1855 - 1949

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• Birth	4 Nov 1855	Leonardsville,Madison Co.,New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jan 1949	Janesville,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Buried	25 Jan 1949	Milton Junction,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Person ID	I121885	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2002 00:00:00
  Father	Sherrill Joseph CLARKE, b. 8 Dec 1827, Plainfield, Otsego Co., New York
  Mother	Harriet SAUNDERS, b. 13 Sep 1832, Plainfield,Otsego Co.,New York
  Family ID	F47537	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Esther E. OSBORN, b. 1851
  Married	3 Aug 1903
  Family ID	F47535	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Rosella V. OSBORN, b. 21 Aug 1855
  Married	7 Nov 1876	Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Children	1. Infant CLARKE, b. Abt 1879   2. Alice Edna CLARKE, b. 1881   3. Roy Clayton CLARKE, b. 1883   4. Howard Lewis CLARKE, b. Abt 1887 > 5. Harlow Osborne CLARKE, b. 27 Sep 1889, Milton,Rock Co.,Wisconsin
  Family ID	F47536	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Farm SE of Milton Milton Academy 105 Clear Lake Mercy Hospital Milton Junction cemetery1 CAUS Arterio sclerosis 1 NOTE "The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island"; by George AustinMorrison, Jr.; The Evening Post Job Printing House, New York;1902, p 204. "Sabbath Recorder", Vol 32, No 46, p 3, 16 Nov 1876. record of marriage There is an I. B. Clarke as a member of the Milton Cornet BandMale Quartette at the funeral of Charles F. Saunders 1886. "Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Wisconsin,Thursday, 27 Jan 1949, p 8. Irving B. Clarke 1855 - 1949 Funeral services for Irving B. Clarke, 93, theoldest life-longresident of Milton Junction, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan25, from the Gray and Albrecht funeral home with the Rev.Kenneth B. Van Horn officiating. Burial was in Milton Junctioncemetery. Pallbearers were Carr Kumlien, Erv McWilliam, Jess Babcock, CarlGray, Archie Striegl, and Floyd Vincent. Mr. Clarke died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in Mercyhospital, Janesville, where he was taken Saturday afternoon fortreatment after being cared for severalweeks at the Beecherconvalescent home in Janesville. Mr. Clarke had been a farmer, salesman, painter, and carpenter.He lived at 105 Clear Lake ave., MiltonJunction, for 40 years. He cast his 73rd ballot in the primary election last September,and never missed voting at an election, relatives said. He casthis first vote for president in 1876 when Hayes and Wheeler werethe candidates. Irving Benton Clarke was born in Leonardsville, N. Y., Nov. 4,1855, the son of Sherrill Joseph Clarke and Harriet SaundersClarke. He came west with his parents ayear later, the familysettling on a farm east of Milton which had been purchased byIrving Clarke's grandfather, Alvit Clarke. They resided there until 1867when his father bought thesouthern half of the farm and built a house on it, the farm nowowned by Mr. Clarke's brother, J. Dwight Clarke. Mr. Clarke attendedMilton public schools and Milton Academy.On Nov. 4, 1876, he married Rosella Osborn, daughter of Mr. andMrs. William Osborn, Milton, and five children were born tothem. The eldest son died in infancy and Mrs. Clarke died Sept.3, 1900. On Aug. 3, 1903, Mr. Clarke married Mrs. Esther Osborn Cole, whodied Feb. 12,1948. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Oscar H. Crandall, HermoseBeach, Calif., three sons, Roy C., of Minneapolis, Howard L. ofBig Bear Lake, Calif., and Harlow Clarke, rt 2, Janesville;three grandsons, nine granddaughters; severalgreat-grandchildren; one brother, J. Dwight Clarke, and asister, Miss Anne Cora Clarke, both of Milton. Gravestone photo 7 May 2002 Rock Co. Death Cert, 33529, name as Ervin, informant Miss CoraClarke.