When Joseph C Clifton was born on 7 November 1871, in Randolph, Bibb, Alabama, United States, his father, James Aaron Clifton, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Ann Elizabeth McCollough, was 35. He married Rachel Missouri Zudie Fautherree on 8 February 1895, in Union, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Magdalena, Socorro, New Mexico, United States for about 20 years and Election Precinct 22 El Cerro, Valencia, New Mexico, United States in 1940. He died in 1962, in New Mexico, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
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