Bio of Clifford Rev. Robert (b.1801) Wabasha Co., MN
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Clifford Rev. Robert (deceased) delivered the first sermon in Lake City in
the fall of 1850. Born at Spoondon, Derbyshire, England, in 1801. He was
early apprenticed to a dyer in the city of Derby. He soon became imbued
with religious zeal, and began to preach the doctrine of the Disciples. He
came to America in 1838, and settled at Philadelphia. For sixteen years he
continued to preach in that neighborhood and in New York, and came to the
site of this city in 1855. After coming to this country he joined the
Wesleyan Methodist church. He died here in 1862, and his widow, nee
Rebecka Wayne, passed away two years later. Of five children, but three
are now alive. The eldest, a son, died in Philadelphia. The second,
Robert, resides in Lake City, and also the youngest, Mrs. Jane W. Helt, a
widow. The third, Mrs. John A. Jackson, dwells in Mount Pleasant. Mrs.
John R. Graham died here.