HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Clark, George Hunt, merchant, author, poet, was born in 1809 in Northampton, Mass. He received a thorough education in the public and private schools of New England. He was an iron
merchant of Hartford; and prominent in the public and business afof his
fairs
commun-
He was
a poet of ordinary ability; and was a constant contributor to the Putnam's Magazine, also the Knickerbocker Magazine and other leading publications of America. He is the author of Now and Then; The News; and Undertow of a Trade Wind Surf. He died Aug. 20, 1881, in Hartford, Conn. Clark, George Rogers, soldier, civil engineer, was bom Nov. 19, 1752, in Albemarle county, Va. He -nas one of the earliest surveyors ity.
more
in
the
than
Kentucky,
where
frequent conflicts
with the Indians gave
him an experience
of
the greatest value to himself and his people. He grew to be recognized as the protector of all the settlements in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and a terror to the redmen. In 1776 he was appointed major of militia; and was chosen a delegate to the Virginia convention. In 1777 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel; and in 1781 was comiiissioned brigadier-general of the continental army. He died Feb. 18, 1818, in Louisville,
Ky.
Clark, George Thomas, librarian, was born Dec. 7, 1862, in San Francisco, Cal. In 1886-88 he was assistant librarian of the university of California; in 1888-90 was deputy state librarian; in 1890-94 was classifier; in 1894-1907 he was librarian of the San Francisco public library; and since 1907 has been librarian of the Leland Stanford university. He is the joint compiler of Index to Laws of California. Clark, George Washington, soldier, was born in Indiana. In 1861 he became first lieutenant in the third regiment Iowa volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died May 22, 1898. Clark, Gideon, soldier, was bom in Pennsylvania. In 1862 he was lieutenant-colonel
hundred and nineteenth regiment Pennsylvania infantry; and in 1865 he was in the one
brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. Clark, Gilbert J., lawyer, author. He is a noted lawyer of Kansas City, Mo. He is the
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author of Eminent American, English and Canadian Lawyers. Clark, George Whitfield, clergyman, author, was bom Feb. 15, 1831, in South Orange, N.J. In 1853 he graduated from Amherst college; in 1855 graduated from Eochester theological seminary; and subsequently received ^^^ degree of D.D. i*^ from that institution. He has been pastor of
_ ^'MtK^Kk hM^H!I
,
'
i i
baptist
churches
in
New Market and
Elizabeth, N.J. ; in Balliston, N.Y. and in Somerville, N.J.
Ever since
1880 he has been with the missionary departof the American baptist publication society. For many years he has devoted himself to exegetical studies. He is the author of Harmony of the Four Gospels in English,
ment
on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ; Eomans and Corinthians; Galatians to Philamon; Harmonic Arrangement of the Acts of the Apostles; Brief Notes on the New Testament; History of the First Baptist Church in Elizabeth, N.J.
The Mighty Worker; and
other works. Clark, Greenleaf, lawyer, jurist. In 1881-88 he was associate justice of the supreme court of Minnesota. Clark, Guy
Ashley, manufacturer, waa born on Feb. 17, 1823, in Onondaga, N.Y. In 1860-70 he was agent of the Onondaga salt company. In 1870 he was elected city supervisor of Syracuse, N.Y.; and was twice reelected to the same office. Clark, Henry A., patriot, lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 3, 1815, in Sidney, N.Y. The early history of Bainbridge contains in part the history of Henry A. Clark. While representing his district in the state senate in
1863-65
he
was the
friend of the governor,
Horatio Seymour; and was one of the first to vote for the appropriation for the new state capitol. He waa a member of the state
republican
was
committee
for many years. He one of the organizers of the one hun-
dred and fourteenth regiment; and although unable to enlist himself, he gave liberally toward the advancement of the cause of the union. Clark,
Henry James, naturalist, zoblogist, was born June 22, 1826, in Baston, Mass. In 1860 he became professor of zoBlogy in the Lawrence scientific school. In 1872 he became professor of veterinary science in the Massachusetts agriculture college at
Am-
