Charles H. Clark (June 11, 1818 – November 20, 1873) was the
mayor of Rochester, New York
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from 1858 to 1859.
Clark was born in
Saybrook, Conn., June 11, 1818. He taught in the academy in
Clinton, Conn., for a year after graduating from
Yale College
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...
in 1841; and then studied law, first in Saybrook, and subsequently in
Rochester, N. Y. He was admitted to the bar in October 1845, and was for many years a successful lawyer in Rochester. In 1858 he was mayor of the city, and in June 1863, was appointed Colonel of the 54th Regiment of the
N. Y. State National Guard. He died in Rochester, November 20, 1870, aged 52, having been affected for nearly a year with an organic disease of the heart which was apparently complicated with a disease of the brain. He married, March 8, 1848, Miss Maria B. Viele, of
Saratoga County, N. Y., who with his two sons is survived him.
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Mayors of Rochester, New York
1818 births
1873 deaths
People from Deep River, Connecticut
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