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factor, 1847-71. He died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 23, 1871.

CLAFLIN, Mary Bucklin (Davenport), au- thor, was born in Hopkinton, Mass., in July, 1825; daughter of Samuel D. Davenport. In 1845 she was married to William Claflin, afterward governor of Massachusetts, then in business in St. Louis, Mo. Soon after their marriage they removed to Newtonville, Mass., where they built the " Old Elms," afterward famous for its many noted guests. Mrs. Claflin was a trustee of Wellesley college from its foundation, and of Boston university from 1878 to 1896. In 1876 she founded the society for tbe aid of impecunious young college women, which, in November, 1897, established a memorial scholarship in honor of its founder. She published Brampton Sketches; Old-time New England Life (1890) ; Personal Eecol- lections of John G. Whittier {18QS) ; and Under the Old Elms (1895). She died in Whitinsville, Mass., June 13, 1896.

CLAFLIN, William, governor of Massachu- setts, was born in Milford, Mass., March 6, 1816; son of Lee and Sarah (Adams) Claflin. He was prepared for college at Milford academj- and at- tended Brown university, but was not graduated. He entered his father's shoe factory in 1835, and in 1838, after mastering the details of the busi- ness, he engaged in a similar undertaking in St. Louis, Mo. In 1845 he removed to Boston, Mass., where he carried on a wholesale shoe business. He was a member of the Massachusetts house of representatives, 1849-53 ; of the state senate, 1860-61 ; and of the Republican national executive committee, 1864-72, being chairman of the last named, 1868-72. He was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts in 1866, 1867 and 1868, and was gov- ,.ernor of the state, 1869-71. He was a represen- tative in the 45th and 46th congresses, 1877-81. He was vice-president of the corporation of Boston university, 1869-72, and from 1872 was its president. He was president of the Massa- chusetts club. He received the degree of LL.D. from Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., in 1868, and from Harvard in 1869.

CLAQETT, Clifton, representative, was born at Poi'tsmouth, N.H., Dec. 3, 1762; son of Wj-se- man and Lettice (Mitchell) Clagett. His father was an English barrister, who was appointed king's attorney-general at Portsmouth, holding the office until the war of the Revolution, when he sided with the colonists, by whom he was appointed solicitor general. Clifton Clagett stud- ied law under his father and was admitted to the bar in 1787, beginning practice at Litchfield, N.H. He was chosen in 1802 a representative from New Hampshire in the 8th congress. He was appointed judge of probate for Hillsborough county in 1810

and removed to Amherst. He served toj several years as representative from Litchfield m the state legislature, and was appointed a justice of the peace and quorum in 1808, and a judge of the superior court in 1812. He was a representative in the 15th and 16th congresses, 1817-21. In 1823 he was again appointed judge of probate and held the office until his death, which occurred at Amher.st, N.H., Jan. 29, 1829.

CLAGQETT, Thomas John, 1st P.E. bishop of Maryland, and 5tli in succession in the Ameri- can episcopate, was born in Prince George's county, Md., Oct. 2, 1742; son of the Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth (Gantt) Claggett; grandson of Capt. Thomas Claggett of Maryland ; and great- grandson of Col. Edward Claggett of London, Eng. He attended Lower Marlboro academy and was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1764. He received holy orders at the hands of Dr. Terrick, bishop of London, in 1767. He was appointed by the governor of Maryland incum- bent of AU Saints" church, Calvert county, Md., in 1768. When the war for independence began, being a non-juror, he retired to his estate in Prince George's county. In 1780 he became rector of St. Paul's parish, Prince George s county. From 1786 to 1792 he was rector of St. James', Arundel county, when he again assumed charge of St. Paul's, Prince George's county. He was elected bishop of Maryland and conse- crated by Bishops Provoost, Seaburj-, White and Madison in Trinity church. New York city, Sept. 17, 1792. This was the first consecration to the episcopal office in the United States, and imited the two lines of the apostolic sviccession, the Scotch and English. Bishop Claggett was ap- pointed chaplain to the United States senate in 1800, and in 1808, in addition to his episcopal duties, assumed the rector.ship of Trinity church. Upper Marlboro, Md. He received the degree of S.T.D. in 1787 from the College of New Jersey and that of D.D. from Washington college in 1792. He died at Croom. Md., Aug. 2, 1816.

CLAGHORN, Kate Holladay, author, was born at Aurora, 111., Dec. 12, 1863; daughter of Charles and Martha (Holladay) Claghorn ; grand- daughter of Benjamin and Esther (Sadler) Clag- horn, and of Elias Gideon and Sarah (Hammond) Holladay; and a descendant of James Claghorn, who, according to the old Plymouth, 3Iass., records, was married to Abigail Lombard in 1654. Her grandfather, Benjamin Claghorn, was a captain in the war of 1812, and was a nephew of Col. George Claghorn, the builder of the frigate Constitution, "Old Ironsides." Miss Claghorn was prepared for college at Brooklyn Heights seminary and by private tutoring, and was graduated from Bryn Mawr A.B. in 1892, and from Yale universitv Ph.D. in 1896. She was