​Dr. Horace G. Clark
​(July 7, 1819 - February 10, 1969)

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Marker Text: ​Born in Massachusetts. Coming to Texas (1850) with wife, Martha Davis Clark, he was principal and second president of Baylor Female College. Mrs. Clark also taught and counseled students. Family operated dormitory on this site 20 years. Dr. Clark, with $1,000 gift from Dr. Asa Hoxey, built 3-story main hall. He was ordained to ministry (1858) at Independence Baptist Church.
​      Family opened Clark's Academy, Houston, 1871; Dr. Clark took Holy Orders (1880), Christ Episcopal Church, Houston, and was a rector in Corpus Christi. Mrs. Clark, a lifelong Baptist, died in 1896. (1970)

Marker No: 8325

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.319109, -96.353638

Location: 3 blocks west of FM 50/FM 390 intersection, on FM 390, Independence.