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Benjamin, Josephine, Thomas, Matilda, Martha and Louella.
Benjamin and his son Thomas were expert blacksmiths in their beautiful hometown of Little Washington.
Their son, James Edward Clark, followed in the footsteps of his ancestors and became a blacksmith. With his bride, Delila Chinn, he left Little Washington, around 1900, to work in the steel mills of Pittsburgh, PA. By then his superb artisanship was well known.
His daughter, Minnie Delila Swan, would often tell the family about the marvelous steel work done by her father, James. According to family history,
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