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James Barrett "Jimpsy" CLIFFORD

Male 1848 - 1934  (86 years)


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  1. 1.  James Barrett "Jimpsy" CLIFFORD was born on 23 May 1848 in Cashel, Cork, Ireland (son of James CLIFFORD and Mary BARRETT); died on 24 Aug 1934 in Greenwood, Jackson, Missouri; was buried in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri.

    Notes:

    !BIRTH AND DEATH: James B. Clifford Family Bible records; copy inpossession of Roger C. Green. Obituary copy from newspaper of JamesBarrett Clifford.

    !MARRIAGE: License between Sarah A. Smith and James Barrett Clifford;in family Bible; copy in possession of Roger C. Green.also in !1850Census, Virginia,

    !MARRIAGE: Lees Summit; Jackson; Missouri; License number 66732; toIsabel Jacobs.

    !CENSUS: 1850; Virginia; Cass; Illinois; page 13-14, lines 34-40.

    !CENSUS: 1900; Jackson County; Prairie Township; Missouri.

    !NATURALIZATION: Virginia; Cass; Illinois; 1850.

    James married Sarah Ann SMITH on 8 Jan 1871 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri. Sarah was born in May 1834 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; died in 1914 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri; was buried in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Gilbert Leo CLIFFORD was born on 12 Dec 1872 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri; died in 1959 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri; was buried in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri.
    2. Marian Barrett CLIFFORD was born on 18 Sep 1874 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri; died in in Ozark, Christian, Missouri; was buried in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri.
    3. John Thomas CLIFFORD was born on 18 Jul 1877 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri; died on 18 Jun 1956 in Harrison, Cass, Missouri; was buried in 1956 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri, Lees Summit Ceme.

    James married Isabelle JACOBS on 15 Jul 1915 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri. Isabelle was born in in Virginia, Cass, Illinois; died in 1931 in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri; was buried in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James CLIFFORD was born between 1807 and 1820 in Caher, Tipperary, Ireland; died in 1861-1862 in Virginia, Cass, Illinois.

    Notes:

    !CENSUS: 1850; Virginia; Cass County; Illinois; page ; lines34-42; living with family of brother Lawrence and Marian Clifford.

    !CENSUS: 1860; Virginia; Cass; Illinois; page 80; lines 7-11; familyof James and Bridget Clifford.

    !MARRIAGE: Virginia; Cass; Illinois; License 475; 22 August 1852.

    James married Mary BARRETT in Bet. 1846–1847 in Ireland. Mary was born in in Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary BARRETT was born in in Ireland; and died.

    Notes:

    !INFORMANTION: Family Legend says she died on boat to America fromIreland. She pinned broach on her young son, Jimpsy, and a woman whotook care of the boy on the ship claimed him upon docking. Thefather, James Clifford, identified his young son from his own picture(the father-James) on the broach. He them took the boy home with himto his brother's home in Virginia, Cass, Illinois.

    Children:
    1. 1. James Barrett "Jimpsy" CLIFFORD was born on 23 May 1848 in Cashel, Cork, Ireland; died on 24 Aug 1934 in Greenwood, Jackson, Missouri; was buried in Lees Summit, Jackson, Missouri.