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Clarinda Quigley Gifford

Birth	:	20 Feb 1830 Switzerland County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	9 Nov 1897 Littleport, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Union Cemetery, Littleport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7388992, -91.3780975
Description	:	Her Obituary: Gifford- After about five months of most painful sickness. Mrs Clarinda Gifford widow of G. L. Gifford is now numbered with the dead. Nearly a year ago the doctors pronounced her case incurable,--cancerous tumor being her trouble. Her end came Nov. 9th in the sixty seventh year of her age. Mrs. Gifford was born Feb. 20th, 1830, in Switzerland County, Ind; and came with her parents at the age of sixteen to Clayton County, Iowa, where she resided for over fifty-one years, until the day of her death. Her father was the well known pioneer... Read More	Her Obituary: Gifford- After about five months of most painful sickness. Mrs Clarinda Gifford widow of G. L. Gifford is now numbered with the dead. Nearly a year ago the doctors pronounced her case incurable,--cancerous tumor being her trouble. Her end came Nov. 9th in the sixty seventh year of her age. Mrs. Gifford was born Feb. 20th, 1830, in Switzerland County, Ind; and came with her parents at the age of sixteen to Clayton County, Iowa, where she resided for over fifty-one years, until the day of her death. Her father was the well known pioneer of Clayton County, Dennis Quigley, who died in Kansas a few years ago. She was married in 1848 to G. L Gifford, who was a man widely known in Iowa, and in this county, and who as will be remembered, died a little over a year ago. Mrs Gifford was the mother of seven, five of whom survive her. Her two daughters, Mrs. Galer, and Mrs. Palmer, assisted by the kindness of their Aunt Mrs. Quigley of Ohio, have been tenderly waiting on their suffering mother for over four months. Her three sons, H. Gifford of Littleport, P.P. Gifford of Elkport, and E. D. Gifford of Dubuque, have frequently gathered at the bedside of their suffering parent. With her death Littleport, has lost and old and respected citizen, and Clayton County, one of its first settlers. The Indians were just being removed from this part of the state when Mrs Gifford, with her parents, first came here. Many an exciting story she used to relate of her experiences at pioneer life in this country when she rode on horse back through the deep woods with only Indian paths for roads. As the old soldiers delight to talk of army life, so Mrs. Gifford was never more happy then when relating her thrilling pioneer experiences. She is well and favorable remembered as the efficient mistress of the Littleport Hotel, up to about thirteen years ago, when she with her husband retired to private life, in the pleasant home where she died. Kindness and generosity have been prominent virtues in her life. She was a member of the Free Baptist Church of Edgewood. The funeral services were held at her home in Littleport. On the 11th inst. The sermon held there by her pastor, Elder Bixby.

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Clarinda Quigley Gifford's memorial is located at: Union Cemetery, Littleport, Clayton County, USA.
When did Clarinda Quigley Gifford death?
Clarinda Quigley Gifford death on 9 Nov 1897 in Littleport, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7388992
Longitude: -91.3780975

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

George Lewis Gifford

(1824 - 1896)

Siblings

Margaret Quigley Nading

(1824 - 1894)

Louisa Quigley Sadler

(1840 - 1873)

Children

Amira Gifford Palmer

(1851 - 1936)

Socrates Raphael Gifford

(1853 - 1859)

Horatio L. Gifford

(1855 - 1928)

Prentice Pendell Gifford

(1857 - 1911)

Annice Gifford Nelligan

(1862 - 1891)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Union Cemetery
Littleport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7388992, -91.3780975

2. Sacred Heart Cemetery
Littleport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7425003, -91.3747025

3. Musfeldt Cemetery
Littleport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7402992, -91.3339005

4. Eberhard Cemetery
Littleport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7583201, -91.3418020

5. Mederville Cemetery
Elkader, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7638893, -91.4194412

6. Blanchaine Cemetery
Volga, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7676210, -91.3389040

7. Communia Cemetery
Volga Township, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7868996, -91.3630981

8. Asbury Cemetery
Elkport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7106018, -91.3202972

9. Meenan Cemetery
Communia, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7999862, -91.3584693

10. Ebenezer Cemetery
Elk Township, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6782990, -91.3249969

11. Green Hill Cemetery
Edgewood, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6739006, -91.4207993

12. Cords Cemetery
Osborne, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7973308, -91.4377662

13. Watkins Cemetery
Osborne, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7833180, -91.4584733

14. Mount Harmony Cemetery
Elkport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7181015, -91.2799988

15. Krumm Cemetery
Garber, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7913760, -91.3023559

16. Hartman Cemetery
Cox Creek Township, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8155360, -91.3880840

17. Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Elkport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7433014, -91.2733002

18. Saint Michaels Cemetery
Elkport, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7433014, -91.2733002

19. Noble Cemetery
Edgewood, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6735992, -91.4471970

20. Sacred Heart Cemetery
Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7542000, -91.4916992

21. Ross Cemetery
Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7528000, -91.4933014

22. Old Garber Cemetery
Garber, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7560005, -91.2580032

23. Elk Creek Cemetery
Elk Township, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6711006, -91.2897034

24. Dohrer Cemetery
Osborne, Clayton County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8124846, -91.4584734