Benjamin F. Clarkson, D. D., Pastor
of the Woodberry First Methodist Church,
No. 29 Woodberry avenue, Baltimore.
Rev. Benjamin F. Clarkson was born Janu-
ary 19, 1841, in Cassville, Huntingdon
County. Pa., where his primary education
was secured in the public schools. After
teaching a few years Mr. Clarkson entered
the Cassville Seminary, which his father was
instrumental in founding, from which he
graduated in the spring of 1861. On the
outbreak of the Civil War and the call for
troops, Mr. Clarkson was the first from his
town or township to offer his services. En-
listing August 30, 1861, he served three
years and two months, receiving his dis-
charge in November, 1864. Had it not been
for a serious injury to his eyes, from which
he has never recovered, Mr. Clarkson would
have re-enlisted and served through the en-
tire war or have shed his life's blood for the
cause. The injury mentioned was caused
by the settling of a cold in his eyes brought
on by being out all night in the rain the day
after his discharge from the hospital, where
he had endured a severe spell of typhoid
fever. Mr. Clarkson served in D Company,
Forty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol-
unteers, Hancock's Corps, under General
McClellan. Among the battles in which he
fought may be mentioned Fredericksburg,
Mayer's Heights— a part of the battle of
Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, the
second battle of Bull Run, Rapidan,
through the battles of the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania.
On his return from the army Mr. Clarkson taught a school for one year and then entered the ministry on trial, in March, 1866, in the East Baltimore Conference. The
successive charges over which he presided
were as follows: Harford Circuit in Carroll
and Baltimore counties ; Piedmont, W. Va.;
Great Falls, in Baltimore county; Harford
Circuit, Harford county; West Harford,
Severn, Baltimore Circuit. Since that
time Mr. Clarkson has been stationed in
Baltimore, first at Hanover Street Church,
followed by High Street Station, Harford
Avenue Station, Franklin Street Station,
and in March, 1897, was assigned his present
charge. Mr. Clarkson has now served fifteen consecutive years in the city of Baltimore, the longest term of any living minister of his denomination. The First M. E. Church, of Woodberry, over which Mr. Clarkson presides, is a fine brown-stone structure of Gothic architecture and of remarkably fine proportions, on a location especially favorable for displaying its symmetrical outlines. The structure was begun in the spring of 1867, the corner- stone being laid July 2d of that year. The lecture-room was opened for services January 19, 1868, and the church dedicated by Bishop E. R. Ames on December 18, 1870. The parsonage, a block west of the church, is one of the best in the conference. On Sunday, July 4, 1897, the church celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its building with appropriate ceremonies. The First United Methodist Church of Laurel is a member of the Baltimore/Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is located on Main Street in the historic district of Laurel, Maryland.
Chapter of that order, and has had conferred upon him the fourteen degrees of the Scottish Rite. He is a comrade of Dushane Post, G. A. R., and the Union Veterans, and has served as chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Maryland. He is also a member of the Ministers' Fund Society of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Clarkson was married to Miss Laura Kelly, of Manchester, Carroll county, Md., daughter of Mr. James Kelly, for a number of years surveyor of Carroll County.
of the Woodberry First Methodist Church,
No. 29 Woodberry avenue, Baltimore.
Rev. Benjamin F. Clarkson was born Janu-
ary 19, 1841, in Cassville, Huntingdon
County. Pa., where his primary education
was secured in the public schools. After
teaching a few years Mr. Clarkson entered
the Cassville Seminary, which his father was
instrumental in founding, from which he
graduated in the spring of 1861. On the
outbreak of the Civil War and the call for
troops, Mr. Clarkson was the first from his
town or township to offer his services. En-
listing August 30, 1861, he served three
years and two months, receiving his dis-
charge in November, 1864. Had it not been
for a serious injury to his eyes, from which
he has never recovered, Mr. Clarkson would
have re-enlisted and served through the en-
tire war or have shed his life's blood for the
cause. The injury mentioned was caused
by the settling of a cold in his eyes brought
on by being out all night in the rain the day
after his discharge from the hospital, where
he had endured a severe spell of typhoid
fever. Mr. Clarkson served in D Company,
Forty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol-
unteers, Hancock's Corps, under General
McClellan. Among the battles in which he
fought may be mentioned Fredericksburg,
Mayer's Heights— a part of the battle of
Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, the
second battle of Bull Run, Rapidan,
through the battles of the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania.
On his return from the army Mr. Clarkson taught a school for one year and then entered the ministry on trial, in March, 1866, in the East Baltimore Conference. The
successive charges over which he presided
were as follows: Harford Circuit in Carroll
and Baltimore counties ; Piedmont, W. Va.;
Great Falls, in Baltimore county; Harford
Circuit, Harford county; West Harford,
Severn, Baltimore Circuit. Since that
time Mr. Clarkson has been stationed in
Baltimore, first at Hanover Street Church,
followed by High Street Station, Harford
Avenue Station, Franklin Street Station,
and in March, 1897, was assigned his present
charge. Mr. Clarkson has now served fifteen consecutive years in the city of Baltimore, the longest term of any living minister of his denomination. The First M. E. Church, of Woodberry, over which Mr. Clarkson presides, is a fine brown-stone structure of Gothic architecture and of remarkably fine proportions, on a location especially favorable for displaying its symmetrical outlines. The structure was begun in the spring of 1867, the corner- stone being laid July 2d of that year. The lecture-room was opened for services January 19, 1868, and the church dedicated by Bishop E. R. Ames on December 18, 1870. The parsonage, a block west of the church, is one of the best in the conference. On Sunday, July 4, 1897, the church celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its building with appropriate ceremonies. The First United Methodist Church of Laurel is a member of the Baltimore/Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is located on Main Street in the historic district of Laurel, Maryland.
Chapter of that order, and has had conferred upon him the fourteen degrees of the Scottish Rite. He is a comrade of Dushane Post, G. A. R., and the Union Veterans, and has served as chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Maryland. He is also a member of the Ministers' Fund Society of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Clarkson was married to Miss Laura Kelly, of Manchester, Carroll county, Md., daughter of Mr. James Kelly, for a number of years surveyor of Carroll County.
Benjamin F. Clarkson, D. D., Pastor
of the Woodberry First Methodist Church,
No. 29 Woodberry avenue, Baltimore.
Rev. Benjamin F. Clarkson was born Janu-
ary 19, 1841, in Cassville, Huntingdon
County. Pa., where his primary education
was secured in the public schools. After
teaching a few years Mr. Clarkson entered
the Cassville Seminary, which his father was
instrumental in founding, from which he
graduated in the spring of 1861. On the
outbreak of the Civil War and the call for
troops, Mr. Clarkson was the first from his
town or township to offer his services. En-
listing August 30, 1861, he served three
years and two months, receiving his dis-
charge in November, 1864. Had it not been
for a serious injury to his eyes, from which
he has never recovered, Mr. Clarkson would
have re-enlisted and served through the en-
tire war or have shed his life's blood for the
cause. The injury mentioned was caused
by the settling of a cold in his eyes brought
on by being out all night in the rain the day
after his discharge from the hospital, where
he had endured a severe spell of typhoid
fever. Mr. Clarkson served in D Company,
Forty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol-
unteers, Hancock's Corps, under General
McClellan. Among the battles in which he
fought may be mentioned Fredericksburg,
Mayer's Heights— a part of the battle of
Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, the
second battle of Bull Run, Rapidan,
through the battles of the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania.
On his return from the army Mr. Clarkson taught a school for one year and then entered the ministry on trial, in March, 1866, in the East Baltimore Conference. The
successive charges over which he presided
were as follows: Harford Circuit in Carroll
and Baltimore counties ; Piedmont, W. Va.;
Great Falls, in Baltimore county; Harford
Circuit, Harford county; West Harford,
Severn, Baltimore Circuit. Since that
time Mr. Clarkson has been stationed in
Baltimore, first at Hanover Street Church,
followed by High Street Station, Harford
Avenue Station, Franklin Street Station,
and in March, 1897, was assigned his present
charge. Mr. Clarkson has now served fifteen consecutive years in the city of Baltimore, the longest term of any living minister of his denomination. The First M. E. Church, of Woodberry, over which Mr. Clarkson presides, is a fine brown-stone structure of Gothic architecture and of remarkably fine proportions, on a location especially favorable for displaying its symmetrical outlines. The structure was begun in the spring of 1867, the corner- stone being laid July 2d of that year. The lecture-room was opened for services January 19, 1868, and the church dedicated by Bishop E. R. Ames on December 18, 1870. The parsonage, a block west of the church, is one of the best in the conference. On Sunday, July 4, 1897, the church celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its building with appropriate ceremonies. The First United Methodist Church of Laurel is a member of the Baltimore/Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is located on Main Street in the historic district of Laurel, Maryland.
Chapter of that order, and has had conferred upon him the fourteen degrees of the Scottish Rite. He is a comrade of Dushane Post, G. A. R., and the Union Veterans, and has served as chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Maryland. He is also a member of the Ministers' Fund Society of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Clarkson was married to Miss Laura Kelly, of Manchester, Carroll county, Md., daughter of Mr. James Kelly, for a number of years surveyor of Carroll County.
of the Woodberry First Methodist Church,
No. 29 Woodberry avenue, Baltimore.
Rev. Benjamin F. Clarkson was born Janu-
ary 19, 1841, in Cassville, Huntingdon
County. Pa., where his primary education
was secured in the public schools. After
teaching a few years Mr. Clarkson entered
the Cassville Seminary, which his father was
instrumental in founding, from which he
graduated in the spring of 1861. On the
outbreak of the Civil War and the call for
troops, Mr. Clarkson was the first from his
town or township to offer his services. En-
listing August 30, 1861, he served three
years and two months, receiving his dis-
charge in November, 1864. Had it not been
for a serious injury to his eyes, from which
he has never recovered, Mr. Clarkson would
have re-enlisted and served through the en-
tire war or have shed his life's blood for the
cause. The injury mentioned was caused
by the settling of a cold in his eyes brought
on by being out all night in the rain the day
after his discharge from the hospital, where
he had endured a severe spell of typhoid
fever. Mr. Clarkson served in D Company,
Forty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol-
unteers, Hancock's Corps, under General
McClellan. Among the battles in which he
fought may be mentioned Fredericksburg,
Mayer's Heights— a part of the battle of
Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, the
second battle of Bull Run, Rapidan,
through the battles of the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania.
On his return from the army Mr. Clarkson taught a school for one year and then entered the ministry on trial, in March, 1866, in the East Baltimore Conference. The
successive charges over which he presided
were as follows: Harford Circuit in Carroll
and Baltimore counties ; Piedmont, W. Va.;
Great Falls, in Baltimore county; Harford
Circuit, Harford county; West Harford,
Severn, Baltimore Circuit. Since that
time Mr. Clarkson has been stationed in
Baltimore, first at Hanover Street Church,
followed by High Street Station, Harford
Avenue Station, Franklin Street Station,
and in March, 1897, was assigned his present
charge. Mr. Clarkson has now served fifteen consecutive years in the city of Baltimore, the longest term of any living minister of his denomination. The First M. E. Church, of Woodberry, over which Mr. Clarkson presides, is a fine brown-stone structure of Gothic architecture and of remarkably fine proportions, on a location especially favorable for displaying its symmetrical outlines. The structure was begun in the spring of 1867, the corner- stone being laid July 2d of that year. The lecture-room was opened for services January 19, 1868, and the church dedicated by Bishop E. R. Ames on December 18, 1870. The parsonage, a block west of the church, is one of the best in the conference. On Sunday, July 4, 1897, the church celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its building with appropriate ceremonies. The First United Methodist Church of Laurel is a member of the Baltimore/Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is located on Main Street in the historic district of Laurel, Maryland.
Chapter of that order, and has had conferred upon him the fourteen degrees of the Scottish Rite. He is a comrade of Dushane Post, G. A. R., and the Union Veterans, and has served as chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic, department of Maryland. He is also a member of the Ministers' Fund Society of the Methodist Church.
Mr. Clarkson was married to Miss Laura Kelly, of Manchester, Carroll county, Md., daughter of Mr. James Kelly, for a number of years surveyor of Carroll County.
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