Clarence A. Buskirk

Clarence Augustus Buskirk (November 8, 1842 - 1926) was an American lawyer, politician, poet, and lecturer who served as the tenth Indiana Attorney General from November 6, 1874, to November 6, 1878. Later in his life, he became a prominent promoter of Christian Science.

Biography Early life and education Buskirk was born in Friendship, New York to Andrew C. Buskirk (a merchant and tailor) and Diana E. (née Scott) Buskirk.

Buskirk was a student at Friendship Academy until he was seventeen. He taught at Friendship Academy, saving up enough money go live with his brother in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In Kalamazoo, Buskirk continued teaching and also became a potato farmer. In 1861, he entered the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor. Buskirk read law at the office of Balch & Smiley in Kalamzaoo and was admitted to the bar in 1865. He moved to Princeton, Indiana in 1866.

Buskirk died in 1926.