The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 178

WILLIAM S. CLARK.

Many are the successful ranchers and cattle raisers of the Pacific west who have
come to this prosperous section from the state of Missouri, where William S.
Clark was born in Livingston county, June 16, 1858, a son of John H. and Mary
Jane (Moore) Clark. The father, a native of Ohio, removed to Missouri in 1844,
when the seeds of civilization had hardly been planted in that then new
"western" state. A loyal son of his country, he served in the Mexican war,
turning his attention to agricultural pursuits after the conflict was ended.
Mrs. Clark was born in Tennessee and it was in Missouri that she was married to
John H. Clark. In 1859 the family removed to Kansas and for seventeen years that
state remained their home. In 1876 the spirit of western enterprise prompted
them to seek the far-off lands of the state of Washington and they made the
overland trip to Walla Walla. Four years later, or in 1880, Yakima county became
their residence and here John H. Clark bought a relinquishment on eighty acres
of land on the upper Naches, to the cultivation of which he devoted his
remaining days. passing away in 1894. His widow survived him but a year, her
demise occurring in 189. Both were numbered among the honored pioneers of this
state.

William S. Clark was but a year old when the family removed to Kansas and in
that state he received a public school education. Upon removing with the family
to Walla Walla he there continued to assist his father and in 1880 came with the
family to Yakima county. He took up a homestead adjoining his father's property
and has since added eighty acres to his holdings, so that he now owns two
hundred and forty acres of valuable land, giving considerable attention to
cattle raising, having an excellent herd of two hundred head of shorthorns and
Herefords upon his place. He also raises hay and produce and as the years have
passed has become one of the leading agriculturists of his district. He has
erected a modern and most comfortable home upon his place and there Mr. and Mrs.
Clark often entertain their many friends.

On November 7, 1882, Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Elizabeth Kincaid, a
native of Oregon and a daughter of J. M. and Martha Ann Kincaid, who came to
Washington in 1878, taking up their abode in Yakima county, where the father was
successful as an agriculturist but has now passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Clark
were born seven children. Charles, who is successfully engaged in the sheep
business in Yakima county, is married and has five children. Clarence is married
and assists his father in the management of his large stock interests. Winfield
also resides upon the home place and assists in looking after his father's
cattle business. Jessie married Charles Rennie, a sheep raiser of Yakima
county, and they have two children. Clara is the wife of Jackson Rader, who
served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, was severely wounded,
supposedly at Chateau Thierry, and she and her three children are now residing
with her father. John has also joined the United States army; and Marion, the
youngest member of the family, is at home with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark are among the honored pioneer couples of their district and
on many occasions the respect and esteem in which they are held is expressed.
They have richly earned the high regard in which they are held, as both are
possessed of fine qualities of character. Deeply interested in his business
affairs, Mr. Clark has not only become individually one of the most prosperous
stock raisers of his neighborhood but has contributed toward the growth and
upbuilding of the cattle industry in the Yakima valley. Along political lines
he is not active although he is well informed on the issues of the day and votes
independently, taking into consideration only the qualifications of a candidate
for the office to which he aspires. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America, having many friends in the organization.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.