Clarke came to Wisconsin (later buying land in Milton).

The evidence

• “P. 0. Milton Junction ; native of New York ; born in Brookfield, Madison Co., Jan. 11, 1804; son of Joseph and Hannah Clarke, of Rhode Island; he came to Wisconsin March 27, 1856 ; worked a farm seven months in Walworth Co., then bought 160 acres on Section 35, in Milton ; has since sold off eighty acres to his son. Mr.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/25-bios-milton.md, PDF p. 811 / book p. 815

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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