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GUY CLARK, MD
Vol. 3, p. 975-76

Most of the site of the present prosperous town of Milburn was a
cotton field, and luxuriant cotton stalks rose shoulder high to a man
where the First National Bank now stands, when Doctor Clark arrived
in the Indian country in 1902. It will be recalled that that year saw
the high tide of railroad building, which was one of the state's most
active industries, and along the projected route of steel young
cities sometimes were born in a single night. Many of the pioneers of
that time laid the foundations of careers that have made them
successful business and professional men of today.

As the first physician on the townsite of Milburn, Dr. Guy Clark has
been one of the most prominent in the upbuilding of that community.
In addition to his activities as a physician he did an important
service in laying the foundation of the present school system. He was
a member of the first board of education, and during his
administration in that capacity the first schoolhouse was erected. It
happened that a few years later he was a member of the board when the
present permanent school building was constructed. He was also a
member of the first city council, thus helping to establish the city
government. He was a member of the first board of health and directed
various public improvements along sanitary lines. he helped organize
the local society of the First Presbyterian Church, and contributed
toward the building of its first edifice.

Guy Clark was born in Harrison, Tennessee, in 1874. His family has
long been one of prominence in that state. His parents were Robert
Martin and Virginia Irene (MOORE) Clark. The former, who is now
living at Endears, Arkansas, was born in Tennessee, and that sate was
also the birthplace of the paternal grandfather, Dr. Benjamin F.
Clark. He was one of the pioneer physician, and in the early days
there was not another practitioner between his home at Harrison and
the City of Chattanooga. In the three generations of the Clark family
many of its member have held positions of responsibility and more
than ordinary prominence in their respective communities, and L. N.
Clark, now an aged man of Chattanooga, was for twenty-four years
consecutively clerk of the county court.

After completing his common school education in Arkansas, whither
his father had moved when Doctor Clark was a child, the latter spent
two years in Quitman College at Quitman, Arkansas. Already he had
taken up the study of medicine and was licensed to practice before
completing his course leading to the degree Doctor of Medicine, which
was given him by the medical department of the University of Arkansas
in 1898. After that he practiced for five years in Arkansas, and in
1902 moved to Tulsa.

Doctor Clark is president of the Johnston County Medical Society,
and a member of the Oklahoma and America Medical Associations. Many
changes have come about affecting his own profession as well as the
entire life of the community since he established his home here
thirteen years ago. In early days his practice covered a territory of
approximately a thousand square miles, a larger district than many
counties in the older states. Frequently he was called from his home
to attend patients living at a distance of twenty miles. Doctor Clark
now has a partner in practice, Doctor COTTRELL, and together they own
the stock of the Blue River Telephone Company.

In November, 1898, at Enders, Arkansas, Doctor Clark married Miss
Tennie A. PERRY. They are the parents of three children: Gay Guy, who
recently graduated from the local high school; Merlin Martin, aged
fifteen; and Lyda Louise, aged five. Doctor Clark also has four
brothers and one sister: Ira Clark, a teacher at Quitman, Arkansas;
Ross Clark, a farmer at Enders, Arkansas; Ralph Clark, a pharmacist
at Milburn; Martin Clark, a rancher at Gallup, South Dakota; and Mrs.
H. F. WHITE, wife of a merchant at Boynton, Arkansas.

A member of the Masonic Order, Doctor Clark for a number of years
filled the office of worshipful master in Milburn Lodge, and is a
member of the Scottish Rite Consistory at McAlester. He is a member
of the Presbyterian Church, of the Milburn City Council and the
Milburn Good Roads Club, and considering his early experience as a
hard riding practitioner it is only natural to find him a strong ally
of the good roads movement. He is also chairman of the Republican
Club at Milburn and a member of the Republican County Central
Committee.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Earline Sparks Barger, December 15, 1998.