Jessie G. N. Clarke (b. Nichols) (1843-1896) was born in Berkley, Massachusetts, and died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1870 she was living in Fall River, Massachusetts, and working as a schoolteacher. In 1872 she married Charles H. Clarke in Berkley. He had been a colonel in the American Civil War, serving as a recruiting officer. A Harvard College graduate, he worked as an engraver and rubber stamp manufacturer. He was also a musician, a composer, and a horticulturalist. They both became interested in Christian Science in the mid-1880s.
In 1884 Jessie began practicing Christian Science after taking the Primary class from Silas J. Sawyer, one of Mary Baker Eddy's students. In about 1887 she also took a class from Eddy's student Hannah A. Larminie. In 1888 she took the Normal class from Eddy and began teaching. Charles became one of her students. She joined both the Christian Scientist Association and the National Christian Scientist Association and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 1, 1893. Charles joined on April 6, 1895. They were both listed as practitioners in The Christian Science Journal, Jessie from 1891 to 1896 and Charles from 1897 to 1902. In 1894 Jessie raised funds to purchase a stained glass window for the Mother Church building in Boston. She also served as Pastor of a Christian Science branch church in Milwaukee in the mid-1890s and was Principal of the Wisconsin Academy of Christian Science. Jessie's sister Emma C. Nichols was also a Christian Scientist. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, in July 1893 and was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1895 to 1938.
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Jessie G. N. Clarke (b. Nichols) (1843-1896) was born in Berkley, Massachusetts, and died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1870 she was living in Fall River, Massachusetts, and working as a schoolteacher. In 1872 she married Charles H. Clarke in Berkley. He had been a colonel in the American Civil War, serving as a recruiting officer. A Harvard College graduate, he worked as an engraver and rubber stamp manufacturer. He was also a musician, a composer, and a horticulturalist. They both became interested in Christian Science in the mid-1880s.
In 1884 Jessie began practicing Christian Science after taking the Primary class from Silas J. Sawyer, one of Mary Baker Eddy's students. In about 1887 she also took a class from Eddy's student Hannah A. Larminie. In 1888 she took the Normal class from Eddy and began teaching. Charles became one of her students. She joined both the Christian Scientist Association and the National Christian Scientist Association and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 1, 1893. Charles joined on April 6, 1895. They were both listed as practitioners in The Christian Science Journal, Jessie from 1891 to 1896 and Charles from 1897 to 1902. In 1894 Jessie raised funds to purchase a stained glass window for the Mother Church building in Boston. She also served as Pastor of a Christian Science branch church in Milwaukee in the mid-1890s and was Principal of the Wisconsin Academy of Christian Science. Jessie's sister Emma C. Nichols was also a Christian Scientist. She joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, in July 1893 and was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1895 to 1938.
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