Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . the winter months of 1869-70. He learned the granite cutters trade,and commencing the business in November 1872,continued in that occupation until November 1893,always working hard during the day and devotinghis evenings to study. Mr. Clancy is a member ofthe Atlantic Social Club, the Ancient Order of Hi-bernians, and the Cardinal Manning Total Absti-nence Society. He was Recording Secretary of theAncient Order of Hibernians from June 1883
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . the winter months of 1869-70. He learned the granite cutters trade,and commencing the business in November 1872,continued in that occupation until November 1893,always working hard during the day and devotinghis evenings to study. Mr. Clancy is a member ofthe Atlantic Social Club, the Ancient Order of Hi-bernians, and the Cardinal Manning Total Absti-nence Society. He was Recording Secretary of theAncient Order of Hibernians from June 1883 toJanuary 1889, then served two years as President,and was then elected County President of Washing-ton county, which ofifice he now holds. He wasalso Recording Secretary of the Atlantic Social ClubJune 1885 to January 1888. He received his ap-pointment as Postmaster of Westerly on May 23,1895. In politics he is a Democrat, and has beenChairman of the Democratic Town Committee sinceMarch 1890. He is unmarried. CLARKE, Elisha Peckham, physician and sur-geon, was born in AVesterly, R. I., August 17, 1833,the son of Robert and Dorcas (Peckham) E. P. CLARKE. He is a descendant of an old Rhode Island familysettled in the state since an early period in its his-tory. He received his early education in the publicschools and at DeRuyter Institute, New York. Hetaught school for several years, successfully, before lyo MEN OF PROGRESS. entering upon the profession of medicine which headopted. He took one course in the Harvard Medi-cal School and finished his course in the MaineMedical School (Bowdoin College), from which hegraduated August 5, 1863. He commenced practicein Milford, Mass., in the fall of 1863. On February 7,1864, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon inthe Thirty-first Regiment, Massachusetts remained in the service and was mustered out atthe close of the war, in September 1865. He thensettled in Hope Valley where he has since remainedin the enjoyment
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