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Clark, George

lawyer, jurist, was born July 18, 1841, in Eutaw, Ala. He received the rudiments of his education in the local school and graduated from the university of Alabama. During the civil war he served as captain of infantry in the Virginia army from Alabama, and emigrated to Texas in 1867. He has attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of the west at Waco, Texas. He has been secretary of state, attorneygeneral, commissioner to codify the laws, and has filled with honor the high office of judge of court of appeals.

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