Person:Alvit Clarke (1)

Residence: SEP 1856 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin Cause of death: Congestion of liver and stomach

Note: He came to Wisconsin 27 Mar 1856, and worked on a farm in Walworth County, for seven months, and then bought a farm of 160 acres in section 35, at Milton. He later sold 80 acres to his son. (This farm is 2 farms east of the farm later to become the Guy Holliday dairy farm.)

1. ↑ Morrison, George Austin. Clarke genealogies--the "Clarke" families of Rhode Island: a compilation of the descendants of: (1) Joseph Clarke of Westerly, (2) Jeremiah Clarke of Newport, (3) John Clarke of Newport, (4) Laurence Clarke of Newport, (5) Abraham Clarke of Bristol, (6) John Clarke of Westerly, (7) Ephraim and Ichabod Clarke of Westerly, (8) Ephraim, Ichabod and Samuel Clarke of Cumberland, (9) Timothy Clarke of Bristol Clarke of Cumberland, (IX) Timothy Clarke of Bristol. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979).
2. ↑ The Milton Journal
   December 1, 1897.

   On Thanksgiving morning at 1:30 o'clock one of the oldest men in our town passed from the earthly to the heavenly home. Alvit Clarke was born in Brookfield, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1804, and was accordingly nearly 94 years of age at the time of his death. He came with his family to Wisconsin in 1856 spending the summer of that year in Walworth, and coming to Milton in September. Since that time he has resided on the farm where he died. He was the father of 12 children, four of whom died in New York state, and the remaining eight came with the father and mother to Wisconsin. The eldest of these, S. J. Clarke, was married in Brookfield and has lived in Milton, since the coming of the family to this state. The others are Franklin, living in Rhode Island; Alburtus and Wellington of Milton, Henry P. of Brodhead; and William H. of Edgerton; and two daughters, Emily who married Mr. Albert Barnhart and died in 1892; and Lucy A., the wife of W. P. Clarke of Milton. All the living children with their families, except the one living in Rhode Island, were present at the funeral, and six grandsons tenderly bore the aged body to its final resting place. Mrs. Clarke died about eight years ago. Mr. Clarke was a man of strong convictions and deep feeling. For about 75 years he was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist church to which he was devotedly attached. He retained his faculties remarkably till almost the close. He was in the habit of keeping written memoranda of important events in his own life or that of his family, and also of his own thoughts upon theological and practical subjects. Many of these memoranda are in poetry which show not a little skill as well as literary taste. In his 93rd year he committed to memory a poem of considerable length, and from memory wrote it with his own hand in his book of memoranda. A few months ago, he made an elaborate computation of his age from years to months, to days, to hours, and finally to seconds.
   His funeral was held on Sabbath afternoon from the church which he loved, conducted by the pastor, Dr. Platts, assisted by Rev. Geo. W. Burdick, of Milton Junction, and Rev. E. A. Witter, of Albion.

3.   C. W. Butterfield. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: containing a history of Rock County, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc., an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, their improvements, industries, manufacturies, churches, schools, societies, etc., war record, biographical sketches, portraits. (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879)
   815.

   Alvit Clarke, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Milton Junction; native of New York; born in Brookfield, Madison Co., Jan. 11, 1804; son of Joseph and Hannah Clarke, of Rhode Island; he came to Wisconsin March 27, 1856; worked a farm seven months in Walworth Co., then bought 160 acres on Section 35, in Milton; has since sold off eighty acres to his son. Mr. A. Clarke married Oct. 25, 1826, Miss Sarah Davis, daughter of L. Nathan Davis, of Rhode Island; they had ten children, eight sons - Joseph S., born Dec. 8, 1827; Emily C., Jan. 1, 1829; George O., May 6, 1830, died Oct. 1854; Franklin, born Aug. 7, 1833; Albertis, April 2, 1835; Pendleton, born Feb. 5, 1837, died Feb. 8, 1840; Alvit Wellington, born Sept. 27, 1838; Henry P., June 11, 1840; William H., June 26, 1842; Lucy Ann, Nov. 20, 1844. Members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. Republican. He sold to his son eighty acres at $50 per acre without buildings.