Background
Clark, Joseph Sylvester was born on December 19, 1800 in Monomet Ponds, South Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Seth and Mary (Tupper) Clark.
Clark, Joseph Sylvester was born on December 19, 1800 in Monomet Ponds, South Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Seth and Mary (Tupper) Clark.
Graduate Amherst College, 1831.
Ordained to ministry Congregational Church, 1831. Minister Congregational Church, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, 1831-1838. Secretary Massachusetts Missionary Society, 1839-1857.
Corresponding secretary Congregational library association, 1855-1861, financial agent, 1857-1861.
Editor Congregational Quarterly, 1859. Author: Historical Sketch, 1838.
A Historical Sketch of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts from 1620-1858, published 1858.
Married Harriet B. Bourne, December 27, 1831.