1822 - 1895

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• Birth	23 Nov 1822	Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	1895
  Person ID	I121893	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2002 00:00:00
  Family 1	Esther LANPHERE, b. Abt 1822
  Married	11 Sep 1842
  Children	1. Joshua Stillman CLARKE, b. 3 Nov 1844, De Ruyter,Madison Co.,New York   2. Mary Susan CLARKE, b. 16 Oct 1847, Preston,Chenango Co.,New York > 3. Ella Francetta CLARKE, b. 8 Jun 1850, Sangerfield,Oneida Co.,New York   4. Orson Joshua CLARKE, b. 18 Jan 1853, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York
  Family ID	F47544	Group Sheet
  Family ID	F47545	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Name Prefix: Rev. 1 NOTE "The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island"; by George AustinMorrison, Jr.; The Evening Post Job Printing House, New York;1902, p146, 197. His boyhood was spent in Lincklaen, Chenango Co., New York andBrookfield, Madison Cop., New York. In March, 1840 he removedwith his parents to Watson, Lewis Co., New York and united withthe church there. He began to preachthere and remained untilJune 1842, when he visited his native place. In June,1843 heentered De Ruyter Institute, remaining there two years. Heunited with the Seventh Day Baptist Church, in Otselie, ChenangoCo., New York, and was ordained there 14 Jan 1844. In June,1845 he settled as pastor of the Sabbatarian Church ufLincklaen, NY until the spring of 1847, when he removed toPreston. In 1849 he returned to De Ruyter to renew the study ofGreek, but illness preventedclose application to his books. InFebruary, 1850 he accepted a call to the Second SabbatarianChurch, of Brookfield, NY and began his pastorate on 1 Mar 1850.He remained eight years. In March, 1858, he became pastor ofthe First Sabbatarian Church of Hopkinton, RI, and remainedthere six years. In 1863-4 he accepted a call to the church atAlbion, Wis., and served as pastor for six years. on1 Jan 1870he became pastor of Sabbatarian Church at De Ruyter, NYm andremainedthere sixteen years. During the forty-four years ofservice as a Baptist minister he preached more than 800 funeralsermans and more than 9,000 sermans, an average of four a week. "Pastor of several churches, among which were the following:Lincklaen, Preston, Brookfield, and Deruyter (all in New York),Albion (Wisconsin), and Ashaway (Rhode Island); President of theSeventh Day Baptist General Conference; a manager of the SeventhDay Baptist Missionary Society for eighteen years."