Dr. Pat B. Clark, went out to Jack County, Texas, following the horrible massacre by the Comanche Indians, and they helped pursue the Indians, and killed many of them. Capt. Jim Clark was a man of great influence in Red River County, owned a large tract of land and ran his herds of cattle by the hundreds. He served in the House of Representatives, in the State Senate, and was a leader in the Legislature, uncompromising in what he thought to be right, and did much for the benefit of the State. During the Civil War he was a member of the staff of General Scurry. Capt. Jim Clark died in 1910. He married Margaret Anderson, who died in 1872. Her father, Rev. John Anderson, taught school in Clarksville for many years, beginning his teaching in the '40's and conducted a school until the close of the Civil War.

Pat B. Clark, son of Capt. Jim and Margaret (Anderson) Clark, was born at Clarksville, June 7, 1870. He attended schools in Red River County but most of his education has been the result of experience and his own attainments. Reaching his majority, he engaged in farming, and has supervised his farm and plantation for over thirty years. When rural mail delivery was introduced into Red River County he was one of the first carriers appointed, and practically started the service there. He continued carrying mail for nine years. For two years he was private secretary to