History of Otisco, (Onondaga County) New York United States of America

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Biographical Sketch of Willis Gaylord Clark

Willis Gaylord Clark, journalist, was born in Otisco, Onondaga county, N.Y., in 1810; son of a Revolutionary soldier and twin brother of Lewis Gaylord Clark. His first venture in journalism was in 1830 as editor of a weekly paper which he established in Philadelphia and which had a brief existence. He was next associate editor of the Columbian Star, a weekly religious and literary periodical, and later became editor of the Philadelphia Gazette, the oldest daily newspaper published in the city, and which afterward passed entirely into his hands. He read his poem, "The Spirit of Life," before the Franklin society of Brown university, Sept. 31, 1833. He published Gazpacho ; or Summer Months in Spain (1850); a collection of his shorter poems during his lifetime; and a complete edition was prepared by his brother and issued in 1847. Literary Remains of Willis Gaylord Clark, with Memoir and many of his Knickerbocker Papers (1844), was edited by his brother. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., June 12, 1841.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor