An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 421-422

	CHARLES F. CLOUGH, the senior member of the firm of Clough & Graves, is one
of the most enterprising and successful men in Spokane, Washington.
	This firm is well known not only in Spokane but also throughout the Pacific
Northwest, it being composed of Hon. C.F. Clough and Mr. J.P. Graves. Since its
advent into the realty field, the firm have made some very large investments: in
fact, some of the largest investments made by outside capitalists have been
negotiated through their office. By their shrewdness, their judgment, and their
conservative business methods, they have made some excellent and paying
investments, thus gaining an enviable reputation and building up a business that
stands pre-eminently in the front rank of sound enterprises. The aggregate real
estate made by this firm in a single year reached $2,000,000, which shows the
confidence reposed in these gentlemen by Eastern and Western capitalists. Both
members of the firm have accumulated a large amount of very valuable property,
both improved and unimproved, consisting in part of business blocks and
residences. They have made a specialty of organizing syndicates for the purpose
of buying large tracts of land, and platting and selling the same. The different
projects of this nature that they have been engaged in were in every instance a
financial success, and the members of the firm have invariably been members of
these syndicates, thus testifying to the confidence they felt in their
transactions. One tract of twelve acres was handled by them in this manner, the
syndicate paying $70,000 for the property. Inside of six months the property was
sold for $281,000. While this was an exceptional case, they have been eminently
successful in making profitable investments for all the companies and syndicates
that they have organized.
	Mr. Clough was born in Rhode Island, December 26, 1843, son of Zera and
Sally M. (Cook) Clough, natives of Connecticut and Rhode Island respectively.
The father, a prosperous business man, died about the year 1849. The mother is
still living and has her home at Providence, Rhode Island. Both the Cloughs and
Cooks are of English descent. The subject of our sketch spent his youthful days
on a farm and received his education in the public schools.
	In 1861, when in his eighteenth year, he enlisted in Company E, Fourth Rhode
Island Infantry, with which he served through the entire war. He was with
Burnside's expedition in North Carolina in January, 1862, and participated in
all the engagements of that campaign. In July of the same year he was
transferred back to the Army of the Potomac, and in the fall was with that army
in Maryland, taking part in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam and
Fredericksburg. Next, his company was sent to Suffolk, Virginia, where he was in
several skirmishes. A year later he was returned to the army of the Potomac; was
in front of Petersburg until the surrender of Lee in April, 1865. He was
mustered out at Providence, Rhode Island, July 25, 1865.
	After the war Mr. Clough was variously employed for several years. He
conducted a merchandise business at Woonsocket, Rhode Island, for a time. In
1876 he made a trip to California, and was so well pleased with the Pacific
coast that he located at San Francisco, and until 1884 was engaged as a
commercial traveler. He had visited Spokane several times in a business way, and
in 1884 resolved to locate here. In the summer of that year he opened a book and
stationery store, which he successfully conducted for three years, and then sold
out in order to engage in his present business. He is a director in  the
Washington Abstract Company, and is a director and treasurer of the Chamber of
Commerce. In political matters he has taken an active part. He was a member of
the City Council two years, -- in 1886-í87. In 1890 he was nominated in a
non-partisan mass convention for the office of Mayor, and was elected by a large
majority. His administration has been a credit not only to himself but also to
the people whom he faithfully and conscientiously served.
	Mr. Clough has been married twice. In 1866 he wedded Miss Mary Lewis, a
native of Rhode Island. She died leaving one son, Lester F., and he married Miss
Carrie H. Signor, a native of Illinois, in 1889. He is a member of Sedgwick
Post, G.A.R.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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