Angeline Lloyd (Crumb) Clarke 1810-1899  
Categories: The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Walworth, Wisconsin
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 55, No 14, p 217, Apr. 3, 1899.
  ANGELINE L. (CRUMB) CLARKE
  The subject of this Sketch was born Feb. 21, 1810, and died March 22, 1899, aged 89 years, 1 month and 1 day.   She was the eldest of a family of six, of whom only one, Mrs. Henry W. Clarke, of Chicago, survives.
  She became a Christian and was baptized by Eld Daniel Coon when about sixteen years of age, and united with the Seventh-day Baptist in Brookfield, N. Y., and later with the church of like faith at Nile, N. Y., while residing there.   After her removal to Wisconsin, she transferred her membership to the Seventh-day Baptist church at Walworth, January 16, 1858.   October 2, 1828, she was married by Eld. Eli Bailey to Ephraim H. Clarke, who died November 9, 1860.
  She was the mother of eight children, all but one of whom lived to adult age.   Five of these are still living: Mrs. Helen E. Dunn, Milton, Wis.; Mr. Francis B. Clarke, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Finette A. Clarke, Milton, Wis.; Mrs. Jennie A. Hyde, Hyde Park, Mass.; and Mr. William O. Clarke, Walworth, Wis.   She and William constituted the home family; between them there was the most affectionate relationship, the son considerate and devoted, the mother gentle and loving.   Two of her sons-in-law, the Late Rev. Elston M. Dunn and the late Mr. George H. Babcock, were specially prominent in the affairs of the Seventh-day Baptist denomination.
  Endowed with sturdy native characteristics, her life was a remarkable manifestation of great executive ability.   She met the duties that devolved upon her with rare judgment and resolute courage.   Although the weight of her many added years brought her bodily ailments and infirmities, sometimes to such an extent that it seemed as if her departure was at hand, yet during all the vicissitudes incident to these circumstances, in all her natural decline, she retained all her mental faculties and powers as clear and vigorous as in the meridian of life, even to the very last moments of her consciousness.   Second childhood, so general with advanced age, did not come to her.
  Her religious life was truly a life, not merely a profession.   It was an every-day exhibition of vital faith which impressed upon all who knew her that her reliance was on the promises of God; and now that she is gone, that she was borne away in the arms of the angels to Abraham's bosom.   She often said that she was ready to go home, was resigned.
  Her confidence in the faith of Jesus is best expressed in her own words, "I don't know but I trust in him too much."   It was a supreme surrender.   The blessed Saviour soon answered her prayers to be released from her earthly distresses.   Gently, like the soft coming of a peaceful slumber, a sweet, heavenly rest soother her weary spirit away to the outstretching arms of our loving All-Father.
  Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. S. L. Maxson, Sabbath-day, March 25, at her late residence, from which her remains were laid away in their final resting-place by the hands of her grandsons.     S. L. M.

Residence: 1858 Walworth, Walworth Co., Wisconsin
Census: 1880 Johnston, Rock Co., Wisconsin: widowed

8 children

Ephraim H. Clarke 1803-1860  
Categories: The Sabbath Recorder Obituary, Walworth, Wisconsin
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 17, No 31, p 123, Jan. 31, 1861.
  At Denver City, Nov. 9th, 1860, of inflammation of the lungs, Mr. Ephraim H. Clarke, of Walworth, Wis., in the 57th year of his age.   He has left a bereaved family, and a large circle of friends, to mourn their loss.