Davis Wasgatt Clark
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Davis Wasgatt Clark (1812–1871) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1864.
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[edit] Birth and Rebirth
Davis was born 25 February 1812 in Mount Desert, Hancock County, Maine. He was a grandson of Davis Wasgatt, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War. Influenced by the family altar, at the age of 16 he joined the first Methodist Class formed by the Rev. David Stimson on Mount Desert Island.
[edit] Education
Davis graduated from Kents Hill School in 1833. He then graduated from Wesleyan University of Connecticut in 1836.
[edit] Ordained Ministry
After some years of teaching at Amenia Seminary in New York, Clark joined the Traveling Ministry of the New York Annual Conference in 1843. He served as Pastor, Educator and Editor, including time spend as the Editor of The Ladies Repository, an important M.E. women's magazine. This appointment was spent in Cincinnati.
[edit] Episcopal Ministry
Clark was elected a Bishop in 1864. In 1866 he was called upon to serve as a mediator to reunite the northern and southern branches of the M.E. Church. He also played an important role in healing the spiritual wounds created by the American Civil War.
He was the first President of the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Clark College, founded in 1869, was named in his honor. Clark College became Clark University in 1877.
Bishop Clark became one of the most pouplar and best known Methodist leaders during the post-Civil War years.
Born on the island of Mount Desert, Maine on February 12, 1812, he died in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 23, 1871.[1] At the time of his death, he was one of the country's leading religious personalities.
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[edit] References
- Some Kents Hill School Notables [1]
