Rufus Wheelwright Clark was born on December 17, 1813 in Newburyport, MA. The brother of Protestant Episcopalian Bishop Thomas March Clark, Rufus W. Clark graduated from Yale College in 1838 and then studied theology at Andover and at the Yale seminary where he graduated in 1841. He was ordained on 7 January 1842 and became pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C. He also held pastorates in Portsmouth, N.H. from 1842 - 1851, East Boston, Massachusetts from 1851 - 1856, Brooklyn, NY 1857 - 1862, and the 1st Dutch Reformed church in Albany, NY, where he remained until his death, August 9, 1886. The University of New York conferred upon him the degree of D.D. (Doctor of Divinity) in 1862. He was known as a great pulpit orator and the author of 130 books, pamphlets, reviews, and articles as well as twelve volumes of Sunday School textbooks. His works include The Heroes of Albany: a Memorial of the Patriot-Martyrs of the City and County of Albany who Sacrificed their Lives During the Late War in Defense of our Nation, 1861 - 1865 (published by S. R. Gray, Albany, NY, 1866.) Heroes of Albany contains 155 chapters, each chapter a biography of a Christian soldier from Albany County that perished during the war.
Rufus Wheelwright Clark was born on December 17, 1813 in Newburyport, MA. The brother of Protestant Episcopalian Bishop Thomas March Clark, Rufus W. Clark graduated from Yale College in 1838 and then studied theology at Andover and at the Yale seminary where he graduated in 1841. He was ordained on 7 January 1842 and became pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C. He also held pastorates in Portsmouth, N.H. from 1842 - 1851, East Boston, Massachusetts from 1851 - 1856, Brooklyn, NY 1857 - 1862, and the 1st Dutch Reformed church in Albany, NY, where he remained until his death, August 9, 1886. The University of New York conferred upon him the degree of D.D. (Doctor of Divinity) in 1862. He was known as a great pulpit orator and the author of 130 books, pamphlets, reviews, and articles as well as twelve volumes of Sunday School textbooks. His works include The Heroes of Albany: a Memorial of the Patriot-Martyrs of the City and County of Albany who Sacrificed their Lives During the Late War in Defense of our Nation, 1861 - 1865 (published by S. R. Gray, Albany, NY, 1866.) Heroes of Albany contains 155 chapters, each chapter a biography of a Christian soldier from Albany County that perished during the war.
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