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Charles B. Clark
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Preceded byRichard W. Guenther
Succeeded byLucas Miltiades Miller
Member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
1885
Mayor of Neenah, Wisconsin
In office
1880–1883
Personal details
Born(1844-08-24)August 24, 1844
Theresa, New York
DiedSeptember 10, 1891(1891-09-10) (aged 47)
Watertown, New York
Resting placeOak Hill Cemetery
Neenah, Wisconsin
NationalityUnited States
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Caroline F. Hubbard Clark
(1844–1922)
(m. 1867–1891, his death)
Children2 daughters, 1 son
Residence(s)Neenah, Wisconsin
ProfessionMerchant, manufacturing (paper) executive
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service U.S. Army
Years of service1862–1865
Rank Private to
First lieutenant
UnitWisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 21st Regiment, Company I
Battles/warsCivil War

Charles Benjamin Clark (August 24, 1844 – September 10, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin and one of the founders of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Neenah with John A. Kimberly, Franklyn C. Shattuck, and Havilah Babcock.[1][2]

Born in Theresa, New York, Clark attended the common schools. He moved to Wisconsin in 1855 with his widowed mother, who settled in Neenah, Wisconsin The Civil War began in 1861 when he was sixteen, and he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, when it was formed and served with the same unit, rising from private to first sergeant to first lieutenant.

Clark engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, and the manufacture of paper, notably Clark was a founder of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 1872.[1][2] He served as mayor of Neenah (1880–83), was a member of its city council of from 1883 to 1885, and became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1885.

Clark was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 1887 – March 1891). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890, he died the following September at age 47 at Watertown, New York, while on a visit to his old home. Clark was interred in Wisconsin at Oak Hill Cemetery in Neenah.

ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah, opened 105 years ago in 1909 as Theda Clark Memorial Hospital, was named for his eldest child. Theda Clark Peters (1871–1903) died after childbirth at home at age 32 and the Clark family established the hospital.

References

  1. ^ a b "Founding to the invention of Cellucotton". Kimberly Clark Neenah. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Usher, Ellis Baker (1914). Wisconsin: its story and biography, 1848-1913. Vol. Volume VI. Chicago, New York: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1651–1653. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 6th congressional district
March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891 		Succeeded by


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