Residence: 1856 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
GRAD: Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin
Residence: 1909 Milton Junction, Rock Co., Wisconsin
Cause of death: Arterio sclerosis

There is an I. B. Clarke as a member of the Milton Cornet Band Male Quartette at the funeral of Charles F. Saunders 1886.

Deserted his family soon after the last child was born.

Irving Benton Clarke 1855-1949
"Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton Wisconsin, Thursday, Jan. 27, 1949, p 8.
Funeral services for Irving B. Clarke, 93, the oldest life-long resident of Milton Junction, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan 25, from the Gray and Albrecht funeral home with the Rev. Kenneth B. Van Horn officiating. Burial was in Milton Junction cemetery.
Pallbearers were Carr Kumlien, Erv McWilliam, Jess Babcock, Carl Gray, Archie Striegl, and Floyd Vincent.
Mr. Clarke died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in Mercy hospital, Janesville, where he was taken Saturday afternoon for treatment after being cared for several weeks at the Beecher convalescent home in Janesville.
Mr. Clarke had been a farmer, salesman, painter, and carpenter. He lived at 105 Clear Lake ave., Milton Junction, for 40 years.
He cast his 73rd ballot in the primary election last September, and never missed voting at an election, relatives said. He cast his first vote for president in 1876 when Hayes and Wheeler were the candidates.
Irving Benton Clarke was born in Leonardsville, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1855, the son of Sherrill Joseph Clarke and Harriet Saunders Clarke. He came west with his parents a year later, the family settling on a farm east of Milton which had been purchased by Irving Clarke's grandfather, Alvit Clarke.
They resided there until 1867 when his father bought the southern half of the farm and built a house on it, the farm now owned by Mr. Clarke's brother, J. Dwight Clarke.
Mr. Clarke attended Milton public schools and Milton Academy. On Nov. 4, 1876, he married Rosella Osborn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Osborn, Milton, and five children were born to them. The eldest son died in infancy and Mrs. Clarke died Sept. 3, 1900.
On Aug. 3, 1903, Mr. Clarke married Mrs. Esther Osborn Cole, who died Feb. 12, 1948.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Oscar H. Crandall, Hermose Beach, Calif., three sons, Roy C., of Minneapolis, Howard L. of Big Bear Lake, Calif., and Harlow Clarke, rt 2, Janesville; three grandsons, nine granddaughters; several great-grandchildren; one brother, J. Dwight Clarke, and a sister, Miss Anne Cora Clarke, both of Milton.

Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 24, b WI

Rosella V. (Osborn) Clarke 1855-1900
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Sep. 20, 1900, p 1.
A message was received here Thursday evening announcing the sad news of the death of Mrs. I. B. Clarke of Chicago. The remains, in charge of G. W. Yerkes, arrived Friday evening and were taken to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Osborn, where the funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon conducted by Rev. G. J. Crandall, assisted by Dr. L. A. Platts, and the interment was in Milton cemetery.
Mrs. Clarke had lately been a nurse and contracted the typhoid fever in a Home, which was the cause of her death. A touching letter from those of the institution told of the esteem of which Mrs. Clarke was held. She leaves a large number of immediate relatives and friends in whose hearts her death has placed a deep sorrow. There is consolation in that she gave up her life in the heroic work of ministering to those who suffer.

Rosella V. (Osborn) Clarke 1855-1900
"Sabbath Recorder", Vol 56, No 40, p 639, 1 Oct 1900.
Clarke, Mrs. Rosella V., wife of I. B. Clarke, was born August 21, 1855, and died, in Chicago, Ill., September 13, 1900, in the 46th year of her age.
Sister Clarke was one of the constituent members of the Milton Junction Seventh-day church. She was married to I. B. Clarke November 7, 1876. Five children were born to them, four of whom, with the father and many friends, mourn the mother's death. G. J. C.