Clark, Howard 2d, Lincoln, was born in Bristol, Vt., on October 29, 1837, and was married on December 29, 1863, to Lois Sargent, a daughter of Daniel H. Sargent, of the town of Lincoln, Vt. Howard Clark was deputy sheriff of Addison county for fifteen years, was elected high sheriff in 1884, has been a constable for twenty-four years, represented his town in the Legislature in 1869 and 1870, was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1870, and has held almost all of the offices of his town.