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 CLARKE

CLARKE

for the advancement of science in 1884, and of the Edinburgh geological society in 1898. He contributed numerous papers to the principal scientific journals and to the Proceedings of the American society for the advancement of science. He published Views Around Ithaca (1869); Con- stants of NcUure (1873, 1876, 1883); Weights, Pleas- ures and Money of all Nations (1875) ; Rej)ort on the Teaching (f Chemislnj and Physics in the United tSlates (1881); A Eecalcidation of Atomic Weights (1882, new edition, 1897); The Elements of Chem- istry (1884), The Constitution of the Silicates (1895>

CLARKE, Freeman, representative, was born in Troy, N.Y., Marcli 22, 1809. He entered a business house at an early age, but left in 1837 to accept the cashiership of the Bank of Orleans in Albion, N.Y., which he held until 1845. He was president of several banks in Rochester, N.Y., and elsewhere He was a pi'esidential elector on the Fremont ticket in 1856, and in 1862 was elected as a Republican a representative in the 38th congress. He was comptroller of the cur- rency, 1865-67 ; and a member of the New York constitutional convention in 1867. He was a rep- resentative in the 42d and 43d congresses, 1871-75. He died in Rochester, N.Y., June 24, 1887.

CLARKE, Henry Francis, soldier, was born in Brownsville, Pa., Nov. 9, 1830. He was grad- uated from the U.S. n^iilitary academy, West Point, in 1843, and was commissioned 2d lieu- tenant of the 2d artillery. He served on garrison duty, 1845-46; participated in the Mexican war; and was wounded at Chapultepec, where he was brevetted captain for his gallantry, Sept. 13, 1847, and was promoted 1st lieutenant. He acted as assistant instructor of artillerj^ at the Military academy, 1848-49, and as assistant professor of mathematics, 1850-51 ; served in the Seminole war, 1851-52; as adjutant 2d artillery, Fort Mon- roe, 1852-53 ; Pensacola, 1853-55 ; as instructor of artillery at the Military academy, 1855-56; and was stationed at Fort Hamilton, 1856-57. He ■was promoted captain Jan. 12, 1857; served as chief of commissariat on the Utah expedition, 1857-60; and assistant in the commissary depart- ment in Washington, 1860-61. He was chief of commissariat of the department of Florida, April and May, 1861 ; and chief of commissariat of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-64. He participated in the campaigns of the Peninsula, Maryland, the Rappahannock, Pennsylvania, and the Rapidan, and was brevetted colonel Sept. 11, 1863, for gal- lant and meritorious services in the Maryland campaign. He received the brevet of brigadier- general, March 13, 1865, for services at Gettys- burg; and was at the same time brevetted major general of the United States army for faithful and meritorious services in the subsist-

ence department during the war. He was in charge of the subsistence department in Con- necticut, New York and New Jersey, 1864-67; division of Missouri, 1867-75 ; and of the division of the Atlantic, 1879-84. He was promoted colonel IMay 30, 1883, and was retired Nov. 9, 1884. Hg died in Washington, DC, May 10, 1887.

CLARKE, James, governor of Kentucky, was born in Bedford county, Va., in 1779; son of Robert and Su.san Clarke. His father migrated from Virginia to Kentucky at an early period and settled in Clark count j^, near the Kentucky river. James received the principal part of his education under Doctor Blythe, afterward a professor in Transylvania university, and studied law with Ills brother, Christian Clarke. He began practice at Winchester, Ky., in 1797, and became a prom- inent lawyer. He was several times elected to the state legislature- was a judge of the court of appeals, 1810-12; and in 1813 was elected as a Clay Democrat a representative in the 13th con- gress. He was re-elected to the 14th congress and resigned in 1816. He was judge of the cir- cuit court, 1817-24, and in 1825 was elected a representative in the 19th congress to fill tlie vacancy occasioned by Henry Clay's appointment as secretary of state. He was re-elected to the 20th and 21st congresses. In 1833 he was elected to the Kentucky senate, and was chosen speaker of that body. He was elected governor of Ken- tucky in August, 1836, and served until his death in Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 27, 1839.

CLARKE, James Freeman, clergyman, was born April 4, 1810, at Hanover, N.H., during a brief residence of his parents in that town ; son of Samuel and Re- becca Parker- (Hull) Clarke ; grandson of Samuel and Martha (Curtis) Clarke and of Gen. William Hull; great-grand- son of Barnabas and Hepzibah (Barrett) Clarke and of Oba- diah Curtis; gi-eat^ grand,son of Nathan- iel and Abigail (Hedge) Clarke;

great^ grandson of Andrew and Mehita- ble (Scotto) Clark; and gi-eat* grandson of Thomas (born in 1599) and Susanna (Ring) Clarke of Plymoutli. Wlien he was a few weeks old his parents returned to New- ton, Mass., and there his early life was spent chiefly in the home and under the tutorship of the Rev. James Freeman, pastor of King's chapel, Boston, the second husband of his grand-