Randolph K. Clarke
No. 15475 Randolph K. Clarke, from the Yearbook below
Published in The Dorchester Gentlemen’s Driving Club Year Book. 1905. Ed. and compiled by Ernest H. Morgan, 92
Randolph K. Clarke, first vice-president in 1904, is a native of New Brunswick. He came to Boston in 1869, and has for many years been prominent in the wholesale clothing trade. He is on the directorate and is a manufacturing manager of the Rhodes & Ripley company, of Lincoln Street. He is one of the early members of the Dorchester Gentlemen’s Driving Club and has for a good many years been prominent as a lover of horses and owner and driver of some speedy ones. He is one of the oldest and best-known road drivers in or about Boston. He is a member of Gate of the Temple Lodge of Masons, of St. Matthews Chapter and of St. Omer Commandery. He lives at 14 Wolcott Street. Among the speedy horses he has owned are Grey Dan, Black Pilot, Blacksone Maid, Bonny Doon, Creole Maid, all fast roadsters; Randolph K. (for three years king of the snow speedway), and his present speedy, graceful pacer, Gladys, with a mark of 2.21 1-4. Mr. Clarke has been marshal at most of the big parades of horsemen held for a good many years in Boston.
Randolph was born in 1848 in Woodstock, New Brunswick. He died on October 16, 1908, and is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery. At the time of his death, he was living at 406 Massachusetts Avenue.
He became a partner in the Ripley & Rhodes clothing company in Boston. The company sold ready-made closing and oil and rubber clothing.
Boston Directory
1900 Randkolph K. Clarke, 72 Lincoln, b. 557 Columbus Av.
Boston City Directory
1902 Randolph K. Clarke, 72 Lincoln, bds. 4 Sumner, Dor.
1906 Randolph K. Clarke, 72 Lincoln, 14 Wolcott, Dor.
U.S. Census
1900 at 4 Sumner Street, Dorchester
Roxana L. Vivetto, 39, vest manuf.
Isaac F. Anderson, 30, boarder, manufacturer
Randolph Clarke, boarder, no details, not even date of birth
Obituary in The Boston Globe, October 20, 1908