Clark, John Farmer (1832-1885)

Name:

Clark, John Farmer (1832-1885)

Born:

06/18/1832

Birthplace:

Concord, NH

Died:

03/16/1885

Death Location:

Concord, NH

Residence:

Millville (Concord), NH, 1863-85

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Potter -- 1876, 1883 directory
Farmer -- 1860 census; 1876, 1883 directory

Father:

Clark, Daniel, Jr. (1792-1863)

Mother:

Hall, Sally (c.1793-)

Relations:

Aunt: Mary Clark (1791-1841; b. Concord, NH; antiquarian; abolitionist).
Grandparents: Daniel Clark (1768-1828; b. Lyndeborough, NH), potter of Concord, NH. Daniel's brothers were also potters.
Great-grandparents: Hannah Epps and Peter Clark (1743-1826; b. Braintree, MA), married 1763, lived in Braintree until 1775, then moved to Lyndeborough, NH.

Spouse:

Spiller, Georgette (m. 1862)

Notes:

Took over the business after his father died in 1863. His Grandfather Daniel Sr. had started Millville Pottery in 1792.
SEE ALSO (person named for): Farmer, John
SEE ALSO (distant cousin): Hazeltine, Joseph
SEE ALSO (grandfather): Clark, Daniel
SEE ALSO (great-grandfather): Clark, Peter

John Clark, Records of the Descendants of Hugh Clark, of Watertown, Mass. 1640-1866. (Boston, Massachusetts: Printed by the author, 1866), 63-65, 110-111, 175-176.

Mary B. Dupre, "Searching for New Hampshire Redware Potters," Historical New Hampshire, 40(Spring/Summer 1985)12, 47-60.

William W. Flint, "The Millville Pottery, Concord, N.H.," Old-Time New England, 17(January 1927)3, 98-106.

Hands That Built New Hampshire. The Story of Granite State Craftsmen Past Present. (Brattleboro, Vermont: Stephen Daye Press, 1940), 95-97.

Lura Woodside Watkins, New England Potters and Their Wares. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1950), 120-129.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives