1838-1913
Adoniram Judson Clark
Soldier/Public Servant NY/NJ
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Adoniram Judson Clark was born in Fayetteville, NY, October 1, 1838, but most of his life was lived in New Jersey. He commanded a New Jersey battery in the American Civil War. He enlisted in April 1861, and became a sergeant in Company F. His battery served in the Peninsula Campaign, the Battle of Malvern Hill, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Mine Run.
Clark was slightly wounded at the Second Battle of Ream’s Station in 1864. He later escorted the troops in his battery whose enlistments had expired back to Trenton, New Jersey, before returning to the Petersburg front. Back at Petersburg, Clark was put in charge of the artillery on the front lines in December 1864. Judson Clark was recommended for promotion more than once, but the most he received was a brevet rank of major, conferred on 2 April 1865, for his service at Petersburg.
After the war, Major Clark served as police chief in Newark while also an officer in the New Jersey National Guard. An active Republican, he was secretary of the Board of Assessment and Revision of Taxes and Receiver of Taxes (ca. 1888). Captain Clark was named to the Board of Assessment and Taxes in 1900. Adoniram Judson Clark died on July 24, 1913. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey.[1]
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[1] Adoniram Judson Clark, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Judson_Clark