Charles W. Clark (businessman)

For the singer, see Charles W. Clark.

Charles W. Clark
Born November 3, 1871
Deer Lodge, Montana
Died April 3, 1933(1933-04-03) (aged 61)
New York, New York
Cause of death Pneumonia
Resting place Woodlawn Cemetery
Nationality American
Occupation Businessman
Spouse(s) Katherine Quinn Roberts
Celia Tobin
Parent(s) William Andrews Clark Sr.
Katherine Louise Stauffer
Relatives Huguette Clark (half sister)

Charles Walker Clark, also known as "C. W. Clark" or "Charlie Clark" (November 3, 1871 – April 3, 1933), was an American businessman and the eldest son of William Andrews Clark Sr., one of the Copper Kings.

Early life

Clark was born on November 3, 1871 in Deer Lodge, Montana.[1] His father, William A. Clark (1839-1925), was a Montana copper magnate and later a United States Senator for Montana.[1][2][3] His mother, Katherine Louise Stauffer (1844-1893), was a socialite.[4][1]

Career

He served as the manager and later as chairman of the United Verde Copper Company in Jerome, Arizona.[2][3] Together with his father and his brother, he was also a partner in a bank in Butte, Montana.[3]

Personal life

In 1896, he married Katherine Quinn Roberts, who died in New York City in January 1904.[5][1] Later that year, he married Celia Tobin (1874-1965), a member of San Francisco high society who had been trained as a pianist and equestrian.[1][3][6] They divorced in 1925[1] and she later moved into a home in Hillsborough, California, which became known as the Tobin Clark Estate.[7]

He resided at El Palomar, an estate in San Mateo, California he purchased in 1902, which had its own polo field and racetrack.[2] According to Pulitzer winner Bill Dedman, he also had "the longest private railcar ever built, which he sold to Howard Hughes."[2] He was prone to heavy drinking and gambling.[2]

He collected rare books. In 1917, the Book Club of California presented an exhibition of 66 incunabula from his collection at the Hill Tolerton Gallery, San Francisco.[8]

Death

He died of pneumonia on April 3, 1933 in New York City.[1][2] He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FindAGrave
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr., Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Loss of one of the World's Greatest Fortunes, London: Atlantic Books, 2013, p. 142
  3. 1 2 3 4 Miss Celia Tobin Weds C. W. Clark, The Son of Montana Millionaire, San Francisco Call, Volume 96, Number 66, 5 August 1904
  4. ↑ "Daughter of Connellsville's controversial billionaire dies". The Tribune-Review. May 28, 2011. Retrieved Jan 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Los Angeles Herald" (Volume XXXI, Number 121). 28 January 1904. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  6. ↑ FindAGrave: Celia Tobin Clark
  7. ↑ Sotheby's International Realty: Tobin Clark Estate Archived March 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ A Loan Exhibition of Incunabula Held by the Book Club of California in the Galleries of Hill Tolerton from October Second to October Thirty-first MDCCCCXVII. San Francisco: Book Club of California. 1917.
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