"The Journal-Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 10, 1924, p 1.
Mrs. Albertus Clarke died at her home in Milton Junction, Wisconsin, at the rising of the sun, Tuesday morning, January 8, 1924, aged 89 years, 3 months, 13 days.
On September 4, last, she had a fall which resulted in a fractured hip which had confined her to the bed most of the time since, although recently she had so improved as to be up part of the time. Christmas day she was able to be up and enjoy the Christmas tree with members of the family, but a few days later she began to fail and failed rapidly until the end came.
She was the daughter of James and Jane Mitchell Barnhart, and was born in Norwalk, Ohio, September 25, 1834, the family having moved from Canada to Ohio about 1830. She had one sister and two brothers, all of whom have passed away. In 1845 the family moved to the vicinity of Milton, where she has lived since.
She was married to Albertus Clarke, March 19, 1860. One daughter, Ella, the late Mrs. John E. Patterson, was born to them. She died July 5, 1914. Mr. Clarke died March 13, 1920, and since then she has lived in the home south of the village.
She was baptized and united with the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church, August 23, 1856, where she held her membership until the organization of the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist church in 1875, when she became a constituent member, and in it she was a faithful member until her death.
She attended Milton Academy now Milton College, and taught public school for a time.
There are left to remember her, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, as well as a host of other relatives and friends who shall long cherish her memory.
Funeral services were held in the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist church, Thursday afternoon, January 10, 1924, conducted by Erlo E. Sutton, and the body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Milton.
