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Sidney Clarke


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Born: October 16, 1831

Birthplace: Southbridge, Massachusetts

Father: Joseph Clark Sr. 1786 – 1866
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Southbridge, Massachusetts)​

Mother: Sally Heath 1789 – 1867
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Southbridge, Massachusetts)​

1st​ Wife: Susan Clara Pratt 1836 – 1856
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Southbridge, Massachusetts)​

2nd​ Wife: Henrietta Ross 1835 – 1873
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas)
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3rd​ Wife: Dora Goulding 1857 – 1904
(Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)​

Children:

Clara Clark 1856 – 1857​
(Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Southbridge, Massachusetts)​
Sidney Ross Clarke Sr. 1860 – 1951​
(Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, Oklahoma)​
George Lincoln Clarke 1862 – 1892​
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kansas)​

Political Party: Republican Party

Occupation before War:


Publisher of Southbridge Press in Southbridge, Massachusetts​
1859: Settled in Lawrence, Kansas​

Civil War Career:

Served as a Volunteer in the Union Army​
Assistant Adjutant General of Union Army, Volunteers​
Captain & Assistant Provost Marshal General for Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota Territory.​
1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from Kansas​
1865 – 1869: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee​
1865 – 1869: Member of House Pacific Railroad Committee​

Occupation after War:

1869 – 1871: Chairman of House Indian Affairs Committee​
1869 – 1871: Member of House Militia Committee​
1870: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress​
1879: Speaker of Kansas State House of Representatives​
Railroad Builder in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma​
1891: Chairman of Oklahoma Statehood Executive Committee​
1898 – 1902: Member of Oklahoma Territorial Council​

Died:
June 18, 1909

Place of Death: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 
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