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“Civil War Veteran Answers Last Summons” Funeral rites with military honors were held Wednesday at the First A. M. E. Church for Edward T. (Daddy) Clarke, Civil War veteran. Rites were under auspices of Stevens Post No. 1, G. A. R. The religious service was conducted by the Rev. George F. Martin, assisted by the Rev. A. W. Johnson. Vocal selections by Mr. Charles C. Daniels and organ selections by Prof. L. L. McGruder. “Daddy” Clarke was 90 years old (born approximately in 1842). He died August 1 in Hines, Illinois, at the G. A. R. hospital where he recently went for an operation. Born a slave in Platte County, Missouri, he was taken along with other slaves as contraband by the Union Army that invaded the state. When the army neared the Kansas territory Clarke escaped to the free territory where he later joined the Union forces. After the Civil War Clarke settled in Wyandotte, Kansas, where he married. Later he moved to Denver, where his wife died leaving 5 children. Clarke came to Seattle in 1925. He was a faithful member of the First A. M. E. church, an honorary member of the Spanish War Veterans, a member of Rocky Mountain Lodge of Masons, Denver; a Knight Templar and a Shriner. He was the only colored member of Stevens Post G.A.R. and one of the only three colored G.A.R. members in Washington. He is survived by a son, Robert Clarke, Casper, Wyoming; four daughters, Mrs. Iola Wilson, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Cora Adams, Miss Della Clarke and Mrs. Ethel Elegan, all of Seattle. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Butterworth Company and interment was in the G. A. R. plot, Lake View cemetery. (Buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, 1200 East Howe St Seattle, WA 98109)Date(s) of Creation
8/18/1932
