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CLARKE. CLARKE. 127 Lynn ; iS6o-'i St. Paul's church, Lowell ; 1862 transferred to Maine Conference and stationed at Portland ; i864-'6 re-admitted to New England Conference, and stationed at Pynchon Street Springfield ; 1 S67— '9 Meridian Street, East Boston ; rS7o-'3 served as presiding elder, Boston district ; i874-'6 stationed at Trinity Church, Charlestown ; 1S77— '9 Saratoga Street, East Boston; 1880 supernumerary — in poor health: i88i-'3 Jamaica Plain, Bos- ton ; iS8-l-'6 St. Paul's, Lynn ; and i8S7-'o Newton Centre. In 1864 Mr. Clark was a delegate of the United States Christian Commission, and in 1869 received an honorary I). D. from Lawrence University, Wisconsin ; in 1872 was fraternal delegate to a conference of Wesleyan Methodists in eastern British America ; iS68, '72 and '76 delegate to General Conference Methodist Episcopal church. In 1S66, '67, '68, and in 1876, '77, '78, '79, he was a member of the missionary and church extension committees of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has held a long and honorable career as an intelligent, eloquent and conscien- tious religious teacher. June 9, 1845, Mr. Clark was married to Eliza, daughter of Aaron and Louisa (San- derson) Brooks of Petersham. Their chil- dren are Anne Elizaand Ellen UraniaClark. Mr. Clark is trustee of the Boston Uni- versity, and secretary of its board of trust, director of the New England Education Society, the New England Methodist His- torical Society, the New England Chau- tauqua Sunday-school Assembly, and the Wesleyan Home, and president of the board of directors of the South Framing- ham Camp Meeting Association. CLARKE, AUGUSTUS PECK, son of Seth Darling and Fanny (Peck) Clarke, was born in Pawtucket, Providence county, R. I., September 24, 1833. He prepared for college at the Univer- sity grammar school, Providence, R. I., and was graduated from Brown University in the class of i860, and received from that university the degree of A. M. He studied medicine in the Harvard medical school and received the degree of M. U. in the class of 1862. August 1, i86t, he entered the service of the United States army as assistant- surgeon of the 6th regiment New York cavalry, and was on duty in this capacity with the Army of the Potomac until May 5, 1S63, when he was promoted to the rank of surgeon of that regiment. No- vember, 1863, he was assigned to duty as surgeon - in - chief of the 2d brigade, 1st division of Sheridan's cavalry, and served as such until the opening of the campaign in February, 1865, when he was appointed surgeon-in-chief of the 1st cavalry divis- ion, Sheridan's corps, of the Army of the Potomac, which position he held until the close of the war. He was mustered out October, 1865, and was appointed "brevet lieut -colonel, New York State volunteers, for faithful and meritorious conduct dur- ing his term of service." During this more than four years' service he was present and on duty in eighty -two battles and engagements, viz.: from the battle of York- town, Va , May 4, 1S62, to Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865. During the seven days' battles of the Peninsular campaign in 1862, Dr. Clarke was taken prisoner at the battle of Savage Station, Va., June 29th, was afterward sent to Richmond, and on August 1st, after much suffering, was exchanged. Immedi- ately after the close of his military service, he removed to Cambridge, where he soon AUGUSTUS P. CLARKE. established a reputation in the practice of medicine, in which profession he has since continued his labors. Dr. Clarke was married in Bristol, R. L, October 23, 1861, to Mary H., daughter of