JOHN ROBERT CLARK
Was born in Campbell county, in June, 1849. At Richmond, Virginia,
December 11, 1883, he married Bessie Pendleton Scott, of Richmond,
Rev. Moses D. Hoge uniting them. They have one son, J.
Robin Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are of Virginia families. His father,
Christopher Clark, was born in Campbell county in 1805, the son of
Paulett Clark, who was also born in Campbell county. The mother
of Mr. Clark was Elmira A., daughter of John Williams, both born in
Campbell county. James P. Scott, father of Mrs. Clark, was born in
Amherst county, Virginia. Her mother was Jennie, daughter of Rev.
Kirkpatrick.
John R. Clark was deputy sheriff of Campbell county from 1866 to
1872. He then engaged in the tobacco commission business in Lynchburg,
firm of Clark & Collins, which business has been continued successfully
up to the present date. In 1884 he was made a director in
the First National Bank of Lynchburg, in 1886 was elected a director
on the Lynchburg & Durham Railroad; in 1887 was made president of
the "Virginian Publishing Company," which office he resigned the same
year; was again elected to the office in 1888, but declined to serve. He
was also in 1886 elected a member of the City Council of Lynchburg.
