on the family farm

family farm

age 12

Milton College

University ofWisconsin

409 Madison Ave.

at home

Milton Cemetery1 CAUS Coronary occusion


1 NOTE Dwight Clarke was the second son of Sherrill Joseph and HarrietSaunders Clarke. He was born on the family farm and literallyloved every acre of it. After graduating from the TeachersCourse at Milton College in 1891,he received a scholorship tostudy dairying at the University of Wisconsin, where he servedas laboratory assistant to Dr. Stephen M. Babcock, inventer ofthe test for butter fat content of milk. He became a greatfavorite of Dr. Babcock and Dean Henry who encouraged him totake a position as a state feed inspector. However, his love ofthe farm prevailed and he took it over when his father retired.For some 20 years he had a very successful business producingbutter which hesold to customers in the Milton area. In thesunner of 1918 he had a life-threatening case of blood poisoningthat left him incapable of continuing farming.Moving into thevillage, he continued to own the farm for the rest of his life,operated by a series of tenants producing milk for the Chicagomarket. For a short time during the Depression he worked forone of the Federal government agencies helping farmers prepareapplications for relief. For some fifteen years or so he was anagent for an insurance company in Madison selling automobileinsurance. He maintained a keen interest in agriculture and"the farm problem" until the day of his death. For severalyears he served as a Justice of the Peace. He was a man of highmoral and ethical principles, greatly respected throughout thecommunity. He vigorously opposed the use of tobacco and alcoholand was an active and dedicated member of the Seventh DayBaptiost church.

The family farm was in section 35, just south-east of thevillage of Milton, 2 farms east of the Guy Holliday dairy farm.

This is the J. Dwight Clarke pictured in the MiltonCornet Bandca 1900.

"Sabbath Recorder", Vol 155, No 22, p 280, 14 Dec 1953.
Clarke, Judson Dwight, son of Sherrill Joseph and HarrietSaunders Clarke, wasborn Sept. 21, 1867, on the family farmnear Milton, Wis., and passed away at his Milton home onSabbath, June 20, 1953.
Being graduated from Milton College in1891, Dwight Clarke wasgranted a Mitchell Scholarship in agriculture at the Universityof Wisconsin where he became an assistant to the late Dr.Stephen Babcock. He followed agriculture as a careerthroughout 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 theirmarriage.
Baptized by Rev E. M. Dunn at ten years of age, Mr. Clarke wasfor 75 years a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church.At one time he servedas treasurer of the Young People's Boardof the denomination. He was an active, participating menber ofhis beloved church.
Surviving him are his wife, Beatrice; his son, Walton; onesister, Cora Clarke; and two granddaughters. Farewellserviceswere conducted by his pastor, Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph, withburial in the Milton Cemetery. E. F. R.

"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier",Milton, Wisconsin,Thursday, 25 Jun 1953, p 2.
Judson Dwight Clarke, the son of Sherrill Joseph and HarrietSaunders Clarke, was born on the Clarke farm nearMilton onSept. 21, 1867. Having spent nearly all of his 85 years in theMiltoncommunity, he passed away quietly to his eternal rest onSaturday, June 20.
Hiswas a full and active life, lived with enthusiasm and zestto the last, despitethe crippled infirmities of his lateryears.
Graduated from Milton College in1891, Mr. Clarke was granted aMitchell scholarship for an agricultural course at theUniversity of Wisconsin where he became an assistant to the lateDr. Stephen Babcock. Following his agricultural education heserved for several years asan official milk tester for theAmerican Holstein

1. 2. Walton Dwight CLARKE  

1. 3. Living CLARKE  
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