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Clarkson S Godfrey

Birth	:	17 Jul 1835 Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	11 Apr 1916 Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Hillside Cemetery, Elliott, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1408005, -95.1544037
Description	:	Marriage: 04 Mar 1868 Warren, IL, USA Father: Elijah Godfrey Mother: Eleanor Davis Biography for CLARKSON GODFREY From 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa The Lewis Publishing Company, pages 645-46. CLARKSON GODFREY. Among the many successful citizens of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, we find the above named gentleman who, by his own exertions, has risen to a position of wealth and influence. Mr. Godfrey was born ten miles west of LaFayette, in Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, July 17, 1836. ELIJAH GODFREY, his father, was born in Maryland, a son of JOSEPH GODFREY, who was of English ancestry. ELIJAH GODFREY was married in Ross Co., Ohio, to ELEANOR... Read More	Marriage: 04 Mar 1868 Warren, IL, USA Father: Elijah Godfrey Mother: Eleanor Davis Biography for CLARKSON GODFREY From 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa The Lewis Publishing Company, pages 645-46. CLARKSON GODFREY. Among the many successful citizens of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, we find the above named gentleman who, by his own exertions, has risen to a position of wealth and influence. Mr. Godfrey was born ten miles west of LaFayette, in Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, July 17, 1836. ELIJAH GODFREY, his father, was born in Maryland, a son of JOSEPH GODFREY, who was of English ancestry. ELIJAH GODFREY was married in Ross Co., Ohio, to ELEANOR DAVISON, a native of that county and daughter of FREDERICK DAVISON. They subsequently moved to Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, making the trip on horseback and carrying some household goods and two children on pack horses. They were among the early pioneers of that part of Indiana. Of the two sons and seven daughters born to them, the subject of this sketch was the fifth child. When he was 14 years old, his mother died. The father afterward moved to Warren Co., Illinois, where he died at the age of 82 years. His whole life was spent on a farm. He was an honored and esteemed citizen, a member of the Republican party, and a believer in the Gospel. CLARKSON GODFREY spent his youth on a frontier farm in Tippecanoe Co., where he learned to clear land and do all kinds of farm work and where he was educated in the common schools of the period. At the age of 19, he went to Warren County Illinois where he engaged in farming until 1873. In that year, he came to Waveland Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. During the War, Mr. Godfrey entered the service of his country, enlisting in the spring of 1865 in the 47th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was in the battles of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. At the close of the War, he was honorably discharged and returned to Illinois. Mr. Godfrey was married in Warren County, Illinois, March 14, 1868, to Miss ELLEN E. DeHART, a lady of education and culture and a successful and popular teacher. She was born in Brown Co., Indiana, but was reared in Warren Co., Illinois. In 1873, as already stated, Mr. Godfrey came to his present location. He first bought 160 acres of wild land in section 19, Waveland Township, and became one of the early settlers of the neighborhood. His efforts have been rewarded with prosperity. More land has been added to his first purchase and he now owns 565 acres of well improved land. Four hundred forty acres are in a body in Waveland Township, and 125 acres are in Grove Township. He has three good tenant houses on his land, and his own house is a comfortable story-and-a-half frame cottage, pleasantly located on a natural building site. His home is surrounded by a grove and orchard of five acres. Other improvements on his farm are a good barn, 26 X 48 feet, cattle sheds, fe! ed lots, modern wind pump, etc. Mr. Godfrey is engaged in stock raising and is one of the most extensive farmers in the township, and it would be difficult to find a better large tract of land in the township than his. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey have seven children: Maud, Isabelle, Franklin, Albert, Nellie, Ernest and Emma. They have lost three by death: their first born, an infant son; Charlotte Jane, at the age of six months; and a baby girl. Mr. Godfrey is a Republican and has served the public as Township Trustee. He is a man in the prime of life, is well posted on the topics of the day, is outspoken and affable in manner, and is regarded as one of the popular citizens of Waveland Township. Mrs. Godfrey is an active member of the Evangelical Church, of which her husband is one of the most liberal supporters. Clarkson Godfrey, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass County, was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., July 17, 1835. His father, Elijah Godfrey, was born in Maryland in 1796, and, when about ten years old, emigrated to Ohio, settled in Ross County (1806), where he married; thence to Indiana, where he remained till emigrating to Illinois in 1855, when he settled in Warren County, and there remained till his death, which occurred in October, 1877; he was a farmer by occupation. Subject's mother, Eleanor Davis, was born in Ohio about 1805; was the mother of nine children, of whom three are in Illinois, one in Missouri, two in Kansas, and the subject in Waveland Township, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. His mother died May 22, 1849. He began life in Illinois by renting land of his father; continued this about five years, then he bought forty acres in Warren County, Ill., farmed it for about three years, then went to the army, enlisting in the Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, Company H, in which he served one year, or till the close of the war. After returning from the army, he bought eighty acres and went to farming in Illinois, continued this till 1873, when he sold out and came to where he now lives, in Waveland Township, Pottawattamie County, thirty-five miles east of Council Bluffs. Here he bought 160 acres, to which he has added 285, making 445; this was wild land, but is all improved now. Mr. Godfrey married Miss Ellen Dehart, in Illinois, March 14, 1868. She was born in Indiana March 23, 1844; her father, Larkin Dehart, born in North Carolina March 19, 1804, died August 6, 1875; her mother, Sarah (Collett) Dehart, was born in Kentucky June 20, 1812, and lives in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey have had seven children, five of whom are living - Mary Maud, Irene I., Charlotte, I., Elijah F. and Albert H. Mr. Godfrey is a man who votes for principle and not for party. He is not a professor of religion, but does his utmost to help every good cause. (From the 1882 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa)

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Clarkson S Godfrey's memorial is located at: Hillside Cemetery, Elliott, Montgomery County, USA.
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Clarkson S Godfrey death on 11 Apr 1916 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.1408005
Longitude: -95.1544037

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Ellen Dehart Godfrey

(1844 - 1931)

Siblings

Matilda Godfrey Walker

(1831 - 1885)

Children

Mary Maude Godfrey

(1870 - 1944)

Albert Henry Godfrey

(1879 - 1923)

Nellie May Godfrey Hamlin

(1882 - 1961)

Emma Godfrey

(1887 - 1997)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Hillside Cemetery
Elliott, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1408005, -95.1544037

2. Mercer Cemetery
Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1753006, -95.1650009

3. Waveland Cemetery
Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1738700, -95.1881500

4. Pilot Grove Center Cemetery
Elliott, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1190600, -95.0993700

5. Indian Graveyard
Sherman Township, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0955730, -95.1837580

6. Lowman Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1594009, -95.0886002

7. Pleasant Township Cemetery
Griswold, Cass County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2056000, -95.1370000

8. Haefflick Burial Site
Red Oak, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0726300, -95.1561700

9. L Laire Property Cemetery (Defunct)
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Coordinate: 41.0958257, -95.2224927

10. Pilot Grove Presbyterian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0793991, -95.0699997

11. Saint Clair Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0598400, -95.2049810

12. Flint Cemetery
Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2289009, -95.1841965

13. Center Ridge Cemetery
Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1452141, -95.2787018

14. Griswold Cemetery
Waveland Township, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2360992, -95.1735992

15. Saint Marys Cemetery
Red Oak, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0447006, -95.2275009

16. Tabor Cemetery
Wallin, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0543700, -95.0619900

17. Frankfort Cemetery
Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0271988, -95.1327972

18. Gomer Cemetery
Wales, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1171989, -95.3082962

19. Smith Cemetery
Griswold, Cass County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2606010, -95.1453018

20. Grant Cemetery
Grant, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1405983, -94.9906006

21. Mortons Mill Cemetery
Morton Mills, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0793991, -95.0085983

22. Evergreen Cemetery
Red Oak, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0228004, -95.2205963

23. Old East Cemetery
Grant, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1444016, -94.9792023

24. Douglas Township Cemetery
Grant, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1360933, -94.9752558