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- Corydon Leverette CLARKE was
born in Scott, Courtland County, New York,
- June 1, 1828, and died in the town
of Milton, Wis., May 29, 1907, having nearly reached his 79th
birthday. His father, Joe CLARKE, was a native of Rhode
Island, being a descendant from the CLARKEs who were among
the first settlers of the Island of Newport, and who took prominent
and important part in the affairs of the colonies in that formative
period of our country's history. His mother, Emily PARDEE
CLARKE, was a native of Courtland County, New York, though
of Southern ancestry, her mother PARDEE. Mr. CLARKE's
grandmother, being a sister of the famous Confederate General
Joseph E. JOHNSTON. Thus in both branches of his ancestry
Mr. CLARKE was the descendant of people of much more than
ordinary ability and worth.
- Mr. CLARKE was the oldest of
thirteen children, three of whom died in infancy, and
- five have died since reaching maturity.
Among the later were Dr. Albert CLARKE who died in Milton
eleven years ago and whose daughters, Dr. Ella CLARKE
CRANDALL SMART, and Mrs. Grace CLARKE COON,
are well known in Milton, and Mrs. E. Lua CLARKE BABCOCK,
late of Plainfield, N.J. Of those who survive him two brothers
reside in Alfred, N.Y., one sister and one brother live in Plainfield,
N.J., and one brother is in Rhode Island.
- On the third of October, 1852, Mr.
CLARKE was married to Miss Caroline E.
- BOUGHTON,
daughter of the Rev. Alanson BOUGHTON, an eminent Baptist
clergyman, of Moravia, Onondaga Co., N.Y. While still living
in their native state, and where they were married, there was
born to them one daughter, now Mrs. Charlotte EDWARDS,
a widow living at Magnolia, in this county. After coming to Wisconsin
three other children were born to them: Belle, wife of W. C.
GARRIGUS, late of Bloomington, Ill., but now living on
a part of the paternal home in the town of Milton; Nelson C.
living on another part of the same farm, and Mary who died in
infancy.
- On coming west, Mr. and Mrs. CLARKE
went first to Kansas where they stayed a
- few months and then came back to Wisconsin
and rented a farm in the town of Lima. Soon after the close of
the war for the Union he bought the farm in the town of Milton,
at Otter Creek, which has since been their home. A part of this
place he bought of Mr. William McNETT who had entered
it through the Government.
- In 1861, Mr. CLARKE responded
to the Government's call for troops for the
- country's defense against those who
sought to disrupt the Union. He was enrolled in Company H., 13th
Wisconsin Infantry, under Captain PRATT, at Whitewater.
The regiment was organized in Janesville and was soon sent to
the front, where, though it saw no severe fighting, the regiment
did excellent and often difficult service in garrison duty and
in guarding railroads, and other lines of communications between
different points of the army. In this service Mr. CLARKE
proved himself a patriotic, faithful and efficient soldier. In
November 1865, with the rest of the regiment, he was mustered
out of the service, and a little later received an honorable
discharge, having been in the service a little more than four
years. Returning to his Wisconsin home he again took up the work
of the farm, this time in the town of Milton, as already noted.
Here for more than forty years he has quietly and industriously
applied himself to the arts of peace, recognizing that thus,
as well as in the strifes of war, one may prove his patriotism
and loyalty to that which is best in his country's life. He maintained
to the last a deep interest in the local affairs of Town and
Country, as well as in State and National politics. He was an
active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and greatly
enjoyed its social meetings as well as the more public occasions.
Few men enjoyed more than he to recall the stories and incidents
which enlivened the weary days of the war. He took a patriotic
pride in the Decoration day services in honor of the dead comrades
of the ever memorable struggle for the preservation of the Union.
That his own life should find its consummation at the early dawning
of this day of days to the old soldier, would seem to have been
as he would have liked to have had it.
- The esteem in which Mr. CLARKE
was held by those among whom he had lived for
- a period extending to nearly fifty
years, was eloquently witnessed by the very large and tearful
company which assembled to pay their last tribute of respect
to him they loved, and to express their sympathy with those who
were nearest to him in ties of human relation and tender sympathy.
He leaves to mourn his departure, besides the wife of his youth,
the companion of his maturer years and the sharer of his toils
and triumphs, three children, eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren,
together with a great host of other relatives and friends.
- The funeral was held June first from
his late residence, conducted by Dr. Platts of
- Milton. The College Quartet sang three
beautiful and appropriate selections, and the burial services
were conducted, at the Otter Creek Cemetery, by his comrades
of the A. D. Hamilton Post of the Grand Army of the Republic.
L. A. P. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
-
- [Note: Corydon is buried in Milton
Cemetery]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Miss Susan E. BURDICK one of the oldest residents
in Milton Junction, died at her
- home on June 4, 1907, aged 73 years, seven months and fourteen
days.
- She was born in Alfred, N.Y., October 21, 1833. Her parents
were Ethan and Amy
- ALLEN BURDICK. These will be better known to
many from the fact that Ethan BURDICK was a brother of
the mother of the late President Jonathan ALLEN of Alfred
University and that Amy ALLEN BURDICK was a sister of
President ALLEN's father.
- In July, 1841, the family moved to Milton, Wis., where for
the greater part of the time
- they have lived. Miss BURDICK was the youngest daughter
in a family of six children. There were three sisters and one
brother older than she, and one brother younger. But one of these
brothers and sisters survives, Mrs. Daniel FREEBORN of
Milton Junction. Two deaths among these have occurred within
the past year.
- Miss BURDICK was a woman of more than usual intelligence
and was interested in
- all matters pertaining to learning. She received an excellent
education, having been graduated from Milton Academy in it's
first class, in 1856, receiving the diploma of the Teachers'
course.
- She later entered Alfred University and was graduated in
1865, receiving the degree
- of Bachelor of Arts. She was a wide reader and always kept
abreast of the times. She taught a school for many years, but
later followed the occupation of dressmaker.
- In 1856 she united with the Seventh-day Baptist church at
Milton and in 1876 was
- among those who from that church joined together to form
the church in Milton Junction. She was strongly attached to her
religion and faithful to her church.
- Miss BURDICK was a woman of refinement and culture,
kind and unselfish in her
- nature, devoted to the welfare and care of others. She is
mourned by a wide circle of kindred and friends.
- Funeral services were held at her late home in Milton Junction,
June 6, 1907, con-
- ducted by President William C. Daland of Milton College,
assisted by Prof. Edwin Shaw and the Rev. O. S. Mills. Interment
was in the cemetery at Milton Junction. [Thursday edition,
p. 4]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- G. D. Hall died Sunday
- From the debilities of old age which have confined him to
his home in Johnstown
- Center during the greater part of the past spring and winter,
G[regory] D[exter] HALL passed away at half past eleven
Sunday night.
- Mr. HALL was born in Monroe county, New York, August
7, 1835, and came to
- Rock County, Wisconsin, at the age of seven. Since then he
has resided in the town of Johnstown and to that community his
life has been useful and inspiring. He served many terms as supervisor,
town chairman and assessor and for a number of years was president
of the town insurance company. Educational matters always engrossed
his attention and he did much for the betterment of the Johnstown
schools. Not only as public servant but as a man he was very
respected.
- On November 10, 1859, he married, his bride being Miss Eliza
AUSTIN. Six children
- were born to them and five are left with the widow to mourn
his demise. They are Mrs. Mary MORSE of this city, Mrs.
Cora DICKINSON of Darien, U. S. HALL, O. B. HALL
and W. J. HALL of Johnstown Center. Three sisters are
left--Mrs. BEAR of Maple Park, Ill., Mrs. ESTABROOK
of De Kalb, Ill., and Mrs. WILDER of Evansville, Wis.
The funeral was held from the home in Johnstown Center at two
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. [Burial was in Johnstown Center
Cemetery.]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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