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- Mrs. Harriet CLARKE, daughter of Spicer SAUNDERS
and Harriet DWIGHT
- SAUNDERS, was born at Plainfield Center, New York,
September 13, 1832, and died at her home in Milton, Wis., January
23, 1917.
- She was married on October 13, 1852, to Sherrill J. CLARKE.
To them were born
- three children, Irving Benton, Judson Dwight, and Ann Cora
CLARKE. Mr. and Mrs. CLARKE have five grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren living. Mrs. CLARKE has two
sisters living. Mrs. Lyman SMITH of Ithaca, N.Y., and
Mrs. William M. JOHNSTON of River Forest, Ill.
- After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. CLARKE made their
home at Leonardsville, N.Y.,
- for four years and then came to Milton in the fall of 1856,
where they have since lived.
- When a girl of twelve or fourteen years of age she gave her
heart and life to God and
- was baptized by Elder Rowe at Winfield, N.Y., but she did
not unite with a church till after their marriage when she united
with the S.D.B. church at Leonardsville, N. Y.
- Soon after coming to Milton she united with the Milton church,
in the pastorate of the
- Rev. W. C. WHITFORD, and for more than sixty years
has been a regular attendant at its services; helpful in all
its activities, and by her life, words and works has inspired
a large circle of acquaintances in this and other communities.
- For thirty years or more she was a member of the choir of
this church, and probably
- for a longer period than this she was a teacher in the Sabbath
School. She was active in the work of the Ladie's Benevolent
Society of the church, and for several years was a member of
the Village Improvement Club. From the organization of the W.C.T.U.
till her death she was an enthusiastic member, working for the
prohibition of the liquor traffic. In the S.D.B. denomination
her service has been most helpful in the Woman's Board, with
the exception of the first two years, an officer of the Board
since its organization in 1884. She served fourteen years as
its President, six years as Honorary president, eight and one
half years as First Vice President and two years as Associational
Secretary.
- Those who have known Mrs. CLARKE in these different
organizations appreciate
- the truthfulness of the words of her husband, who has happily
enjoyed her companionship for nearly sixty-five years of wedded
life, "She was as true to duty as the needle to the North
Pole."
- Memorial services were held at the church on the afternoon
of January 26, and were
- attended by many relatives and sympathizing friends. The
music was by a quartet who sang three pieces that Mr. and Mrs.
CLARKE had frequently sung at funerals, and that he chose
to be sung at this service, and requested that the same should
be used at his funeral.
- Mrs. A. B. WEST, President of the Woman's Board, spoke
of Mrs. CLARKE's
- long and helpful service as an officer in the Board. Rev.
H. N. JORDAN made appreciative remarks about her faithfulness
in Christian work, and Rev. Willard D. BURDICK spoke from
the last verses of the 31st chapter of Proverbs, dwelling particularly
on the points that she was an industrious woman, a woman of wisdom
and kindness, and trustworthy. Interment was made in the Milton
Cemetery.
- Mrs. CLARKE will be greatly missed in the circles
which she moved, and particularly
- in the prayer meeting and Sabbath services of the church.
- The relatives from away who attended the funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. W. M.
- JOHNSTON, W. S. JOHNSTON and John A. JOHNSTON,
Chicago; W. H. CLARKE, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. A. CLARKE
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur CLARKE, Brodhead; Mrs. C. S. SAYRE,
Albion; R. W. CLARKE, Madison. [Thursday edition, p.
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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