Clark Bailey Devine was a medical doctor who was born in Oregon, Wisconsin. He was born on January 12, 1879 to Margaret (Kellor) and Judson Bailey Devine.
Clark graduated from the Oregon High School in June 1895, from the University of Wisconsin with the class of 1900, and from Rush Medical College of Chicago, in 1903. After medical school, he moved to Marshall, Wisconsin to begin his practice. He was licensed to practice in Wisconsin and his specialty was Neuro psychiatry.
On October 26, 1904, he married to Miss Alice J. Monson, who was from Texas, born on October 24, 1879, the daughter of Sarah and Alexander P. Monson of Belleville, Wisconsin.
Clark was a Republican as was his family. Dr. Devine was a member of the E. F. U. and M. W. A., Royal Laborers and Beavers, and was the examining physician for all these societies.
Clark served in World War I as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. He served at the Whipple Barracks in Prescott, Arizona from January 21, 1918 until August 11, 1919. Whipple Barracks was an army hospital that treated treated returning soldiers suffering from lung diseases including tuberculosis and those who had inhaled mustard gas.
In 1923, the Devine’s moved to Whipple, Arizona. By 1930, Clark, Alice, and their son Robert, lived in Prescott, Arizona. In 1937, Clark and his family were in Los Angeles and a couple of years later in 1939 they were in North Hollywood.
Clark died on September 3, 1957 of a heart condition at the age of 78. He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Sources referenced:
- 1906 History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Western Historical Association, Madison, WI, p. 230-231 accessible at https://archive.org/details/historyofdanecou02keye
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65485953/clark-bailey-devine
- https://department.va.gov/history/fort-whipple/
- “United States records,” images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS1N-WQTD-4?view=explore : Oct 25, 2026), image 6690 of 7050; National Archives and Records Administration. Image Group Number: 105178820