Clifford, John G.,
Farmer, also stone and brick
mason, Sec. 5, P.O. Marshalltown; owns 458 acres of land, valued at $35 per
acre; born Dec. 1, 1833, in Gloucestershire, England; came with his parents to
the United States in 1851, and settled at Dixon, Ill., where he remained till
he came to this county, in March, 1854; stopped at Marshalltown, and followed
his trade till about two years ago, when he came on to his present farm. He was
married to Florence G. Barden Dec. 10, 1866, in this
county; she was born June 22, 1848, in Tioga Co., N.Y.; have five children
living—Albert, Charles, Ernest, Edwin and Harry; lost one—Eugene. In politics, Independent.
p.593, Le Grand Township
--Taken from “The History of Marshall
County Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its
Cities, Towns, &r.,” and published by Western Historical Company of
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