Clarence Edward Dare

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LONG ISLAND - NOTABLE FAMILIES FROM NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES
DARE, Clarence E.
Son of a veteran of the Civil War, Clarence E. Dare has taken an active part in the civic and social affairs of Suffolk County, just as his father did before him. Like his father, he farmed the land before he entered state service. Since 1920 he has been serving as the District Forest Ranger for the state of New York. Mr. Dare was born in Selden, in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, on July 26, 1882, a son of Samuel and Henrietta (Wicks) Dare. His mother, who was a native of Patchogue, died in 1938. Mr. Dare's father, a native of Selden, served in Company C, 165th Volunteer Infantry of the Union forces in the Civil War, and before his death, in 1913, he was a town trustee of the town of Brookhaven. He received his early education in the district schools of Selden. Mr. Dare gave up farming in 1915, after his election as Superintendent of Highways for the town of Brookhaven, a post he held until 1920, when he was appointed to his present position of District Forest Ranger. Active in the business affairs of his community, Mr. Dare is vice president and director of the National Bank of Lake Ronkonkoma, and a former treasurer and trustee of the Board of Education for the School District of Selden. During World War I he was a member of the New York State National Guard. Numbered among his fraternal affiliations are memberships in the South Side Lodge 493 of the Free and Accepted Order of Masons in Patchogue, of which Mr. Dare is a life member, the Suwasset Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Patchogue, the Patchogue Commandery of the Knights Templa and the Kismet Temple Shrine of Brooklyn. Mr. Dare worships in the Methodist Church and is generous in his contributions to religious and humanitarian causes. At Lake Grove, Long Island on September 26, 1914, Mr.Dare married Florence Eugenia Gould, daughter of George E. and Eugenia (Hallock) Gould, natives of Lake Grove.

Died at home, Middle Country Road

OBITUARY - CLARENCE E. DARE
Posted 05 Jan 2012 by LINDLEY77
NEW YORK TIMES - NOV 26, 1952 - PAGE 23
Clarence E. Dare
Selden, L.I. Nov 25 - Clarence E. Dare, who as district forest ranger for the last thirty two years directed forest-fire fighting throughout Suffolk County and in Oyster Bay Township in Nassau County, died here today at his home on Middle Country Road. He was 70 years old.
Mr. Dare formerly served as Brookhaven Town highway superintendent for one two-year term and was re-elected, but resigned in the middle of his second term to join the State Conservation Department in 1920. At his death, he was also President of the National Bank of Lake Ronkonkoma.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Florence G. Dare; a brother, Logan Dare, and two sisters, Mrs. Laura Mae Terry and Mrs. Lucille Hough.

Clarence married Florence Eugenia Gould 26 Sep 1914, Lake Grove, Suffolk, New York, United State. Florence (daughter of George Everett Gould and Florence Eugenia Hallock) was born 10 Sep 1888, Lake Grove, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Samuel, a native of Selden, served in Company C, 165th Volunteer Infantry of the Union forces in the Civil War, and before his death, in 1913, he was a town trustee of the town of Brookhaven. He received his early education in the district schools of Selden.

"...He was born in the town in which he resides October 7, 1847 and is a son of Charles William F. and Mary Ann Hall Dare, the former of whom was born in Lancashire England. He remained in his native place until eighteen years of age when he came to America. Previous to coming to this country he had learned the shoemaker's trade and followed that for a living for some time after locating here. He subsequently engaged in gardening, which was his principal occupation up to the time of his death. At one time he served as a policeman in New York City and was also a Lieutenant in the Militia in an early day. While engaged in the boot and shoe business in Maiden Lane, New York City, he was burned out in the great fire of I835. He died in 1888 respected by all who knew him. His wife, who was born in New York City, has reached the good old age of eighty four years and enjoys good health. (He) was one of twelve children born to his parents. As a boy he attended the district schools but had a limited opportunity for acquiring an education. The tocsin of war sounded when young Samuel was still a boy, but he answered his country's call, enlisting at the age of sixteen and a half years in the One Hundred and Sixty fifth New York Zouaves. He joined his regiment at Franklin La. While in Banks' Red River Expedition, it was still two days less than two months after leaving home that he fell into the hands of the enemy and was incarcerated in the prison at Camp Ford Texas. Three and a half months later, during which time he received some pretty rough treatment, he was paroled and exchanged, and a month later he joined Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. After that he was in active service until the close of the war, and was mustered out at Ft. Sumter in the fall of 1865. After the war Mr. Dare returned to his home where he has since resided. He has one hundred acres of land which he devotes to truck gardening, making a specialty of strawberries, melons, tomatoes, sweet corn etc. February 1, I871 he was married to Miss Henrietta Wicks, daughter of Joel and Sarah Jane Ruland Wicks, old and worthy families of Suffolk County. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Dare has been blessed by the advent of nine children into the family, five of whom are still living, Fred, Laura May, Clarence E., John Logan, and Pauline H. All are still at home and make a merry group in the family residence. Mrs. Dare is a devoted member of the Methodist Church as also are Fred and Laura May. Fraternally. Mr. Dare is a member of Richard J. Clark Post, No. 210, G.A.R., of Patchogue. In politics, he is a stanch Republican and has abiding faith in the purity of the teachings of his party. He has served his fellow citizens for several years as Trustee of the town and is at present time of writing the efficient Chairman of that body. As a man he is a fond husband, an indulgent father, a kind neighbor, and a worthy intelligent citizen. He earns the respect all who know him by his square and methods both in business and in everyday life."

Obituary - Patchogue, Feb. 6, Samuel Dare, ae 65 years.

(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Portrait and biographical record of Suffolk county (Long Island) New York; Long Island - Notable Families, Nassau & Suffolk Counties; South Side Signal (Babylon), Friday, February 14, 1913, Page: 8)

Samuel married Henrietta M. Wicks 1 Feb 1871, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States. Henrietta was born Feb 1852, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 24 Nov 1937, Selden, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried 27 Nov 1937, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Died at home

Obituary - Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta M. Dare, aged 86, who died last Wednesday at her home in Selden, were held from the home Saturday with the Rev. Lawrence R. Boyll, pastor of the Port Jefferson M.E. Church, officiating.

A native of Patchogue, Mrs. Dara, widow of the late Samuel Dare, had lived in Selden for the last 66 years.

She leaves two sons, District Forest Ranger Clarence E. Dare, and J. Logan Dare, both of Selden; three daughters, Mrs. Wendell Still, Mrs. Leslie Hough, both of Selden, and Mrs. Arden P. Terry, of Farmingville; a brother-in-law, Willis D. Van Brunt of Southampton; 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Interment was made in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue.

(Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Long Island Surnames; Portrait and biographical record of Suffolk county (Long Island) New York; Long Island Surnames; Mid-Island Mail, Wednesday, December 01, 1937, Page: 14)