Clark, John B – Clark, Walter
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.
Clark, M. S
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania during the years 1820 and 1821. was a
Clark, Mary J
poet, was born Dec. 25, 1833, in Ellisburgh, N. Y. She received her education in the public schools; and attended Sister school of Utica, N.
Y., where her father methodist clergyman. She is the author of the Record of a Ministering Angel, which had an extensive sale. She has written extensively in prose and poetry for the periodical press; and many of her poems have been incorporated in standard publications. She has traveled extensively in America and Europe. Since the death of her husband she has managed a large manufacturing concern at Utica, Ill. a
Clark, Mrs. Mary
author, was born in 1831 in Maine. She is New England writer of religious juveniles, among which are The Mayflower Series; and Daisy's Mission.
Clark, Myron Holley
governor of New York, was born Oct. 23, 1806, in Naples, N. Y. He served as lieutenantcolonel of state militia. He was sheriff of Ontario county for two years.
Clark, N. Norton
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 2, 1841, near Bangor, Maine. He is a graduate of the Garrett Biblical institute; and for a quarter of a century has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. He is the author of The Helper for Young People's Societies; and has contributed extensively to religious publications.
Clark, Nathaniel George
educator, author, was born Jan. 18, 1825, in Calais, Vt. He was the foreign secretary of the American board of foreign missions from 1866. In earlier life he was of some note as an educator, and published Elements of the English Language. He died in 1896.
Clark, Newcomb
soldier, state legislator, was born Sept. 25, 1840, in Sullivan county, N. Y. He graduated from the Clarkston academy and the Oxford institute. He served as major and lieutenant-colonel during the civil war in the one hundred and second United States cavalry troop; and was for some time in command of the regiment. He also had command of the fifty-fourth New York infantry; subsequently commanded brigade; and was brevetted brigadiergeneral for meritorious conduct in the field. He was the first president of Wenona, now West Bay City; in 1883 he was elected a member of the Michigan state legislature; received the re-election in 1885; and now devotes his time to literary pursuits. a
Clark, Richard H
lawyer, author, was born July 3, 1827, in Washington, D. C. He has attained success as a lawyer; and is the author of Socialism in America: Father Sebastian Rale; Illustrated History of the Catholic Church in the United States; and other works.
Clark, Robert
physician, congressman, was born in Washington county, N. Y. He was a member of the assembly of that state from 1812 to 1815; and a representative in congress from New York from 1819 to 1821.
Clark, Rufus A
educator, college president, was born Nov. 20, 1846, in Coffer county, Tenn. He filled the chair as professor of mathematics in Winchester Normal college for ten years, and in 1889 was made president of that institution.
Clark, Rufus Wheelwright
clergyman, author, was born Dec. 17, 1813, in Newburyport, Mass. He was a Reformed Dutch clergyman of Albany. Among his more than a hundred publications are Lectures to Young Men; Heaven and Its Scriptural Emblems; Life Scenes of the Messiah; Romanism in America; The African Slave Trade; and Heroes of Albany. He died Aug. 9, 1886, in Nantucket, Mass.
Clark, Rush
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 1, 1834, in Schellsburg, Pa.
He was a representative in the state legislature from 1860 to 1864, serving as speaker the last two years; was a member of the governor's staff in 1861 and 1862. He was again elected to the state assembly in 1876; was elected a representative from Iowa to the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses. He died April 28, 1879.
Clark, S. H. H
railroad president.
He is president and receiver of the Union Pacific railroad at Omaha, Neb.
Clark, Samuel
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1833 to 1835. On removing to Michigan he was elected a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855. He died Oct. 2, 1870, in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Clark, Samuel Adams
clergyman,. author, was born Jan. 27, 1822, in Newburyport, Mass. He became in 1848 rector of the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia, where he continued till 1856. He was then called to St. John's church, Elizabeth, N. J., where he remained till his death. He published Memoir of Albert W. Day, prefixed to Day's sermons; and History of St. John's Church, Elizabethtown, N. J. He died Jan. 28, 1875, in Elizabeth, N. J.
Clark, Samuel M
soldier, lawyer,. journalist, congressman, was born Oct. 11, 1842, in Van Buren county, Iowa. He enlisted as a private in company H, nineteenth Iowa infantry, but was not mustered in because of ill health. He has been editor of the Keokuk Gate City for thirty-one years; was a delegate to the national republican conventions of 1872, 1876, and 1880; and was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses.
Clark, Simeon Tucker
physician, author, poet, was born Oct. 10, 1836, in Canton, Mass. He is a successful physician of Lockport, N. Y.; and professor of medical jurisprudence in Niagara university. He is also a noted lecturer and a member of the leading scientific societies in the United States. His poems have appeared in current publications; and he is the author of a work entitled My Garden.
Clark, Mrs. Susanna Rebecca Graham
author, was born July 2, 1848, in Nova Scotia. She is a writer of Portland, Maine, who has written much juvenile literature. Among her works are Yensie Walton; Our Street; The Triple E.; Achor; Herbert Gardenell's Children; Tom's Street; and Go's Goings.
Clark, Theodore Minot
architect, author, was born in 1845 in Massachusetts. He is an architect in Boston, formerly instructor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Architect, Owner and Builder Before the Law; Building Superintendence; and Rural School Architecture.
Clark, Thomas
educator, author, was born in 1787 in Lancaster, Pa. He was an educator of Philadelphia; and the author of Naval History of the United States from the Commencement of the Revolutionary War, 1814; and Sketches. of United States Naval History. He died in 1860 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Clark, Thomas March
bishop, author, was born July 4, 1812, in Newburyport, Mass. He is the second protestant episcopal bishop of Rhode Island, and prominent among theologians of the broad church school.
He is the author of Primary Truths; The Dew of Youth and Other Lectures to Young Men and Women; Early Discipline and Culture; The Efficient Sunday School Teacher; and Reminiscences; and various other religious works.
Clark, Walter
soldier, author, jurist, was born Aug. 19, 1846, in Halifax county, N. C. He was lieutenant-colonel in the confederate service. In 1885 he was elected judge of the superior court of North Carolina, then as judge of the supreme court of North Carolina, receiving the re-election to the same office in 1894. He is the author of several law books.