John CLIGGITT

CLIGGITT, BRIGHTMAN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 11/10/2017 at 19:42:56

Obituary ~ John Cliggitt
August 25, 1840 ~ June 17, 1914

JOHN CLIGGITT was born in Montgomery county, New York, August 25, 1840; he died at Muscatine, Iowa, June 17, 1914. His early education was received in the common schools of Burlington, Vermont. In 1850 he removed to the West, looking for some time in Kendall county, Illinois. There he worked on a farm and attended school and later taught. He entered the Chicago law school in 1868, completed the course and was admitted to practice in the Supreme court of Illinois in 1869. He removed to Mason City, Iowa, in 1871 and continuted the practice of law in that city for over forty years. He served at various times as justice of the peace, town recorder, secretary of the school board and mayor. He was a Democrat in politics and was delegate to the National Convention in 1886 which nominated Grover Cleveland.

Transcriber's Note: John Cliggitt and his wife, Ella C. (Brightman) (1855 - 1939), were interred at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.

"John Cliggitt" The Annals of Iowa. Volume 12, Number 2, p. 160. 1915.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2017