Lewis Strong Clarke

Lewis Strong Clarke, Jr. George Steele Clarke Elizabeth Clarke Walter Lyons Clarke Oliver Lyons Clarke

Clarke was born in Southampton in Hampshire County in west central Massachusetts, a son of Oliver Clarke and the former Elizabeth Strong. In infancy, he moved with his family to Springfield in Clark County in western Ohio, where he was subsequently educated in public schools. After working for a time as a produce dealer in Cincinnati, Ohio, Clarke and his friend, George Steele, purchased a sugar plantation on Bayou Teche near Patterson, Louisiana. This area is now part of Bayou Vista in St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana. Clarke and Steele named the plantation Lagonda after Lagonda Creek in Springfield, Ohio.

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