Person:Judson Clarke (1)

1. Residence: Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
2. Note: family farm
3. Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
4. Note: age 12
5. GRAD: 2 JUL 1891 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
6. Note: Milton College - Teachers

GRAD: Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Residence: 1918 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: 409 Madison Ave. Cause of death: Coronary occlusion

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 The Milton and Milton Junction Courier
   p. 2, June 25, 1953.

   Judson Dwight Clarke, the son of Sherrill Joseph and Harriet Saunders Clarke, was born on the Clarke farm near Milton on Sept. 21, 1867. Having spent nearly all of his 85 years in the Milton community, he passed away quietly to his eternal rest on Saturday, June 20.
   His was a full and active life, lived with enthusiasm and zest to the last, despite the crippled infirmities of his later years.
   Graduated from Milton College in 1891, Mr. Clarke was granted a Mitchell scholarship for an agricultural course at the University of Wisconsin where he became an assistant to the late Dr. Stephen Babcock. Following his agricultural education he served for several years as an official milk tester for the American Holstein Breeders association.
   On October 12, 1904, Dwight Clarke was married to Miss Beatrice Lowther, then head of music at Salem college, Salem, W. Va. Together they achieved outstanding sucess in the production and marketing of high grade butter on the family farm until a hip ailment forced them to leave the farm and move to Milton. One son, Walton Dwight Clarke, was born to their marriage. He serves now as speech and radio professor at Kent university, Kent, Ohio.
   Mr. Clarke was baptized at 10 years of age by Rev. E. M. Dunn and has been a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church for 75 years, having served as missionary treasurer and as treasurer of the Young Peoples board of the denomination. Faithful in church attendance, he maintained a keen and active interest in the life and program of his church and denomination.
   For three terms he served as justice of the peace; he was active in the Grange and the Old Timers social group; and in 1934 he served a year on the Rock county federal drought relief committee. His first-hand knowledge of the history of our community has enriched the present generation immeasureably.
   In April, Mr. Clarke submitted to a serious cateract operation at Wisconsin general hospital, Madison. His rapid recovery from this operation during the last few months was a source of great satisfaction to him.
   Surviving are his wife, Beatrice, and son, Walton Dwight; one sister, Miss A. Cora Clarke, Milton; and two granddaughters, Barbara Ann and Martha Carolyn Clarke, Kent, Ohio.
   An older brother, Irving died in 1949.
   The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church with burial in Milton cemetery.

2.   The Sabbath Recorder . (New York City, New York; later Plainfield, N. J.)
   155:22:280, December 14, 1953.

   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 member 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.