Moses Clift

Birth Date

c1816

Death Date

1878-04-26

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Nancy Clift. Father of Jemison R. Clift, Hannah S. Clift, Susan S. Clift, Sarah F. Clift, Alzada E. Clift, and Robert R. Clift. Member of the Masonic Order at Madisonville Lodge, No. 143. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 86. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at the Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville (Frankfort, Ky.: Frankfort Commonwealth, 1867), 128. "Majority and Minority Reports in the Contested Election Case of Morton against Gregory, made to the House or Representatives, December 18, 1865," in Legislative Document, No. 13, (Frankfort, Ky.: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 36-37.
Find A Grave, "Moses Clift (1816-April 26, 1878)," Memorial #64263061, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64263061 (accessed March 23, 2017).

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