History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 509.
[Bourbon County]  [Millersburg Precinct]

CHARLES CLARKE, farmer; P. O. Millersburg; proprietor of Forest Grove, was
born April 27, 1840.  His father was Charles Clarke, born Oct. 9, 1808,
in Mason County, where he was a prominent farmer, and held the office of
Sheriff for eight years.  He was a son of Septimus D. Clarke, a native of
Northumberland County, Va.; born Sep. 10, 1781, and died Dec. 29, 1833;
his wife was born in 1783, and died in the fifty-sixth year of her age.
They had seven children: Charles, Oliver P., Hiram, Leroy and James; two
daughters died unmarried.  All the sons left families in Mason County,
except Leroy, whose posterity are in Missouri.  Dr. Hiram Clarke, formerly
of Cincinnati, left an only child; he is now in Chicago.  Charles Clarke
Sr., was married in 1834, to Miss Eliza Hord.  They had six children:
John, born in 1836, a prominent farmer in Mason County; Anna J. became
the wife of E. E. Pearce, a banker in Flemingsburg; she died Oct. 4, 1878,
leaving four children: Charles, the subject of this sketch; Helen died at
eleven years; Septimus at two years; Septimus, the youngest child born in
1846; engaged in mercantile business at Mayslick.  The first four were
born in April, two years elapsing between each birth; they are
respectively, the 17th, 7th, 27th and 11th.  Mr. Clark received an
academical education, and engaged in farming.  He was married Nov. 20,
1861, to America J. Nunn, whose birth occurred March 23, 1844, a daughter
of Judge William Nunn (deceased), who was born in Millersburg on the 22d
of February, 1808; was a son of Ilai Nunn, born Oct. 1, 1758; was twice
married; first to Jennie Scott, May 27, 1779; second, to Mrs. Jemima
Watson, in 1805.  Ilai Nunn came from the State of Georgia at a very
early date, settling on Cane Ridge.  It was at his cabin that the great
camp-meeting of that day was held.  Mr. Clarke, by this marriage, had
six children, two of whom died in infancy; those living are: Fannie,
born July 15, 1864; William N., Oct. 11, 1869; Lida, March 27, 1871;
Charles, April 19, 1873.  Mr. Clarke has traded extensively through the
South, and has built up a reputation as being one of the best farmers in
Bourbon County.  He and family are members of church.  William Nunn was
a man of prominence in the early history of Millersburg.  He was four
times married; all his children died young, except the wife of our subject,
who was the only child by his third wife, who was Frances, a daughter of
William Miller, he of Major John Miller.  Mr. Nunn was a man of great
liberality, eminent in the support of Methodism, and took an active
interest in education.  His house was lavishly furnished, and before the
advent of railroads, was the resting place of the great Henry Clay, on his
way to and from Maysville to Lexington, and numerous others of the most
highly educated and prominent men of the day.  A number of people who have
gone out into the world and held positions of prominence, were educated by
Mr. Nunn, who, as an officer and Christian gentleman, held the highest
position in the hearts of his fellow citizens.  He sought out
opportunities to help others, and did good in whatever channel an
opportunity was made manifest.  Howard Henderson, late Superintendent of
Public Instruction, received a highly finished education through him,
graduating from the Cincinnati Law School, and from the O.W.U., at
Delaware, O. [sic]; he entered the ministry, and traveled through the South
with Bishop Cavanaugh, preaching, and became one of the most prominent
divines in the Conference; he is now located at Hannibal, Mo.

Clarke Hord Pearce Nunn Scott Watson Miller Cavanaugh
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Mason-KY Fleming-KY Hamilton-OH Northumberland-VA MO GA

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