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- Clarkson HERITAGE, son of Isaac
C. and Margaret HARRIS HERITAGE,
- was born in New Jersey, December 4,
1845. He died in Milton, Wis., March 11, 1918.
- He was of Quaker stock. He had one
brother, Lucius, a graduate of Milton College
- and later a professor in the University
of Wisconsin, who died several years ago. He was much interested
in genealogy and family connections, but, with characteristic
modesty, left very little recorded regarding himself. When Clarkson
was three years old, his parents moved to Milton. He obtained
his education in the public schools and Milton academy.
- November 1, 1866, he was married to
Mary S. SAUNDERS, and they went to a
- farm on Big Foot Prairie near Walworth
where he gave special attention to the raising of high grade
stock. After thirty-eight years of happy married life Mrs. HERITAGE
died January 8, 1904. She was a woman of strong character, active
in the cause of purity and temperance. They had taken fully into
their heart, home and family relationship two adopted sons. A
year later, Mr. HERITAGE moved with his sons to Milton
where his home has since been.
- In the spring of 1905 he was married
to Mrs. Ambrosia COON CLARK of
- Leonardsville, a woman of fine Christian
character, esteemed by all who knew her. She died in April, 1916,
after a lingering illness. Those who saw the cheerful patience,
steadfastness and loving care which characterized him through
all these months, will never forget it. Love is divine. It links
us with God. The sweetest love stories are not written in passionate
declarations, but in the unwearied service that continues through
days of anxiety and through nights of vigil. Mrs. HERITAGE's
granddaughter, Relda BURDICK, had lived with them since
the death of their mother, five years before. During the past
two years nearly, she and her grandfather have happily shared
the same home. [Ambrosia was first married to Ervin CLARKE
and had a daughter Alice Elizabeth who married Lucius BURDICK.]
- Mr. HERITAGE was never strong.
Physicians said when he was a boy that he
- would not live to be twenty-one. By
wise and careful use of his powers he had survived to past the
three score and ten.
- He joined the Milton S. D. B. church
in young manhood, and after his long residence
- at Walworth his membership was brought
back to the Milton church. He was not demonstrative. He had strong
convictions. He was a kind neighbor. He was reliable and faithful
to any trust committed to him. He enjoyed the respect and confidence
of all who knew him. Everything that he did he wanted to do exactly
right and could be satisfied with nothing short of that.
- He died suddenly. Death came as he
would have wished it. He did not wish to be
- a care to anyone. Services were conducted
at his late home by his pastor, Rev. L. C. RANDOLPH, who
had known him at Walworth in former days. His body was laid at
rest in the Milton cemetery, of which he had had charge for years,
performing his duties with marked fidelity.
- Among those present from out of town
were Charley R. HERITAGE and family of
- Otter Creek, Raymond L. HERITAGE
and family of Fort Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Nelsen CLARKE
of Rock River, Mont ROBBINS and wife of Walworth.
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
- [Coordinator's note: Jon received
this article from the Milton Historical Society; he did not know
which newspaper it came from or the date. I am making an educated
guess of March of 1918 for the date.]
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