Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Clifton, John 1864 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 23, 2007, 11:03 pm Author: Emma E. Forter (1917) JOHN CLIFTON, M. D. Dr. John Clifton, one of the best-known physicians of Marshall county and who has been practicing his profession at Vermillion for nearly twenty years, during which time he has done much for the development of that thriving village, was born on a farm in the near vicinity of Meredosia, in Morgan county, Illinois, October 20, 1864, son of John W. and Elizabeth (Hoover) Clifton, natives of Indiana, who later returned to their native state, where the latter spent her last days and where the former is still living. John W. Clifton was born in 1840. He became a farmer in Illinois and was living there when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted his services in behalf of the Union and served as a member of the Twenty-eighth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Not long after the completion of his military service he moved with his family to Fulton county, Indiana, where he is still living a a [sic] ripe old age. His wife died there in 1880. They were the parents of nine children. Not until he had reached years of maturity did Doctor Clifton turn his attention to the study of medicine. He was but a child when his parents moved from Illinois to Indiana and he grew to manhood on a farm in Fulton county, that state. At the age of eighteen years he began teaching school in the district schools of his home county and for twelve years was thus engaged, meantime completing the academic course at the Valparaiso (Indiana) Normal College. In 1888 he married and afterward began the study of medical works. In 1896 he entered the Central Medical College at St. Joseph, Missouri; and was graduated from that institution in 1898. In the next year, 1899, Doctor Clifton opened an office for the practice of his profession at Vermillion and has ever since been located there, having an excellent practice in and about that flourishing village. Doctor Clifton is a diligent student and keeps fully abreast of the advance made in his profession. He is a member of the Marshall County Medical Society and of the Kansas State Medical Association and in the deliberations of these learned bodies takes a warm interest. The Doctor is a Republican of the unadulterated variety and ever since becoming a resident of Marshall county has given his earnest attention to local political affairs. In 1888, while living in Indiana, Doctor Clifton was united in marriage to Rose Bailey, who was born in that state, a daughter of Dr. Allan Bailey and wife, of Akron, Indiana, and to this union four children have been born, Archie, deceased; Beatrice, who married Roy Talbert and is now living at Topeka; John and Jessie, at home. Doctor and Mrs. Clifton are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take a proper part in church work and in other local good works. The Doctor is an active lodge man and is affiliated with the local lodges of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Knights and Ladies of Security, in the affairs of which several organizations he takes a warm interest. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions by Emma E. Forter Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/marshall/bios/clifton483gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb