Franklin Green Clifford

Brief Life History of Franklin Green

When Franklin Green Clifford was born on 3 November 1827, in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Phillip Henry Clifford, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Price, was 31. He married Jerusha Campbell on 10 May 1849, in Holt, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 6 April 1902, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ben Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franklin Green Clifford
1827–1902
Rosetta May Campbell
1832–1911
Marriage: 10 October 1850
Franklin Newton Clifford
1851–1851
Miranda Clifford
1852–1852
Henrietta Clifford
1854–1880
Joel Clifford
1856–1917
Franklin Thomas Clifford
1861–1935
Charlotte Clifford
1862–1931
Elmer Clifford
1865–1884
Leander Clifford
1867–1867
Jerusha Annie Clifford
1868–1937
Rosetta Clifford
1870–1889
Joseph Hyrum Clifford
1873–1873
Lillie Clifford
1875–1879
Eva Junetta Clifford
1879–1879

Sources (54)

  • Franklin Wriston, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Franklin G Wriston, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Franklin Clifford, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

Name Meaning

English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Clifford in Devon, Gloucestershire, and Yorkshire, and in particular Herefordshire. The placename is derived from Old English clif ‘slope’ + ford ‘ford’.

Irish: adoption of the name in 1 above as Anglicization of several Irish names, especially Ó Clúmháin ‘descendant of Clúmhán’, which was the surname of an ecclesiastical family in Sligo and can be traced back to the 12th century. The personal name meant ‘little hairy one’, a diminutive of Irish clúmach ‘hairy’, from clúmh ‘feathers, plumage, down; hair or fur’. Clifford was also adopted for Coleman and in Fermanagh for Crifferty, Clifferty, and Cliffordy, which are Anglicized forms of Mac Raibheartaigh (compare Rafferty ).

History: A powerful Anglo-Norman family of this name in England and Ireland trace their descent from Walter de Clifford, who took the name from Clifford (Castle) in Herefordshire in the 12th century, after acquiring the Clifford barony by marriage.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Franklin Green Clifford by Idana Scott, his granddaughter Franklin Green Clifford was born November 8, 1827 in Hopkinsville, Christian Co. Kentucky. He was the son of John Clifford and Elizabeth …

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