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'''Charles Harold Clarke'''

Copyright 2006, Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved

His father was also named Charles Clarke.  During World War I he was a Second Lieutenant in the 311th Infantry.  He later joined the firm of Cromwell, Reid & Co.

Charles' father had died by Dec 1929.  Charles married 26 Feb 1930 in a Baha'i ceremony presided over by Mirza [[Ahmad Sohrab]] to [[Elsie Benkard]], daughter of [[Julia Lynch Olin]] and her first husband [[J. Philip Benkard]]. Charles and Elsie resided at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_Bay,_New_York Oyster Bay, New York].

==Original documents==
*<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times]</i>,  [[ElsieBenkard1|Dec 11, 1929; pg 29 Miss Elsie Benkard Engaged To Marry]]

*<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times]</i>,  [[ElsieBenkard2|Feb 27, 1930; pg 24 Miss Benkard Wed by Bahai Ceremony]]

*<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time Magazine Time Magazine]</i>, [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752392,00.html Bahai Bride Monday, Mar. 10, 1930]

*<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times New York Times]</i>, [[LiliClarke1|Dec 25, 1969 "Mrs Lili C Ohrstrom Married to Peter Townsend, a Broker"]]