Ernest Eugene Clark was born March 1, 1847 in Bangor, Maine, the eldest of eight children born to Elhanan Winchester Clark and Susan Caroline Tidd. The family moved to Kossuth county, Iowa in 1855 where they farmed and also ran a logging operation.

On August 8, 1869, he was married to Miss Emma Gertrude Hewitt, the ceremony taking place in the Clark home, where they continued to live for a few years. In 1873, they moved to a farm a few miles northwest of St. Joe. In 1874-75, they went to Iowa county near Koszta, where Mrs. Clark had relatives. Their son George was born to them at this place. Returning to Humboldt county, they moved into a log house north of Livermore and worked land belonging to A. D. Hunt. Later a good house was built on the Hunt place in which the family lived, and where they remained until he bought 50 acres south of Livermore. Still later he bought more land east of this farm, on which he erected a fine house, taking the place of the former rude structure which he had built with his own hands.

When they sold this place, they went to California one winter, living with their son, E. C. Clark who had moved there from St. Joe. They then returned to Livermore, making their home in town for a year, then moved to Big Stone City, South Dakota, where a daughter lived. Then spending another winter in California they moved to Carlton, Oregon, remaining there until his death.

During his residence in Big Stone City, he enjoyed his rowboat on Big Stone Lake, fishing with great success, but managing to give away most of his catch before reaching home, by reason of his generous disposition.

He was a lover of music, and while residing in Humboldt county, he was the mainstay of the old Livermore Coronet Band, walking in from Arnold night after night, faithfully attending band rehearsals or donning a uniform and marching at the head of the parade with the band on public occasions, head and shoulders above others in the ranks. At one 4th of July celebration in Livermore, the parade was headed by a band composed entirely of Clarks, men, women, boys and girls. A hayrack had been decorated and seated suitable for a bandwagon, and while old Elhanan Clark, father of E. E. Clark, guided the steady farm team through main street, the rackfull of competent musicians rendered suitable and satisfactory music.

E. E. Clark passed away June 18, 1929 in Carlston, Oregon and the remains returned to Livermore, Iowa for burial in Union Cemetery.