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from Connecticut to the thirty-fourth

and

thirty-fifth congresses. 1896, in Hartford, Conn.

He

died Sept.

Clark, F. 0., civil engineer, lawyer, legiswas bom Dec. 18, 1843, in Girard, Pa. In 1862 he moved to Lake Superior, Mich., and joined the corps of the Chicago and northwestern railroad company as civil engineer. He is considered one of the most eminent lawyers in the Upper Peninsula. He is a stockholder in the lator,

Dexter mining company; and is president of the Marquette city electric

street railroad

company. In 1874-75 he served as a member of the Michigan state legislature; and has served two terms as

mayor

of his city.

Claik, Francis Edward, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 12, 1851, in Quebec, Canada. He established the Christian endeavor so-

He

ciety.

is

the edi-

The Christian Endeavor World; and tor is

of

president

of

the

World's union Christian Endeavor. He is the author of Danger Signals, the Enemies of Youth; Looking Out on Life, a book for

Our Vacations,

girls;

Where Young

to Go, etc.; People's Pray-

er Meeting in Theory and Practice; The Children and the Church; Mossback Correspondence; also Our Business Boys; Ways and Means, a history of the Christian Endeavor movement; Our Journey Around the World; and Fellow Travelers.

Clark, Frank, lawyer, congressman, was born March 28, 1860, in Eufaula, Ala. Since 1881 he has practiced law in Florida. He served three terms in the Florida state legislature. He has been assistant district attorney for the southern district of Florida; and in 1893-97 was United States attorney for the same district. In 1905-11 he was a

representative ninth, sixtieth

from Florida to the fiftyand sixty-first congresses as

a democrat. Clark,

Frank E., civil was born Nov.

legislator,

engineer,

lawyer,

12, 1860, in

Wau-

sau, Wis. In 1883 he graduated as a civil engineer; and in law in 1888. For ten years he was engaged in educational work; and for several years was county surveyor of

Green Lake county, Wis. In 1895-97 he was a member of the Wisconsin state assembly; and now practices law in Princeton, Wis. Clark, Franklin, merchant, congressman, was born in Maine. He was a member of

the Maine state legislature. In 1847-49 he was a representative from Maine to the thirtieth congress. He was a member of the executive council in 1855. He died, in Maine. Clark, Frederic Simmons, manufacturer, business president, was born Oct. 9, 1850, in Boston, Mass. He was educated in the public schools of his native city. In 1867-83 he wa connected with a wholesale paper house; and since 1885 has been treasurer and manager of the Talbot mills, woolen manufacturers of North Billerica, Mass., of which corporation he is now president. He is vicepresident of the national association of woolen manufacturers director of the American felt company; director of the American

association of woolens and worsted manufactories and a trustee of the Franklin savings bank of Boston; and the Lowell textile

school.

was born in York. During the civil war he served as a captain and in 1865 was honorably mustered out. He died Oct. 25, 1898. Clark, Frederick Thickstun, author, was born in 1858 in Pennsylvania. He is the author of A Mexican Girl; In the Valley of Havilah; On Cloud Mountain; and The Mistress of the Ranch. Clark,' G. Hardy, physician, author, was born May 13, 1860, in Utica, N.Y. He began the practice of medicine in Chicago, 111.; and since 1900 he has been the attending physician of the presbyterian hospital of Waterloo, Iowa. He is the author of The ABC Manual of Materia Medica. Clark, George, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born July 18, in Eutaw, Ala. During the civil war he served as captain of infantry in the Virginia army from Alabama. He has been secretary of state of Texas attorney-general; commissioner to codify the laws; and judge of court of appeals. Clark, George, colonial governor. In 173643 he was colonial governor of New York. Clark, George, actor, was born in 1840 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He appeared in leading dramas in the principal cities of the United Clark, Frederick L., soldier,

New



States.

He

died Oct. 4, 1906, in Norwalk,

Conn. in

Clark, George A., manufacturer, was born 1824 in Scotland. In 1865 the Passaic

thread company was organized by him, with George A., Alexander and William Clark

and Thomas Barbour as incorporators. Gigantic works were constructed and put into operation in 1866. He died Feb. 13, 1873. Clark, George Henry, clergyman, author, was bom on Nov. 7, 1819, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1860 he made in Savannah an appeal for the preservation of the union, which was published at the request of southern gentlemen. His connection with St. John's parish was dissolved in 1861; -and in 1862 his property, including his library, was sold by an agent of the confederate government as the property of an alien enemy. He is the author of Life of Oliver Cromwell.