Historical Marker
Beverly L. Clarke
Born in Va., 1809. Came to Simpson County in 1827. Studied law under the noted Kentucky lawyer George Robertson. Served in the Kentucky Legislature, 1841-42; US Congress, 1847-49. Delegate to Kentucky Constitutional Convention, 1849. US Minister to Guatemala, 1857 until his death, 1860. State legislature authorized reinterment in the Frankfort Cemetery in 1868.
The town of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was the birthplace of Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).