsville fair grounds during several years of its existence. During his many years of business life he was an active worker for the interests of the city. In later years, however, he became overstocked with property which, being unable to market, cause him financial difficulty in recent years.
He is survived by his wife, who is an invalid as the result of a fall several months ago in which she sustained injuries from which she never recovered, and one son, Frank, of this city. W. W. Clark, a late prominent business man of Canton, was a brother of deceased, also Colonel J. J. Clark, of Canton, who has been in Florida for some time.
The funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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