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- CLARKE
- At Milton, April 13, 1889, of Pneumonia, Mrs. Sally [Sarah]
DAVIS,
- wife of Alvit CLARKE, aged 87
yrs, 8 months and 3 days.
- Mrs. CLARKE, at the time of
her death, was the oldest surviving member of the
- S.D.B. Church at Leonardsville, N.Y.
She had been the mother of 10 children (8 sons and 2 daughters)
of whom 6 sons and 2 daughters are still living, - Alburtus,
S. J., and Wellington, of Milton, William of Brodhead, Henry
of Edgerton, Mrs. W. P. CLARKE and Mrs. Albert BARNHART
of Milton, and Mr. Frank CLARKE of Westerly, R.I. Deceased
was a woman of excellent constitution, and worked hard and faithfully
in earlier days to rear her large family, to whom she was fondly
attached. The funeral services were held on Monday in the S.D.B.
Church, and the large circle of friends attending attested the
high esteem with which the family is regarded in this community.
[Thursday, p. 5]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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