"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 90, No 12, p 383, Mar. 21, 1921.

Mary A. Langworthy was born in Lincklaen, N. Y., June 5, 1828, and died in Milton Junction, Wis., February 8, 1921, at the age of 92 years, 8 months and 3 days. She was the eldest daughter Elnathan and Maria Spencer Clarke and one of a family of eleven children, four sons and seven daughters.

Mrs. Langworthy came of a long line of Puritan ancestry; her ancestors coming to Rhode Island from England in 1637. The name 'Clarke' itself suggests the occupation of the family in England; that of 'clerks' to the government which fact is proven by records extending back to 1541. Her great-great-grandfather, Rev. Joshua Clarke, served in the colonial wars and in the Revolution; was a member of the R. I. Legislature, a trustee of Brown University, and the first 'town meeting' at Hopkinton was held at his house. It is also interesting to know in these times of hurry and discarding of the old, that Mrs. Langworthy's brother, Joshua, preached in 1858 in the same church at Hopkinton, that her great-great-grandfather was ordained in and preached in just a hundred years before.

Mary A. Clarke received her early education mostly from DeRuyter Institute, DeRuyter, N. Y., after which she taught for a short time. In the fall of 1857, while living at Brookfield, N. Y., she was married to Thomas Langworthy of the town of Brookfield, by her eldest brother, Rev. Joshua Clarke. They lived on a farm near this place about eight years when they moved to a farm near Albion, Wis., at which place they resided until moving to Milton Junction in 1900.

Mr. Langworthy died at this home June 13, 1912.

To this union were born five children, Alice, Frank, Angie, Cora and Clara, two of whom, Alice and Frank, passed on several years ago.

Fourteen grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren survive her.

During Mrs. Langworthy's declining years and failing health, she has been devotedly cared for by her daughter Angie. The last few years, when forbidden the activities of life, she spent a great deal of her time composing religious poems which showed her faith and trust in her heavenly Father.

Funeral services were conducted from her late home by her pastor, Rev. Edgar D. Van Horn, assisted by Rev. Henry N. Jordan, a former pastor.

Three old and favorite hymns were beautifully rendered by Mrs. Edward Hull and Mrs. R. A. Gillaspy.

A large gathering of relatives and friends paid tribute to the high esteem in which 'Aunt Mary' was held. The body was laid to rest in the Milton Junction cemetery.
E. D. V. H.