Western Grove, ARK
Click here to see John F Clifton's Land Grant October 6, 1894
John Frank Clifton family, 1903
John Frank Clifton (Frank)
b June 14, 1860, d 1939
Nancy Smith Clifton
b 1862 d 1949
Same above, Frank and Nancy at spinning wheel.
The above photo features the Clifton home in Western Grove, Ark.,
not far from the recreation area called "Dogpath." It has a
beautiful fireplace in the living room.
The home is built from the stones on the land.
June 2002, the perfect display of Grandma Nancy's spinning wheel,
in home of Dale Clifton, Roseville, CA.
{Pony Express began 1860.}
{Abraham Lincoln assassinated: April 15, 1865.}
{Thomas Edison discovered incandescent light 1879.}
Sam's dad, John Frank Clifton, butchering a hog, @ 1928,
in Newton County, ARK... Sam's bro, Kirby looks on...
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John "Frank"'s parents:
Ancil Kirby Clifton and Mary Garner
Winchester, Tennessee
(As a young man, Ancil lost his arm in Civil War.)
Read more about Ancil Kirby Clifton.
b 1839 -d 1925
{USA Civil War 1861-1865.}
{James Polk was 11th president 1841-1845}
Ancil's parent:
father: John Clifton & mother: Rosannah Louvinie "Rowena" Goolsby
{Battle of Alamo was fought 1836.}
Mary Garner's family:
Amos Garner, 1790
2nd wife/ step mom: Nancy Lynch
1st wife/mother: Susannah Long
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Nancy Smith Clifton's parents:
father: Tyre David Smith, mother: Matilda (Tilda) Colquitt
Matilda Colquitt Smith, @ 1876 @ age 50.
Thanks to Susan Clifton Locken for sharing above info and photos!
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Dear Ancestor
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
neglected and alone
The name and date are chiseled out
on polished, marbled stone
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
one hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
and come to visit you.
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