| LukeW. Clark, M. D. |
LUKE W. CLARK, M. D., has been a close studentof his profession for many years, and long ago won an enviable reputationas a skillful practitioner. He was born in Pike county, Ohio, September6, 1841. His father, Ebenezer Clark, was a native of the State of New York,and was there reared and married, his wife’s maiden name being Julia A.Wilcox, also of the Empire State. His early life was spent amid rural scenes,in closest touch with Nature, who is always a wise and gentle teacher.He attended the common schools, and in his youth began the study of botanyand medicine; there was not a tree or plant in the State of Illinois withwhich he was not as familiar as with the members of his own household.He emigrated to Ohio, and there was engaged in agricultural pursuits; hewas still devoted to the study of medicine, and after the family came toIllinois and located at Rushville, in 1845, he began the practice of hisprofession, which he continued to the time of his death. While for manyyears he enjoyed a wide and paying practice, he did not accumulate wealth;he was kind to the poor and did much for charity; in his death the poorlost one of their stanchest friends. In politics he was an ardent supporterof Republican principles; in his religious faith he was also possessedof the courage of his convictions, denying any future state; he did notapprove of secret societies. His wife died in February, 1892; they hadborn to them nine children, all of whom lived to years of maturity: Marcus,a physician, died at Vermont, Illinois, in 1892; Franklin is a farmer inMcDonough county; Victor is a farmer in Adair county, Missouri; Luke W.is the subject of this sketch; Albert R. is practicing medicine at Vermont,Illinois; Mary married Dr. B. F. Taylor, and died at Vermont, Illinois;Lucy is the wife of Jacob Trout, of Rushville; Cornelia is the wife ofC. P. Neill; Emaline married William Barber.Dr. Luke W. Clark received his literary educationin the common schools of Rushville, and at the age of sixteen years beganthe study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father, with whosebotanical remedies he became familiar. After finishing his medical educationhe came to Rushville and engaged in practice with his father. He is nowone of the oldest physicians in Schuyler county, and has a large and lucrativepractice.
Dr. Clark was married, in 1872, to Miss FrancesSchenk, a daughter of John Scheck, and a native of Fulton county, Illinois.
Four sons have blessed this union: Wheeler,Myron, Earl and Homer.The Doctor is a member of the State MedicalEclectic Society; in all his professional relations he has preserved thatintegrity and honor which graced the name of his father. He has been aclose student of the science of medicine, and employs a set of remedieswhich have come to be known as “Clark’s Family Medicines,” and are nowmanufactured for the trade. In politics he affiliates with the Republicanparty.
Biographical Reviewof Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois,Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 1892, page 188 -189.
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