CLARK--At his home on the Alameda, November 16, 1889, WILLIAM SQUIRE CLARK, aged 82 years, 1 month and 18 days. Funeral services at the residence on Monday afternoon at 2:30 oclock. Interment private. ----- ----- Death of a Wealthy Pioneer of the State HIS REMARKABLE CAREER A Wonderful Business Acumen--The Funeral Services and Interment--The Family W. S. CLARK died yesterday morning at 11 oclock at his residence on the Alameda, after a lingering illness of over five years. Mr. CLARK was one of the most remarkable men who aided in making California what she is today. His success in amassing his large fortune laid in the fact that he had abounding faith in the prosperity of the state. Not a dime of his wealth was made in speculation, but it all was the result of remarkable forethought and business acumen. WILLIAM SQUIRES CLARK was born in Maryland in 1807, making him at the time of his death 82 years of age. His grandfather, ABRAHAM CLARK, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and with his son, W. S. CLARK's father, was a firm and unswerving supporter of the cause of the colonies. While a child Mr. CLARK's parents moved West, settling in Ohio, and he received his education in a town near Cincinnati. He first heard of California in 1845 or 1846, and he made every effort to learn as much as he could concerning the country. Before he left the East he pinned his faith on the prosperity of a city which would rise on the Bay of San Francisco, although at that time Monterey was the chief city in the state. He joined one of the first parties that crossed the plains, during which time he had to encounter untold difficulties in some form or another, but in 1847 he reached Sutter's fort. While here he had his cart confiscated by the troops under the command of the stripling officer who finally became General William T. Sherman. Nothing daunted he reached Yerba Buena, now San Francisco, on a barge. Here he acted upon the conclusion he arrived at before he left home. He squatted on a large piece of land, known to all as CLARK'S point. He acquired other property in San Francisco and its value has been increasing all along. Mr. CLARK was one of the organizers and trustees of Calvary Presbyterian church, San Francisco, and was also a supporter of the First Presbyterian church of this city. The funeral services will be celebrated at his late residence on the Alameda, at 2:30 o'clock Monday, and on Tuesday morning the remains will be taken to San Francisco for interment. -----