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Clark family of Boston, Massachusetts

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  Benjamin Cutler Clark (1800-1863) — also known as Benjamin C. Clark — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 29, 1800. Republican. Merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1860; Consul for Haiti in Boston, Mass., 1860-63. Died, from typhoid fever, in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 14, 1863 (age 63 years, 46 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of John Clark and Sarah (Davis) Clark; married 1824 to Mary Preston; father of Benjamin Cutler Clark Jr.; grandfather of Benjamin Preston Clark.
  Political family: Clark family of Boston, Massachusetts.
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  Benjamin Cutler Clark Jr. (1833-1909) — also known as Benjamin C. Clark — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 10, 1833. Consul for Haiti in Boston, Mass., 1870-77, 1880-1909. Episcopalian. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 20, 1909 (age 75 years, 222 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Cutler Clark and Mary (Preston) Clark; father of Benjamin Preston Clark.
  Political family: Clark family of Boston, Massachusetts.
  Benjamin Preston Clark (1860-1939) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in West Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk County), Mass., October 8, 1860. President, Plymouth Cordage Co.; dirctor, U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co.; Honorary Consul for Guatemala in Boston, Mass., 1897-1908; Consul for Haiti in Boston, Mass., 1909-39. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Bequeathed his private collection of 30,000 butterfly and moth specimens to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 10, 1939 (age 78 years, 94 days). Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Adeline Kennicutt (Weld) Clark and Benjamin Cutler Clark Jr.; married, January 21, 1890, to Josephine Francis Allen; grandson of Benjamin Cutler Clark.
  Political family: Clark family of Boston, Massachusetts.
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