An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 386

CHARLES N. CLARKE, one of the younger business men of the Hood River, is at the
head of a prosperous drug trade which he owns and operates. He is a genial,
upright and popular man, wide awake to the interests of the state and is to be
classed among the substantial men of Wasco county. He was born in Kansas, on
April 5, 1874, the son of Levi and Mary J. (Keys) Clarke. The mother was a
native of Vermont and her parents were born in Ireland and Wales, respectively.
The father was a native of New York and his father of England, while his mother
was born in Pennsylvania, of old English Quaker stock. He was a tinner, gas
fitter and plumber by trade and came to The Dalles about 1889 where he opened a
shop and conducted it for eight years. After that, he sold his shop and came to
Hood River where he is retired and living with our subject. Charles N. was
educated in the graded schools of Eldorado, Kansas, and at The Dalles. In 1890,
he came from Texas, where he had been one year with his sister. His oldest
brother had come to Wasco county in 1888 and for seven years was in the employ
of Snipes and Kinersly, druggists at The Dalles. Then he opened a store for
himself and later moved to Aberdeen, Washington, engaging in the business where
he was burned out in the fall of 1903. After finishing his education at The
Dalles our subject entered the employ of snipes & Kinersly. With them, and his
brother later, he spent seven years in learning and following the drug business.
In August, 1898, he came to Hood River and bought the business of J.H.
Cradlebaugh and has since conducted the same. He has since increased his stock
and business materially and is handling a large trade at the present time. Mr.
Clarke is an up-to-date business man and carries a very fine stock of goods to
supply his increasing trade. His geniality and faithfulness have won him an
extensive trade besides hosts of friends. He is well known as a careful and
accurate man.      

At Dufur, Oregon, in 1890, Mr. Clarke married Miss Eva L. Slusher, a native of
Portland. Her parents, Thomas and Arabel (Dufur) Slusher, were natives of
Pennsylvania and Oregon, respectively. Her father is now deceased and her mother
is married to William Staats, a farmer residing four miles west from Dufur. Mr.
Clarke has three brothers: Frank J., a druggist in Portland: Frederick W., a
jeweler and watchmaker in Hood River: and G. Arthur, the manager of a large
cigar store at Portland: and one sister, Minnie, wife of W.O. Hadley, a jeweler,
at Moro, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke have two children, Beryl A. and Charles E.,
deceased. Our subject is affiliated, fraternally, with the A.O.U.W., the United
Artisans, and the A.F. & A.M.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.