Chester was born May 13, 1832 in Shepard Settlement, Skaneateles, Onondaga, New York. He was the son of Col. Chester Clark and Laura Chatfield.

He married Sylvia C. Sharp March 17, 1854 in Sharon Center, Madina, Ohio (other records suggest Auburn, NY). He died April 12, 1911 in California.

Chester Clark, Jr. and Sylvia had two children who lived to adulthood: Alice May Clark and Mary Lorene Clark, as well as a daughter who died young, Edna Earl Clark.

Chester Clark is the great great grandfather of Andra Ilene Riggs Schmidt, and Alice May Clark Valgamore is her great grandmother.

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