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- CLARKE,
Judson Dwight, son of Sherrill Joseph and Harriet SAUNDERS
- CLARKE,
was born Sept. 21, 1867, on the family farm near Milton, Wis.,
and passed away at his Milton home on Sabbath, June 20, 1953.
- Being graduated from Milton College
in 1891, Dwight CLARKE was granted a
- Mitchell Scholarship in agriculture
at the University of Wisconsin where he became an assistant to
the late Dr. Stephen BABCOCK. He followed agriculture
as a career throughout his active life.
- On Oct. 12, 1904, Mr. CLARKE
was married to Beatrice LOWTHER, then head
- of the music department of Salem College,
Salem, W.Va. One son, Walton Dwight, was born to their marriage.
- Baptized by Rev E. M. Dunn at ten years
of age, Mr. CLARKE was for 75 years a
- member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
Church. At one time he served as treasurer of the Young People's
Board of the denomination. He was an active, participating
menber of his beloved church.
- Surviving him are his wife, Beatrice;
his son, Walton; one sister, Cora CLARKE; and
- two granddaughters. Farewell services
were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph, with burial
in the Milton Cemetery. E. F. R. [Vol. 155, No. 22,
p. 280]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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