Background
Clarke, Ernest Swope was born on November 25, 1872 in Falmouth, Kentucky, United States. Son of Asahel Rawlings and Martha Ann (Swope) Clarke.
Clarke, Ernest Swope was born on November 25, 1872 in Falmouth, Kentucky, United States. Son of Asahel Rawlings and Martha Ann (Swope) Clarke.
Bachelor of Arts, Bethany College, West. Virginia, 1892.
County attorney, Pendleton Company, Kentucky, 1897-1904. County treasurer, 1905-1907, county judge, 1909-1915. Became justice Kentucky Court of Appeals, December 1915, chief justice, September 1, 1925, resigned 1926.
Director First National Bank and Kentucky Trust Company, Louisville, since 1926, vice president, trust officer, 1926-1946.
Trustee University of Louisville, American Printing House for the Blind, Kentucky Female Orphans’ School.
Member Beta Theta Pi. Member Disciples of Christ. Mason.; Clubs: Pendennis, Conversation, Lawyers, Louisville Country.
Married Mary Virginia Oldham, June 12, 1900. Children: George Oldham, Ernest South. Began practice of law at Falmouth, 1894.