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Creston Joseph Clarke

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Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Death: March 21, 1910 (44)
Asheville, Buncombe County, NC, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Sleeper Clarke and Asia Frigga Sydney Clarke
Husband of Adelaide Prince
Father of Minnie Clarke; Harry Clork and Ethyl Fairfax
Brother of Dollie Morgan; Adrienne Clarke; Edwin Booth Clarke; Wilfred Clarke; Lillian Theresa Clarke and 1 other

Occupation: Stage actor and playwright
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About Creston Clarke

Creston Clarke was born on August 20, 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Battle of Ballots (1915). He was married to Adelaide Prince. He died on March 21, 1910 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA due to complications from TuberculosiAbout Creston Joseph Clarke,

College of St Croix Paris France-Graduated Hamstead Collegiate School London 1886-married April 17, 189?, at New York -Adelaide Prince actress. Began professional career in London, 1882:-1st appearance on the American stage at Wallack's N.Y. has attained success in tragic roles-author The Last of His Race (Drama) Part author of The Ragged Cavalier (Comedy drama)-Clarke Creston died 1910 Who's Who in America-Clarke Creston. [Died] March 21, 1910 44 years of age actor and Dramatist--Baltimore American Thursday March 22 1910-P16-Col1-wrote-Death Comes to Creston Clarke. Prominent actor dies of tubercular ailment." "Creston Clarke Dead," New York Times, 22 March 1910, pg. 11, says: "ASHEVILLE, N.C., March 21.--Creston Clarke died at the Winyah Sanitarium here this morning. His death was due to tubercular trouble. He was 44 years old. Clarke came to Asheville about ten days ago. The body was shipped this afternoon to New York for internment in the family vault at Kensico. His wife was Adelaide Prince, an actress. She and his brother, Wilfred Clarke, survive him." A note in the Stanley Kimmel Collection Univ. of Tampa indicates Creston died at or near Edenton, NC, the hometown of some of his Mitchell cousins. Creston was buried in Kensico Cemetery, Westchester County, NY, close to the grave of Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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Creston Clarke's Timeline

1865
August 20, 1865
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
1887
April 16, 1887
Galveston Texas
1889
August 31, 1889
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
1910
March 21, 1910
Age 44
Asheville, Buncombe County, NC, United States
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