Clarke, Charles P

Clarke, Charles P., a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was missionary for several years in Ottawa; Ill., and about 1857 became rector there. In 1859 he was made rector of St. John's Church, Lacon; in 1861 was appointed chaplain of the Eleventh Regiment Illinois Volunteers; the following year assumed the rectorship of St. George's Church, Utica, Il., which he: retained until 1865; and from that time resided without charge in Ottawa, where he died, Dec. 26, 1870. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1872, p. 1:27.