John Jones Clarke

John Jones Clarke
John Jones Clarke
1st Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
	In office; 1846–1846
Preceded by	Board of Selectmen
Succeeded by	Henry A. S. Dearborn
Member of the ; Massachusetts Senate[1]
	In office; 1853–1853
Member of the ; Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
	In office; 1836–1837
Personal details
Born	February 24, 1803; Norton, Massachusetts
Died	November 5, 1887 (aged 84)[2]; Boston, Massachusetts[2]
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Rebecca Cordis Haswell[3]
Children	Mary L. Clarke (Hanson), Haswell C. Clarke
Alma mater	Norton, Framingham and Phillips Andover[3] Academies, Harvard College.
Profession	Attorney[1]

John Jones Clarke (February 24, 1803 – November 25, 1887) was an American politician, who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature and as the first Mayor[4] of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1846.[3]

References

A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 327.
History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 By Walter Eliot Thwing (1908).
The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Justin Winsor (1881).

Notes

Hurd, Duane Hamilton Hurd (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume I, Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO., p. 20
A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 327 Printed by Order of the City Council
Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, p. 316.
Winsor, Justin (1881), The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 Vol. III, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 578.

Political offices
Preceded by Board of Selectmen	Mayors of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1846	Succeeded by Henry A. S. Dearborn

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[Hurd_1884_20-1] Hurd, Duane Hamilton Hurd (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume I, Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO., p. 20

[City_of_Boston_Printing_Department-2] A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 327 Printed by Order of the City Council

[Thwing_1908_316-3] Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, p. 316.

[4] Winsor, Justin (1881), The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 Vol. III, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 578.