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Robert Harper Clarkson (November 19 1826-March 10 1884) was an Episcopal bishop. He was born in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. He was ordained deacon on June 18 1848 and priest on January 5 1851. He married Meliora McPherson on May 18 1849. They had two daughters Mary and Nellie.He arrived in Chicago with his new wife at the time of the 1849 Chicago cholera outbreak that killed 678 people.