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Clark, James

soldier, was born in July, 1730. He was a captain in Putnam's regiment, and was present at Bunker Hill. He was made lieutenant-colonel of Huntington's regiment in 1775, and took part in the battles at Harlem Heights and White Plains in 1776. He died Dec. 29, 1826, in Lebanon, Conn.

Clark, James Henry

physician, author, was born June 23, 1814, in Livingston, N. Y. He was a physician of Newark, N. J.; and the author of History of the Cholera in Newark in 1847; Sight and Hearing, How Preserved, How Lost; Medical Topography of Newark; and The Medical Men of New Jersey in Essex District, 1666-1866. He died March 6, 1869, in Montclair, N. J.

Clark, James W

state senator, congressman, was born in Bertie county, N. C. He was a presidential elector in 1812; three years a member of the state senate; and was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1815 to 1817. He died in January, 1844.

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Clark, John

soldier, governor, was born in 1766 in North Carolina. served in the revolutionary war; rose to the rank of major-general in the war of 1812. He was elected governor of Georgia in 1821. He died Oct. 15, 1832.

Clark, John Alonzo

clergyman, author, was born May 6, 1801, in Pittsfield, Mass. He was an episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia; and the author of The Young Disciple; The Pastor's Testimony; A Walk about Zion; Gathered Fragments; Awake, Thou Sleeper; and Glimpses of the Old World. He died Nov. 27, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Clark, John B

soldier, congressman, was born Jan. 14, 1831, in Fayette, Mo. He entered the confederate army; served as a lieutenant, and was promoted successively to be captain, major, colonel, and brigadier-general. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth, fortysixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses.

Clark, John Bates

political economist, author, was born Jan. 26, 1847, in Providence, R. I. He has filled the chair of political economy in various colleges, and was lecturer in Johns Hopkins university. For two years he was the president of the American Economic association. He is the author of The Philosophy of Wealth, and of numerous publications on political economy.

Clark, Mrs. Kate Upson

journalist, author, was born in 1851 in Alabama.

She is a journalist of Brooklyn, who has written mainly for young people; and the author of That Mary Ann.

Clark, Laban

clergyman, was born July 19, 1778, in Haverhill, N. H. He was one of the founders of the Wesleyan university, and president of its trustees. He died Nov. 28, 1868, in Middletown, Conn.

Clark, Lewis Gaylord

journalist, author, was born June 12, 1810, in Otisco, N. Y. He was a once prominent magazinist of New York city, and editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine. He was the author of Knick-Knacks, a collection of brief sketches contributed to that periodical. He died Nov. 3, 1873, in Piermont, N. Y.

Clark, Lincoln

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in Massachusetts. He was a judge in Alabama for several years; and on removing to Iowa was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1851 to 1853.

Clark, Lot

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from 1823 to 1825, when he was appointed postmaster at Norwich, N. Y.; and was a member of the New York assembly in 1846.