# Residence: Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
# Note: family farm
# Census: 1880 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
# Note: age 12
# GRAD: 2 JUL 1891 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
# Note: Milton College - Teachers
GRAD: Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin
Residence: 1918 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: 409 Madison Ave.
Cause of death: Coronary occusion

Judson Dwight Clarke 1867-1953
"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, June 25, 1953, p 2.
Judson Dwight Clarke, the son of Sherrill Joseph and Harriet Saunders Clarke, was born on the Clarke farm near Milton on Sept. 21, 1867. Having spent nearly all of his 85 years in the Milton community, he passed away quietly to his eternal rest on Saturday, June 20.
His was a full and active life, lived with enthusiasm and zest to the last, despite the crippled infirmities of his later years.
Graduated from Milton College in 1891, Mr. Clarke was granted a Mitchell scholarship for an agricultural course at the University of Wisconsin where he became an assistant to the late Dr. Stephen Babcock. Following his agricultural education he served for several years as an official milk tester for the American Holstein Breeders association.
On October 12, 1904, Dwight Clarke was married to Miss Beatrice Lowther, then head of music at Salem college, Salem, W. Va. Together they achieved outstanding sucess in the production and marketing of high grade butter on the family farm until a hip ailment forced them to leave the farm and move to Milton. One son, Walton Dwight Clarke, was born to their marriage. He serves now as speech and radio professor at Kent university, Kent, Ohio.
Mr. Clarke was baptized at 10 years of age by Rev. E. M. Dunn and has been a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church for 75 years, having served as missionary treasurer and as treasurer of the Young Peoples board of the denomination. Faithful in church attendance, he maintained a keen and active interest in the life and program of his church and denomination.
For three terms he served as justice of the peace; he was active in the Grange and the Old Timers social group; and in 1934 he served a year on the Rock county federal drought relief committee. His first-hand knowledge of the history of our community has enriched the present generation immeasureably.
In April, Mr. Clarke submitted to a serious cateract operation at Wisconsin general hospital, Madison. His rapid recovery from this operation during the last few months was a source of great satisfaction to him.
Surviving are his wife, Beatrice, and son, Walton Dwight; one sister, Miss A. Cora Clarke, Milton; and two granddaughters, Barbara Ann and Martha Carolyn Clarke, Kent, Ohio.
An older brother, Irving died in 1949.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church with burial in Milton cemetery.

"Sabbath Recorder", Vol 155, No 22, p 280, 14 Dec 1953.
Clarke, Judson Dwight, son of Sherrill Joseph and Harriet Saunders Clarke, was born Sept. 21, 1867, on the family farm near Milton, Wis., and passed away at his Milton home on Sabbath, June 20, 1953.
Being graduated from Milton College in 1891, Dwight Clarke was granted a Mitchell Scholarship in agriculture at the University of Wisconsin where he became an assistant to the late Dr. Stephen Babcock. He followed agriculture as a career throughout 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 their marriage.
Baptized by Rev E. M. Dunn at ten years of age, Mr. Clarke was for 75 years a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church. At one time he served as treasurer of the Young People's Board of the denomination. He was an active, participating menber of his beloved church.
Surviving him are his wife, Beatrice; his son, Walton; one sister, Cora Clarke; and two granddaughters. Farewell services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph, with burial in the Milton Cemetery. E. F. R.

Beatrice Lowther was the oldest child of Stillman F. and Sarah Victoria (Davis) Lowther of Salem, Harrison Co., West Virginia. She and Dwight Clarke met at the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference in Salem in 1903. She, her three sisters and abrother were all musicians, probably influenced by their fatherwho played the violin. After graduating from Salem College, Beatrice spent a year at Alfred University, NY, before being appointed head of the music department at Salem College. After her marriage and move to Wisconsin, life on a dairy farm must have been quite a shock, but she handled it very well. Following the move from the farm into town, she gained an enviable reputation for her cooking and was very active with church dinners, summer camps, etc. She was an excellent seamstress and very active in several women's organizations. She suffered a fatal fall alone in her home the Sunday after Thanksgiving 1954. A neighbor found her unconscious and she was rushed to the hospital but never regained consciousness.

Census: 1880 Grant, Doddridge Co., West Virginia: age 3
GRAD: ABT 1798 Salem, Harrison Co., West Virginia: Salem College
Residence: Milton Junction, Rock Co., Wisconsin: Madison Ave
Cause of death: Skull fracture, fell in kitchen at home

Beatrice (Lowther) Clarke 1877-1954
"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Thursday, Dec. 2, 1954, p 3.
Mrs. J. Dwight Clarke, 77, Milton, died at 1 p. m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, in Edgerton Memorial hospital where she had been a patient since Sunday night. She had suffered head injuries in a fall in her home at suppertime Sunday and was found lying on the kitchen floor about 8 o'clock by Mrs. Vincent Raukuce who had gone in to make a neighborly call. She never regained consciousness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church, the Rev. Elmo F. Randolph officiating. Burial will be in Milton cemetery. Friends may call at the Fray funeral home Thursday evening.
Beatrice, eldest child of Stillman F. and Sarah Davis Lowther, was born Feb. 14, 1877, at Salem, W. Va. After graduating from Salem College and Alfred (N. Y.) University, she taught music and at the time of her marriage Oct. 12, 1904, to J. Dwight Clarke, Milton, she was head of Salem College music department. They lived on a farm near Milton until 1919 when they moved to the village. Mr. Clarke died June 20, 1953.
Mrs. Clarke was a member of Milton Seventh Day Baptist church, circle 3 of the church, the W. V. I. club of which she was past president, Milton Historical society, the D. A. R., and a long time member of the Milton Choral Union. She was a former member of the Milton school board. She served as census taker in 1930 and 1940. For several years she was manager of Milton College cafeteria.
Mrs. Clarke is survived by a son, Prof. Walton D. Clarke, Kent, Ohio; two granddaughters, Barbara and Martha Clarke; and three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Bond, Kent, O., Mrs. Clelie Sutton, Winchester, Va., and Miss Mildred Lowther, Salem, W. Va. The late S. Norton Lowther, Milton, was a brother.