----Source: 1891 History of Clark & Jackson Co., Wis., pg. 349-350

MARCUS CLARK, an industrious and successful agriculturist of Manchester Township, will be given the following space in this record of the leading men of the county. He was born in Caledonia, Livingston County, New York, August 20, 1828, and is a son of Calvin and Mary (Blake) Clark. The father was born in Vermont, and spent the most of his life in farming in New York and Canada he died in Canada about the 1838 his wife was also born in Vermont, and died in the Dominion of Canada bout 1837 she was a consistent member o f the Methodist Episcopal Church. The family consisted of eight children:--Charles, Arvilla, Joseph, Marcus, Walter, Hannah, Amanda and David.

When Mr. Clark was a lad of ten years he was left an orphan, and was thrown out in the world to do for himself his parents had removed to Canada when he was six years of age, and he remained there until 1850, when he came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and secured employment with a stage line company he was shifted from place to place until 1857, when he bought his present farm he first entered eighty acres, and has since added another eighty, all of which is under cultivation he has the best improvements in the township, consisting of a substantial residence, and large convenient barns for the storing of grain and the protection of live-stock. In considering the fact that all this property has been accumulated through his own personal efforts, Mr. Clark is entitled to no little praise for the grit he has shown.
In 1864, when there came a call for additional men to go to the aid of the Union, he enlisted as a member of Company C, First Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, and served until the declaration of peace he was mustered out of the service and discharged at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, August 19, 1865. He participated in the battles at Selma, Alabama, West Point, Georgia, and Columbus, and was in many minor engagements. Politically he is identified with the Republican party he has held some of the township offices, and is a leader in his party. He was Superintendent of the County party. He was Superintendent of the County Poor Farm from 1880 until 1885, making a faithful and efficient office.

Mr. Clark was married December 19, 1858, to Miss Caroline Syverson, of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. She was born among the pine-clad hills of Norway, March 27, 1837. Eight children have been born to this union: Edward, Minnie, Delia, Francis T., Arvilla, Effie, Nellie, Mary and Lucy. Francis T. and Lucy are deceased. Edward married Miss Ida Perry, and they have two children: Roos and Bessie M. Delia is the wife of Garret W. Quackenbush, and is the mother of three children: Roy, Mark, and an infant unnamed. Miss Minne Clark is a milliner and dressmaker at New Libson, Wisconsin and is a successful businesswoman.