George C. Clarke Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire From: Barbara Gottlock - BGOTTLOC@ccsd.edu Surname: CLARKE Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 1269 GEORGE C. CLARKE, a prosperous farmer of Derry, was born in Low- ell, Mass., April 22, 1867, a son of Robert H. and Frances (Choate) Clarke. The father, born on the old Clarke homestead in Derry, November 8, 1842, was a farmer and carpenter, and one of the prominent citizens of this town, serving as selectman in 1887, 1888, 1889 and 1893; in the seventies he served as town treasurer, and in 1895 as representative to the legislature. He was a son of Samuel Clarke, who was born December 27, 1798, in Rockingham County, N. H., on the English Range. Samuel also was a farmer all his life, and a man looked up to by his fellow citizens, serving as selectman and as representative to the legislature, so it would almost seem as though the capac- ity for dealing with public affairs was inherent in the Clarke family, which is one of the oldest in this section, the first Clarke coming here in 1719. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Frances ( Choate ) Clarke, was born in Lowell, Mass., March 21, 1847. She is a representative of the old Choate family of Essex. Her paternal grandmother, James Choate, was one of the sturdy patriots who crossed the Delaware with Washington and participated in the attack on the Hessian post at Trenton, N. J., on Christmas night, 1776. After the war was over and the cause of American liberty had triumphed, he purchased a farm in Rockingham County, N. H., and spent the rest of his days in this locality, no doubt telling many an interesting story of the great struggle to his children and descendants. Robt. H. Clarke died Dec. 12, 1906. He and his wife had five children, namely: George C. ; Lillian May, wife of Albert E. Colcord; Emily Bertha, a school teacher for over twenty years; Edith L. ; Emma Josephine, wife of Ernest L. Davis, who has two children, Kenneth W. and Lillian. They reside in Manchester. George C. Clarke was reared in this locality and in his youth attended Pinkerton Academy. He was afterwards for four years in the wholesale grocery business at Manchester, N. H. Subsequently, like his ancestors, he took up farming, in which occupation he has since been engaged successfully. He is one of the well known citizens of this town, having a wide acquaintance, and universally esteemed, having those steady characteristics that have made New England people famous the world over. In politics he is a Republican, taking a warm interest in the development of the community in which he resides, both along moral and material lines. **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.