The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Jasper Clark
Mr. Jasper Clark
, sometime of Broom-hill Farm, Clarksville, near Milton, was an elder brother of Mr. Henry Clark, and was born in the parish of Polwarth, near Dunse, Berwickshire, Scotland, on the 12th of July, 1817, and had, all his life, been connected with agriculture. Prior to leaving Scotland he worked upon an estate belonging to the Marquis of Breadalbane. He left Glasgow by the ship “Jura” in 1858, and landed at Port Chalmers in the month of
December of the same year. Mr. Clark then accepted employment with the late Mr. William Popplewell, farmer, of Tokomairiro, with whom he remained for three years. He then purchased a portion of the “Broomhill” property, and subsequently acquired an additional 200 acres, named the “Hill Farm.” Mr. Clark devoted most of his time to improving his farm for the benefit of his successors, but he was also a member of the Mount Stuart Road Board and a deacon of the Milton Presbyterian Church. In 1848 Mr. Clark was married to Agnes, daughter of Mr. David McLean, manager of the Broomhill estate, and they had a family of five sons and one daughter. Mr. Clark died in March, 1899.
The Late Mr. J. Clark.