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Clinch, Charles Powell – Clopton, John

Clinch, Charles Powell

author, poet, was born Oct. 20, 1797, in New York city. For many years Mr. Clinch was an editorial writer for the press, and a literary and dramatic critic. He also wrote numerous poems, theatrical addresses, and plays, including The Spy; The Expelled Collegians; and The First of May. 1835 he was elected a member of the state legislature. He died Dec. 16, 1880, in New York city.

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Clinch, Duncan Lamont

soldier, legislator, congressman, was born April 6, 1787, in Edgecombe county, N. C. He was a general in the United States army; and from 1843 to 1845 was a representative in congress from Georgia. He died Oct. 27, 1849, in Macon, Ga.

Clingan, William

congressman. He was a delegate from Pennsylvania to the continental congress from 1777 to 1779, and was a signer of the articles of confederation.

Clinton, Charles

ancestor of the Clintons in the United States, soldier, jurist, was born in 1690 in Ireland. He was justice of the peace, county judge and lieutenant-colonel of the Ulster county militia. He was made a lieutenant-colonel in Oliver Delancy's regiment on March 24, 1758, and served under Col. Bradstreet at the siege and capture of Fort Fonte- He died Nov. 19, 1773, in Orange county, N. Y. nac.

Clinton, George

congressman, was born in New York. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1801 and 1802; and was representative in congress from that state from 1804 to 1809. a

Clinton, James G

congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1841 to 1845.

Clinton, John W

journalist, was born in 1836, in Andes, N. Y. He is the editor and proprietor of the Ogle County Press, and president of the Illinois Press association.

Clinton, Joseph Jackson

bishop, was born Oct. 3, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He was missionary bishop in the south during and after the war, and very successful in the establishment there of missions and annual conferences. He died May 25, 1881, in Atlantic City, N. J.

Clinton, Thomas

congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1827 to 1831; and for a second term from 1833 to 1835.

Clodfelter, N. J

author, poet, was born Dec. 14, 1852, in Alamo, Ind. He is known as The Wabash Poet, and is the author of Early Vanities, and Snatched from the Poorhouse.

Clopton, David

congressman, was born in 1820 in Georgia. He was elected a representative from Alabama to the thirty-sixth congress. He resigned in February, 1861, to take part in the rebellion of that year.

Clopton, John

congressman. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1795 to 1799, and again from 1801 to 1816. He died Sept. 11, 1816.