Excerpt from Memorials of the Clarke Family: Formerly of the County of Northampton, in Great Britain, Their Emigration to the West and Settlement in the Southwest Part of Shelby County, Indiana, Originally Written in the Year 1845, Rewritten and Revised in the Year 1874 Owing to the deteriorating condition of copies of this work from the original printing, published in 1875, and wishing to preserve the account of his life, as set forth by James Clarke late into his old age; so that future generations may continue to enjoy and benefit from these recollections; to this end a second printing has been undertaken. This task has been accomplished. Not as in the first printing, with the use of a typesetter and a printing press; but rather with the more modern convenience of an ibm compatible computer and Epson inkjet matrix printer. The original has been reproduced as exactly as possible, such incongruities as may be found owing. In most cases, to minor limitations of the word processor used, or to such typographical errors as have escaped notice during proofreading. The author, James Clarke, subsequent to the publication of his work, lived for eleven years more, until he passed from this life on January I, 1886. He is buried in Mt. Auburn in Shelby county, Indiana. Inquiries regarding this printing may be advanced to Florence Clarke Tait of Cincinnati, Ohio. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.