Ezra Haskell at age 43 was a farmer (1850 census, of Gloucester, MA)..
Sacramento Daily Union
October 7. 1897PIONEER HOWELL CLARK.
He Passed Away Yesterday at the Age of Eighty-Six. After a long illness Howell Clark died at his home in this city yesterday. His demise had been looked for hourly for some weeks past.
Mr. Clark had lived at Tenth and X streets for about forty years, though i his residence in the city commenced as early as 1851. He was a native of Genesee County, New York, and 86 years of age. He was among the argonauts who came to California in the memorable year of '49. and was a member of the local Pioneer Society. Deceased was a man of means, and lived a quiet, domestic life, seldom making himself conspicuous in commumunity affairs, but always enjoying the friendship and respect of his neighbors. His wife survives him.