Brief Life History of Orson
When Orson Cluff was born on 17 August 1847, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States, his father, David Cluff Sr, was 52 and his mother, Elizabeth Hall, was 42. He married Harriet Ann Bean on 30 December 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1880 and Arizona, United States in 1882. He died on 14 May 1933, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Orson Cluff, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Chihuahua, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1947
- Orson Cluff, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Union, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Clough .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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