In Brookfield, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1907, Mr. Charles L. Clarke, aged 56 years.
Charles Lewis Clarke, son of M. Willett and Elizabeth Clarke, was born in Brookfield, March 5, 1851, and died at his late residence, Dec. 18, 1907. Except for eleven years spent at North Loup, Nebr., and three years at Boulder, Colo., his life has been spent in this community. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Myrtilla Maxson Clarke, and three daughters, Mrs. Claude Camenga, Mrs. Silas Witter, and Mrs. Clark M. Todd; two sisters, Mrs. Geo. W. Burdick of DeRuyter, and Mrs. Jay Brown of Brookfield, and the aged parents who have made their home with his for the past two years. In 1873, he was baptized by Rev. J. M. Todd and joined the Second Brookfield Seventh-day Baptist Church of which he has since been a devoted member, except for the time spent in the West. He was a genial friend, a man of strong religious convictions, a keen student of the Bible, and a staunch defender of the Bible truth.
The farewell services were largely attended on Sabbath afternoon, Dec. 21, and were conducted by his pastor, assisted by Dr. A. C. Davis of West Edmeston, at whose church he was an occasional attendant. The interment was in Brookfield Rural Cemetery. W. L. G.
