Charles Nelson Clark (August 21, 1827 – October 4, 1902) was a

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. Born in Cortland County, New York, Clark attended Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. He moved to Illinois in 1859. When the

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broke out he assisted in raising a company of cavalry, which was made Company G, 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment, August 6, 1861, and went directly into service. He became disabled and left the Army in 1863. He settled in Hannibal, Missouri, in April 1865. He became interested in the Mississippi River bottom lands in Illinois and undertook their reclamation. Clark was elected as a Republican to the

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(March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died in Hannibal, Missouri, October 4, 1902. He was interred in Wauseon Cemetery, Wauseon, Ohio.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Charles Nelson 1827 births 1902 deaths People from Cortland County, New York Union Army personnel People from Hannibal, Missouri Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri 19th-century American politicians