Biographical Details
Date of Birth: August 3, 1828
Birth Location: Fayette County, KY, USA
Graduation Year(s): 1846
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelors
Date of Death: March 8, 1890
Death Location: Paducah, KY, USA
Jonathan Clark
Life Experience
Jonathan Clark was educated in Louisville, Kentucky, at the schools of R. M. Smith, John Harney, and Noble Butler. He graduated from IU with his bachelor’s degree at age eighteen. He earned his M.D. from Louisville University. He was a practicing physician.
Marriage and Family
At age forty-six, Clark married Emma Calhoun Noble. Their first child, a daughter, died by age four. Their following two children, however, lived into the 20th century. Clark resided in Paducah, where some of his descendants still live today.
Interesting Anecdote
Clark was said to have been a relative of William Clark, the explorer who first laid out the town of Paducah, Kentucky, in 1827.
References
- Wylie
- Findagrave.com
- Wikipedia