Ella J. Clarke

From The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis., publ, 1889 - page 722

ELLA J. CLARKE, M.D., was born in Cortland Co., N.Y., Oct. 1, 1857, a daughter of Albert and Elvira (GREEN) CLARKE, and one of a family of four children, one son and three daughters, all of whom are living: Charles A., the eldest, is engaged in farming near Nortonville, Kan.; he married Evelyn A. WILLIARD, Feb.. 20, 1888. Ella J., of this sketch is the second in order of birth. Kate M., who was born Sept. 20, 1860, is a resident of New York City, and in 1886 was graduated from the New York Hospital Training School. She is well versed in the profession she has chosen, and has attended on several difficult cases. Grace A., the youngest of the family, who was born Jan. 26, 1865, is living in Milton with her parents. The CLARKE family is of English descent, and their ancestry can be traced back to a remote period. Dr. CLARKE, the subject of this sketch, received her classical education at the Homer Academy, at Homer, N.Y., and at the Alfred University, at Alfred Center, N.Y. She then devoted herself to teaching for some time, when, wishing to follow the medical profession, she became a student in the Women's Hospital and College, in New York, during the winter of 1884-85, after which she entered the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, being graduated with the highest honors, receiving the prize out of a class of 102. In September, 1886, she came to Milton and opened an office, and has since here continued the practice of her profession. She is the only homeopathic physician in Milton, and her practice extends for miles throughout the country. She is a member of the Seventh day Baptist Church, and has many warm friends. Her parents came to Milton, in 1888, to make their permanent residence there.

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