Freeman Clarke
Born: March 22, 1809
Birthplace: Troy, New York
Father: Isaac Clark 1779 – 1810
Mother: Elizabeth Brown 1777 – 1819
Wife: Henrietta Jaquelina Ward 1814 – 1890
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
Married: 1833
Children:
Elizabeth J. Clarke 1836 – 1854
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
Freeman DeWitt Clarke 1838 – 1889
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
Henry R. Clarke 1841 – 1848
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
George H. Clarke 1843 – 1910
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
Caroline Clarke Allen 1851 – 1916
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
Edward Smith Clarke 1854 – 1911
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
Sherman Clarke 1856 – 1928
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York)
Political Party: Democratic Party, Whig Party and Republican Party
Occupation before War:
Grocer and Dealer in Produce at age 15 years old.
1837 – 1845: Bank Casher at Bank of Orleans in Albion, New York
1845: Moved to Rochester, New York
1846: Organizer of Rochester, New York Bank
Trustee and Treasurer of Monroe County Savings Bank
1857: Organizer of Monroe County, New York Bank
1857 – 1865: President of Monroe County, New York Bank
Director and Treasurer of Lockport & Niagara Falls Road
President and Treasurer of Genesee Valley Railroad Company
Director of Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Held business interest with House Printing Telegraph Company
Held business interest with Magnetic Telegraph Company
One of the First Directors of Fourth National Bank
Trustee and Vice President of Union Trust Company
1852: New York Delegate to Whig Party National Convention
1854: Vice President of First New York State Republican Convention
1856: New York State Republican Party Presidential Elector
Civil War Career:
1863 – 1865: United States Congressman from New York
1863 – 1865: Member of House Invalid Pensions Committee
1863 – 1865: Member of House Manufactures Committee
1864: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1865: Voted in favor of the 13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
1865 – 1867: United States Comptroller of Currency
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1867: United States Comptroller of Currency
1867: Delegate to New York State Constitutional Convention
1870: Purchased the Rochester Chronicle Newspaper
1871 – 1875: United States Congressman from New York
1871 – 1873: Member of House Appropriations Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee
One of the Commissioners for elevation of Central Railroad tracks.
Trustee of University of Rochester
Died: June 24, 1887
Place of Death: Rochester, New York
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
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