Alice Briggs Clarke, daughter of Johnson and Caroline Stout Briggs, was born in Independence, December 28, 1845, and died at her late home in Independence, October 29, 1928.
In early life she was a teacher. May 10, 1870, she was married to Orville G. Clarke, a Civil War soldier, with whom she lived to celebrate fifty-five years of married life before his death in 1926. To them were born three children: George, now deceased; Mrs. Carrie M. Slade, and Floyd C. Clarke, of Independence, who have given her a home and devoted care during the two years of her declining health. These with two grandsons, Clarke W. Slade, of Mercersburg, Pa., and Decatur M. Clarke, of Independence, survive.
Mrs. Clarke was an interested and loyal supporter of community interests, a faithful and capable worker in the Ladies' Aid society, of which she was a charter member, and an appreciative and kindly neighbor and friend who will be missed from the community where she has spent her life. Farewell services were held in the Seventh Day Baptist church at Independence, October 31, 1928, conducted by Rev. W. L. Greene. Interment at Independence.
W. L. G.
