CLARE, John C.: 1905 Bio, San Miguel County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/sanmiguel/bios/clare-j.txt --------------------------------------- Donated June 2004 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- John C. Clare John C. Clare, of Placerville, San Miguel county, is one of the fast fading body of real pioneers who helped to settle the great West of the United States and braved all the perils and endured all the hardships of frontier life in doing it. He came to the county in 1875 after having served his country valiantly in the Civil war and engaged in various occupations in his Eastern home. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 18, 1843, and is the son of John C. and Louisa Clare, by whom he was reared and educated in his native state. In 1861, soon after the beginning of the Civil war, he enlisted for three months in Company C, First Maryland Infantry, in defense of the Union, and at the end of his term he re-enlisted as a member of the Second Delaware Infantry, in which he served to the close of the war. His regiment was in active service and he took part in many of the most noted engagements of the momentous contest, but escaped without injury. After his discharge he returned to his Maryland home, and in 1866 came west to Kansas, where he remained until 1875, then moved to Colorado and settled for awhile at Del Norte, where he engaged in mining, an occupation he has followed almost continuously since that time in various localities. He has discovered many valuable mines and still owns a number of them. In 1877 he took up his residence in what is now San Miguel county and here he has since lived and taken a zealous and helpful interest in the development of the section, giving good and intelligent attention to every phase of public life and assisting in the promotion of every commendable enterprise for the benefit of the county and the surrounding country, although he could never be persuaded to accept public office of any kind. From his early manhood he has been an enthusiastic member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to lodge, chapter and commandery and being diligent and serviceable in each. He is one of the leading citizens of the county and is held in the highest esteem by all classes of its people for the uprightness of his life, his progressive views and the lofty and broad-minded citizenship for which he is widely known. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.