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 CLARK

CLARK

University of Chicago in I8T0, and by Harvard university in 1886. He died in Ripon, Wis., May 14, 1894.

CLARK, Patrick, inventor, was born in Ros- common, Ireland, April 2, 1818. He immigrated to the United States in 1827 and obtained em- ployment in, an iron mill at Rahway, N.J. He engaged in the iron business for himself in 1847, and later studied civil engineering and surveying. He was superintendent of the Rahway gas works from their construction in 1857 until his death. Among his inventions are: a damper regulator for steam boilers, for which the American insti- tute awarded him a gold medal in 1852 ; a multiple fan-blower; dryers for oakum and pasteboard ; a packer for pistons ; and in 1885 he patented a dynometer to prevent boiler explo- sions. He died in Rahway, X.J., March 5, 1887.

CLARK, Richard H., jurist, was born in Springfield, Effingham county, Ga., March 24, 1824. He was admitted to the bar in 1844, and settled at Albany, Ga., establishing a good prac- tice. He was elected a state senator in 1849 and in 1852 was a presidential elector. In October, 1853, he was again elected to the senate, and was subsequently appointed by Governor Johnson with Judge Walter T. Colquitt, to represent the interests of the state in a controversy involving the sum of §250,000. Judge Colquitt died before the case reached the supreme court and Mr. Clark carried it on alone, winning a verdict in favor of the state. In January, 1860, he was ap- pointed with Thomas R. R. Cobb and David Irwin to codifj' the laws of Georgia. He was an active member of the secession convention of 1861. In 1865 he was made judge of the south- western circuit, resigning three months before the expiration of his term, on accoiint of iU health. He was appointed judge of the superior court of Atlanta in 1876 and remained on the bench for two successive terms, retiring in Jan- uary, 1384. In the fall of 1855 the legislature elected him to the bench of the Stone mountain circuit, and he was re-elected in 1888 and 1892. He Avas married in 1855 to Harriet G. Carlton, who died leaving one daughter ; and he was subse- quently married to Anna Maria Lott, by whom he had one daughter. He died in Atlanta, Ga. , Feb. 14, 1896.

CLARK, Rufus Wheelwright, clergyman, was born in Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 17, 1813; son of Thomas March and Rebecca (Wheel- wright), grandson of Enoch and Mary (March), great-grandson of Enoch and Hannah, great ^ grandson of Henry and Elizabeth (Greenleaf), and great ^ grandson of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Somerby) Clark. He was graduated at Yale college in 1838, after which he studied theol- ogy at Andover and at Yale, completing his

cour.se in 1841. His first pastorate was the second Presbyterian chvirch in Washington, D.C., where he preached, 1841-42. He after- ward served at Portsmouth, N.H., 1842-51; East Boston. Mass., 1851-56; and Brooklyn, N.Y., 1857-62. In 1862 he accepted the pastorate of the first Reformed Dutch church in Albany, N.Y., where he remained until his decease. The Uni- versity of the city of New York conferi-ed upon him the degree of D.D. in 1862. His publica- tions include, Lectures to Young Men (2 vols., 1842) ; Memoir of the Bev. John E. Emerson (1851) ; Heaven and Its Scriptural Emblems (1853) ; Life Sceties of the Messiah (1654) ; Eomanism in America (1854); The African Slave Trade (1860); Heroes oj Albany 1S61-65 (1867) ; The Bible and the School Fund (1870j; and numerous pamphlets. He died at Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 9, 1886.

CLARK, Rush, representative, was born in Schellsburg, Pa., Oct. 1, 1834. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1853. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1860-64; si^eaker of the house, 1862- 64, and a member of Governor Kirkwood's staff 1861-62. He was a trustee of Iowa university 1862-66. In 1876 he was again a representative in the state legislature, and in 1877 was elected a representative in the 45th congress. He died in Washington, D.C., April 29, 1879.

CLARK, Samuel Adams, clergyman, was born at Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 27, 1822; son of Thomas March and Rebecca (Wheelwright), grandson of Enoch and Mary (March), great- grandson of Enoch and Hannah, great ^ grand- son of Henry and Elizabeth (Greenleaf), and great ^ grandson of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Somerby) Clark. He pursued his theological studies at Andover, Mass., Alexandria, Va., and Litchfield, Conn., was ordained to the priesthood of the Protestant Episcopal church, and in 1848 became rector of the church of the Advent, Philadelphia. In 1856 lie took charge of St. John's church, Elizabeth, N.J., holding the rectorship until his death. He helped largely in the building of a new church for his parish, which he left free from debt. He represented the diocese of New Jersey in two general conventions, and later was president of its standing com- mittee. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Rutgers college in 1870. His publica- tions include: A Memoir of Albert W. Day (1846) ; and History of St. John's Church, Elizabeth- toicn, X. J. (1857). He died at Elizabeth, N. J., Jan. 28, 1875.

CLARK, Samuel Mercer, representative, was born in Van Bureu county. Iowa, Oct. 11, 1842; son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Reynolds) Clarke; grandson of George Henry and Jane (Mercer) Clarke of Clarke county, Virginia, and of John