Clark, Newcomb
soldier, state legislator, was born Sept. 25, 1840, in Sullivan county, N. Y. He graduated from the Clarkston academy and the Oxford institute. He served as major and lieutenant-colonel during the civil war in the one hundred and second United States cavalry troop; and was for some time in command of the regiment. He also had command of the fifty-fourth New York infantry; subsequently commanded brigade; and was brevetted brigadiergeneral for meritorious conduct in the field. He was the first president of Wenona, now West Bay City; in 1883 he was elected a member of the Michigan state legislature; received the re-election in 1885; and now devotes his time to literary pursuits. a