Beverly L. Clarke
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Born in Va., 1809. Came to Simpson County in 1827. Studied law under the noted Kentucky lawyer George Robertson. Served in the Kentucky Legislature, 1841-42; US Congress, 1847-49. Delegate to Kentucky Constitutional Convention, 1849. US Minister to Guatemala, 1857 until his death, 1860. State legislature authorized reinterment in the Frankfort Cemetery in 1868.
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