JAMES CLARK, post office, Virden, was the only child of John and Janet (Garrow) Clark, natives of Scotland; the mother was born about 1788. He came to America with his mother, in 1853, and landed at New York; went to New Jersey for three years; came to Jersey county, this State, in 1856, and in 1857, came to this county, where he has since resided. June 20, 1843, he married Miss Jane Whyte, in Scotland, daughter of David and Jane Whyte. They have had four children, namely: James W., born July 26, 1844; Jane, March 7, 1847; Mary A., August 8, 1851; Lizzie, July 31, 1859, died August 24, 1866. Mr. Clark was naturalized in 1860, and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He owns two hundred and eighty acres of valuable land; buildings large and commodious; makes a specialty of raising and feeding cattle for market; also deals in stock on speculation; both himself and wife had good education advantages.