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Message:: [QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 108693, member: 59"]Had a chance this morning to see what I could find out about "C L Clarke of Centre Brook, Conn." Turns out that the village of "Centerbrook" is in Middlesex County, near Essex. Mr. Clarke actually spelled his name without the "e" at the end - Charles L Clark. He was born in late 1850, son of a farming family, but in 1870 at 19 he was already a "clerk in store" when his family was enumerated, living in the postal district of Westbrook, in the town of Old Saybrook. By 1880, living in the village of Centerbrook, town of Essex, he has risen to "merchant" and owns the store. He and his family continued living in the same general area and he continued operating a general merchandise retail store until at least 1930 (he was 79!)[/QUOTE]