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Clarke, James M. a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Baltimore County, Md., Nov. 16, 1806. He was converted at eighteen. and educated at Dickinson College. He entered the Baltimore Conference in 1832, in which he served twenty-three charges, practicing medicine for several years in connection with his ministerial work, and died at Duncansville, Pa., … Continue reading “Clarke, James M.”

Clarke, James Freeman, D.D a Unitarian minister, was born at Hanover, N.H., April 4, 1810. He graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and from Cambridge Divinity School in 1833. Thenceforth he was pastor until his death, June 8, 1888. He was the author of many works, among which are, Orthodoxy: its Truths and its Errors … Continue reading “Clarke, James Freeman, D.D”

Clarke, Ivory a Baptist missionary, was born at North Berwick, Me. and graduated from Waterville College in 1834, and from the Newton Theological Institution in 1837. He was appointed a missionary April 3, 1837, and sailed the latter part of that year for Africa. For seven years he resided at Bexlevy Liberia, and for three … Continue reading “Clarke, Ivory”

Clarke, Hugh L. M. a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, entered the ministry in 1859; was missionary in Zion Church, Belvidere, and St. James’s Church, Knowlton, N. J., and rector of Zion Church, Rome, N.Y., until his death; Oct. 2, 1880. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1881, p. 172.. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Clarke, Henry Steele, D.D a Presbyterian. minister, was born at Somers, Connecticut, in 1818. Hegraduated from Yale College in 1841; became pastor first at Willoughby, Ohio; in 1849 at Manchester, N.H.; in 1852 of the Central Church, Philadelphia, and died January 17, 1864. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1865, page 83. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, … Continue reading “Clarke, Henry Steele, D.D”

Clarke, George an English Wesleyan: minister, was born in the county of Durham in 1785. He was converted in manhood; commenced his ministry in 1813; labored for twenty-nine years, four (1835-38) being spent on the Shetland Islands; became a supernumerary at Stockton in 1842, and Gateshead in 1844; and died at Sunderland, July 19, 1857. … Continue reading “Clarke, George”

Clarke, Elam Calhoun, a Congregational minister was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Williams College in 1812, and spent a part of one year in Andover Theological Seminary. He was ordained April 13,1824; was pastor at Richmond Street Church, Providence, R. I., in that and the following year; stated supply at various places from 1825 to … Continue reading “Clarke, Elam”

Clarke, Edward Daniel Ll.D. an English divine, of note as a writer of travels, was born at Willingdon, Sussex, in 1769, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. From 1790 to 1799 he acted as tutor and traveling companion in several families traveling in France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. In 1799 he set out on … Continue reading “Clarke, Edward Daniel Ll.D.”

Clarke, Edward an English clergyman, was born at Buxted, March 16, 1730. He took his degree at St. John’s College, Cambridge, in 1752, and was elected a fellow in 1755. In 1758. he took charge of the rectory of Pepperharrow, in Surrey. His first publication as a copy of Greek hexameters on the death of … Continue reading “Clarke, Edward”

Clarke, Edmund an English Baptist minister, was born in the city of Worcester in 1797. After uniting with the Church under the pastoral care of the Rev. Abraham Austin, Fetter Lane, London, he pursued his preparatory studies for the ministry at Stepney College, and was ordained at Truro in 1819, where he remained a highly … Continue reading “Clarke, Edmund”