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Alfonso Bronson Clifford

Birth	:	16 Mar 1849
Death	:	20 May 1948
Burial	:	Devoe Cemetery, Cresbard, Faulk County, USA
Coordinate	:	45.0928001, -98.8685989
Description	:	Cresbard Beacon, May 27, 1948 Alfonso B. Clifford Alfonso Bronson Clifford was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 16, 1849, where he grew to manhood. He finished Kalamazoo high school in 1869 and Business College and Telegraph Institute in 1870. He then was Railway Telegraph Operator in the train dispatcher’s office until 1877. Then he went to Clinton, Iowa, where he operated Farm Machinery Store. On March 30, 1879, he joined the St. John’s Episcopal Church of Clinton, Iowa and became one of their choir singers. September 1, 1880, he was united in marriage with Kate Blackman at the home of her mother in Drury Township,... Read More	Cresbard Beacon, May 27, 1948 Alfonso B. Clifford Alfonso Bronson Clifford was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 16, 1849, where he grew to manhood. He finished Kalamazoo high school in 1869 and Business College and Telegraph Institute in 1870. He then was Railway Telegraph Operator in the train dispatcher’s office until 1877. Then he went to Clinton, Iowa, where he operated Farm Machinery Store. On March 30, 1879, he joined the St. John’s Episcopal Church of Clinton, Iowa and became one of their choir singers. September 1, 1880, he was united in marriage with Kate Blackman at the home of her mother in Drury Township, Rock Island County, Ill. To this union one son, Perry, was born on October 12, 1891. The A. B. Cliffords were then living in South Dakota. From 1881 to 1886 Alfonso Clifford operated a farm for his father in Michigan. In July, 1886 the Cliffords came to Dakota Territory and settled in District No. 1, Faulk County. Here he was a school board member, and Highway Overseer. When DeVoe was made a civil township in 1905, A. B. Clifford was township clerk, which office he held until 1909. Then he was appointed Assessor of DeVoe township, which office he held for 20 years. He was a Master Mason of Faulkton Lodge, and a Royal Arch Mason of Faulkton, A Knight Templar of Huston Commandery of Redfield, and was a Noble of the Mystic Shrine of Yelduz Temple of Aberdeen. In 1895 Alfonso Clifford bought a farm near DeVoe church and lived on it the rest of his life, fifty-three years. Mr. Clifford was a great lover of music. He attended twenty-three of the twenty-four annual Faulk County Chorus Concerts which his son Perry directed. He kept his hymn singing in his home, and at his 98th birthday party, sang a duet with his son. As recently as the day before he died, he was heard trying to sing his partly paralyzed tongue back to normal. It was this failing tongue action that led to a call for the doctor. Although he had fallen a few days before and cut his cheek he had gone on walking and eating normally. The doctor stated the old gentleman had a stroke from a cerebral hemorrhage and would not last long. The body gave up the long struggle, and the soul of Alfonso Thursday, May 20, 1948. He had lived 99 years, 2 months and 4 days. He lives to miss him, his only child Perry and wife, and a host of friends who remember his genial spirit. He was truly a “gentleman of the old school.” Alfonso Clifford was a man who could have said with the Apostle Paul “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” Funeral services were held at DeVoe church Saturday afternoon with Rev. Laxamana officiating and interment was made at DeVoe cemetery beside his wife.

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Longitude: -98.8685989

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Spouse

Kate Blackman Clifford

(1860 - 1940)

Children

Perry Clifford

(1891 - 1978)

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