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- Lester Wallace HULL, son of Richard and Jennie HULL,
was born on a farm in
- Lima township, December 20, 1887, and passed away at his
home in Milton on April 26, 1928.
- He was one of a family of seven children, of which five survive
him, Loyal and Frank
- of Milton, Mark H. of Janesville, Mrs. Grace OAKLEY
of Milton and Mrs. Berta COON of West Allis.
- On May 7th, 1914, he was married to Helen COTTRELL
and to them two sons
- were born, Laurence and Wayland.
- He was baptized in the year 1913 and joined the Milton Junction
S.D.B. Church and
- was a faithful member at the time of his death.
- Mr. HULL was well honored in this community having
passed his entire life on farms
- of Milton and vicinity until recently moving to the village
of Milton. He was an honest, industrious citizen, a good neighbor
and friend and his untimely passing will be mourned by many relatives
and friends. The heartfelt sympathy of the whole community
goes out to the sorrowing wife and little sons.
- Farewell services were conducted at the home at 1:30 p.m.,
and at the S.D.B. Church
- at Milton Junction at 2:00 p.m. on April 28. Services were
in charge of Pastor Randolph, assisted by Pastor J. L. Skaggs
of Milton. Rev. A. J. C. Bond and Rev. E. D. Van Horn, both
former pastors at Milton Junction, took part in the services.
Interment was made at Milton Junction. [Thursday edition,
p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Wellington Alvit CLARKE was the seventh of ten living
children born to Alvit and
- Sally DAVIS CLARKE. He was born in Plainfield, N.Y.,
Sept 27, 1838 and died at the County Hospital (after two months
illness), May 15, 1928.
- In 1856 his parents moved to Wisconsin, first locating in
Walworth for a year, then
- coming to Milton and purchasing a quarter section of land
east of Milton, a part of which is now owned by his nephew, J.
D. CLARKE.
- In the early sixties, he was married to Mrs. Finette McPHERSON
in Janesville.
- They purchased a farm in Alden, Minnesota where one daughter
Estelle and two sons,
- Martin and Herman were born. Estelle died at the age of thirteen
in 1879.
- After a period of years they moved to Milton, finally purchasing
the Ezra
- CRANDALL house on Madison avenue.
- Mr. CLARKE was in the employ of a railroad company
in the northern part of the
- state for several years - as long as his health permitted.
He was a man of kind, generous nature and always honest with
his fellowmen. He was a member of the Alden Seventh Day Baptist
church.
- Funeral services were held at Whaley's undertaking rooms,
Thursday at 2:30
- conducted by Rev. J. L. Skaggs of Milton. Interment was made
in the Milton cemetery. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
-
- [There are several factual errors in this obituary.]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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