103. Joseph Smith CLARK. Son of Ezra Thompson and Mary (Stevenson) Clark, b. in Farmington, Davis, Utah, 21 Mar. 1854; d. in Salt Lake City, S.L., Utah, 7 July 1957, bur. Farmington Cem.; m. in Salt lake City, Utah, 17 Jan. 1876, Lucy Maria Robinson, b. in Farmington, Utah, 22 Nov. 1856, d. in Salt lake City, tah, 13 Feb. 1941, bur. Farmington Cem. (l).

Joseph spent his youth herding cows, tending stock, and driving teams for grading the Union Pacific Railroad. He went with his father and other to Bear Lake, Idaho in 1870 in response to a call from Brigham Young. There he helped survey and locate the town of Georgetown, to which he moved in 1876 and where he lived for 15 years. He nearly lost his wife with their first child so they returned to Farmington for the second; they went back to Georgetown a few weeks later. The Georgetown ranch was a source of beef cattle and dairy products for his father's family, which followed the patriarchal order of family ownership in common; great herds of cattle frequently moved between Georgetown and Farmington under Joseph's direction. (2,3)

Joseph served a mission to the Southern States, 1882-84, and was the first missionary from Georgetown. He was the first superintendent of MIA in Georgetown and was a member of the bishopric there. In 1891 he moved back to Farmington where he was a member of the Farmington City Council, president of North Cottonwood Irrigation Co., and president of Davis County Bank. He was also commissioner for appraisal of inheritance taxes for Davis County and appraiser of damages to farm lands for Intermountain Smelter Co. He and his wife spent many years as workers in the Salt Lake Temple. (3)

Children (1) First, third, and fourth born in Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho; others born in Farmington, Davis, Utah.

129. i. Lucy Areta, b. 1 Oct. 1876.

130. ii. Joseph Smith, b. 30 Aug. 1878.

131. iii. Ezra Thompson, b. 16 Oct. 1881.

iv. Ora Wealthy, b. 26 Sept. 1886; d. 3 May 1890.

v. Mary, b. 7 Jan. 1889; d. 12 July 1891.

vi. Oliver R., b. 16 Spet. 1891; d. 21 Feb. 1942.

132. vii. LeRoy R., b. 15 Nov. 1894.

133. viii. Iris, b. 13 May 1898.

134. ix. Irvin Bernard, b. 13 May 1898.

References: (1) P.R. of Mrs. William O Robinson; (2) P.R. of J. Smith Clark, Jr.; (3) Records of the Joseph S. Clark Family.