Abbreviations used
Date May 15 1880
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
John CLARK died at his residence Lancaster Heights (St. John) this morn. He was a son of the late John Saunders CLARK, one of the city pioneers and was born in Carleton in 1800. A builder of roads, wharves, bridges, ships, mills, millowner, merchant and farmer, Mr. Clark lived a life of great activity. When his present residence at Lancaster was erected, it was the only place of the kind on a road which is now covered with handsome residences. He leaves a widow and five sons, three of whom succeeded to their father's milling business some time ago, one is farming in Massachusetts and the other is Rev. John A. CLARK