ARVINE CLARKE was born near Bennington, Vermont, July 7, 1791, and removed with his parents to Chenango county, New York, in 1805. His father was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and served with Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Early in his life he became interested in the lumbering business, and in 1840 lumbered extensively on the Chemung River and its branches, extending his operations to the lands and mills on Crooked Creek, near Tioga, known as the "Bill Willard" property, during which period he lived in Elmira. About 1848 he came to Tioga, becoming interested in several tracts of timberland, and built the first steam sawmill in the county, on Crooked Creek, near Hammond. He died in 1858, at the home of his son-in-law, H. M. Johnson, then president of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Mr. Clarke married Eliza Higgins Clarke, of Chenango county, New York. She was born April 23, 1789, and died August 26, 1877, and is buried beside her husband at Milford, New York. They were the parents of ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity, as follows: Clarissa Ann, widow of Timothy Rose; Lucena Eliza, who married H. M. Johnson, D.D., L.L.D, and died March 4, 1890; Mary Ruth, who married Dr. Isaac Sullivan, of Mississippi; and died January 29, 1860; Sarah Mariah, widow of Hon. John Eddy; David Arvine, who died in Middlebury township; Harried Calista, wife of L. D. McCabe,D.D.,L.L.D., vice president of Ohio Wesleyan University; William Edgar, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Marvin Emory, a resident of Philadelphia.
from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania pub 1897
from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania pub 1897
ARVINE CLARKE was born near Bennington, Vermont, July 7, 1791, and removed with his parents to Chenango county, New York, in 1805. His father was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and served with Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Early in his life he became interested in the lumbering business, and in 1840 lumbered extensively on the Chemung River and its branches, extending his operations to the lands and mills on Crooked Creek, near Tioga, known as the "Bill Willard" property, during which period he lived in Elmira. About 1848 he came to Tioga, becoming interested in several tracts of timberland, and built the first steam sawmill in the county, on Crooked Creek, near Hammond. He died in 1858, at the home of his son-in-law, H. M. Johnson, then president of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Mr. Clarke married Eliza Higgins Clarke, of Chenango county, New York. She was born April 23, 1789, and died August 26, 1877, and is buried beside her husband at Milford, New York. They were the parents of ten children, eight of whom grew to maturity, as follows: Clarissa Ann, widow of Timothy Rose; Lucena Eliza, who married H. M. Johnson, D.D., L.L.D, and died March 4, 1890; Mary Ruth, who married Dr. Isaac Sullivan, of Mississippi; and died January 29, 1860; Sarah Mariah, widow of Hon. John Eddy; David Arvine, who died in Middlebury township; Harried Calista, wife of L. D. McCabe,D.D.,L.L.D., vice president of Ohio Wesleyan University; William Edgar, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Marvin Emory, a resident of Philadelphia.
from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania pub 1897
from History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania pub 1897
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ARVINE CLARKE
DIED
Dec. 11, 1858
AE 67 y'rs, 5 m's,
& 4 d's.
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