Brief Life History of Joseph C
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 Rachael Missouri Zudie Fautherree about 1895. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Magdalena, Socorro, New Mexico, United States in 1910 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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- Joseph C Clifton in household of Fred L Ruff, "United States Census, 1910"
- Joseph C. Clifton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jodie Clifton in entry for Annie L Wood, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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