Ellen Latham Clarke (also Clark) (c.1845-1930) was born in New London,
Connecticut, and moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts, in the early 1880s with her
husband, Elijah P. Clark (1834-1908). She was a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, studying
with her in September 1880, and was admitted to the Christian Scientist Association in
December of the same year. She was one of the First Members of The Mother Church, later
known as "Executive Members," who were the original members when the church was formed
on September 23, 1892. There were twelve original First Members. She advertised as a
practitioner of Christian Science healing in
The Christian Science Journal from 1888 until
1922.
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