When William V Clift was born in April 1873, in Maryland, United States, his father, Mark A G Clift, was 27 and his mother, Mary Virginia Mark, was 27. He had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Vivian Young. He lived in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1880 and District 14 Election District, Baltimore, Maryland, United States for about 20 years. He died on 1 November 1949, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.