Background
Clarke, James Everitt was born on January 5, 1868 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Robert K. and Mary E. (Everitt) Clarke.
Clarke, James Everitt was born on January 5, 1868 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Robert K. and Mary E. (Everitt) Clarke.
Chappaqua (New York) Mountain Institute. Private instruction in civil engineering. Engaged in civil engineering, Brooklyn, 1886-1889.
Student New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1889-1891, leaving before graduation on account of eye trouble.
Doctor of Divinity, Cumberland University, Tennessee, 1906. Doctor of Laws, Missouri Valley College, 1914.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1891. Pastor, Nashville, Tennessee, 1891-1892, Russellville, Kentucky, 1892-1897, Nashville, Tennessee, 1897-1903. Editor The Cumberland Presbyterian, 1904-1910, and its successor, The Presbyterian Advance, 1910-1934.
Became associate editor Presbyterian Tribune, New York City, 1934.
Now retired. Associate secretary Board of Christian Education of Presbyterian Church in United States of America, 1912-1927. President Tennessee Interracial Commission, 1930-1936.
Author: The Coming of the King, 1920. Education for Successful Living, 1922.
What Is a Christian?, 1923.
See for Yourself, 1927. Home: 920 Arthington Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee.
Married Anna Birkett, of Brooklyn, June 10, 1891. Children: Robert Henry, James Vernol, Faith East. (Mistress Vernon Brogden), Walter Dake.