Ezekiel Clark, father of the US greenback

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Clark is credited with being father of the greenback. Uniform federal currency didn't exist until Iowa City banker Ezekiel Clark recommended it to Abraham Lincoln's treasury secretary Salmon P. Chase during the Civil War. Clark thus became the father of the U.S. greenback dollar bill. Iowa City pioneers faced money problems every day, not just from being poor, but from a lack of coins and paper money in circulation. Barter was common. The merchant traded goods for a chicken later.

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IOWA State Senator Davis County Clipper 7/15/1898 The Iowa State Press of June 29th contains a lengthy account of the death of Hon. Ezekiel Clark, father of Phebe J Ellis, of this place. He died at his home in Iowa City, on June 19th (actually June 17) at the good old age of 81 years and funeral services were held at the family residence on the 28th. The remains were cremated per his request. The Press says he was one of Iowa's "greatest sons" and "the best known and highly respected financiers of the great Hawkeye state". Clark is credited with being father of the greenback. Uniform federal currency didn't exist until Iowa City banker Ezekiel Clark recommended it to Abraham Lincoln's treasury secretary Salmon P. Chase during the Civil War. Clark thus became the father of the U.S. greenback dollar bill. Iowa City pioneers faced money problems every day, not just from being poor, but from a lack of coins and paper money in circulation. Barter was common. The merchant traded goods for a chicken later.

Uniform federal currency didn't exist until Iowa City banker Ezekiel Clark recommended it to Abraham Lincoln's treasury secretary Salmon P. Chase during the Civil War. Clark thus became the father of the U.S. greenback dollar bill.

He was married first to: Susan Urania Dyer 29 Mar 1839 at Lexington, Richland, Ohio, 2nd to : Sylvia Porter Sessions 5 Feb 1850 at Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa and 3rd to: Mary Louise Dewey 1861 Richland county Ohio. He was father to: John Henry Clark, Phila Isabel Clark and Samuel Kirkwood Clark by his first wife. Perry Ezekiel Clark, Phebe Jane Clark and Martha Sylvia Clark by his 2nd wife. Mary Louise Marie Clark, Laurin Dewey Clark (male), Laura Dewey Clark, Horace Greeley Clark, Adalade Elkins Florence Clark, Earl DeWolf Clark and Sidney Dewey Clark by his third wife. His parents were: Icabod Clark and Isabel McQuade. He had 1 brother and 8 sisters.