Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Clifford, John 1843 - living in 1899

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JOHN CLIFFORD, a prosperous, enterprising merchant of Shamokin, was born in

Wierzchucin, Prussia, February 10, 1843, and is a son of Joseph and Victoria

(Kaczmarek) Clifford. Mr. Clifford immigrated to America when about eleven years

of age in company with his mother and the following sisters and brother:

Constance, the wife of Albert Hopper, Northumberland County; Mary, deceased, who

married Arthur Balcer; and Peter, a wholesale liquor dealer, agent for beer,

etc., who resides in the Second Ward of Shamokin.



  Our subject's mother was born in 1818 in Poland and married as her second

husband John Stenk, and four children were the results of their union: George,

who is a prominent hotel-keeper in Shamokin; Joseph, now deceased; August,

residing in the suburbs of Shamokin; and one who died at the age of two years.



  The Clifford family upon coming to America, in 1854, came directly to

Northumberland County and located near Shamokin, at the place then called Coal

Run or Lancaster Colliery, now known as Lancaster Switch. After residing there

about two years the family removed to Trevorton where our subject engaged in

mining for about six months, subsequently locating at Herndon one summer, thence

to Danville where he remained until 1861. In 1861 the family located permanently

in Shamokin. Our subject received his early education in his native country,

Prussia, and for a number of years after coming to Shamokin he found employment

in and about the mines, serving as supervisor and at various other occupations

in connection with the mines. About 1874 he quit mining and engaged in the hotel

business for about twelve years, discontinuing that to engage in the general

mercantile business. He has followed this business successfully until the

present time. He is now located at No. 703 Race street, and enjoys the

reputation of handling only first-class goods and giving good, honest bargains

to his customers.



  On December 27, 1864, Mr. Clifford was united in marriage with Barbara Harris,

and their union was blessed with the following large and numerous family of

children: Cecilia, born June 30, 1866, wife of Enoch Fongo, proprietor of the

Franklin House in Shamokin; John, born December 20, 1867, in Shamokin, was

reared and educated in Shamokin, after which he also engaged in the mercantile

business and at present is his father's very proficient bookkeeper,—he is agent

for the Holland American Steamship Line, and has served as clerk of election

board,—he married Mary Jasielones of Shamokin; Joseph A., who was born February

6, 1870, was educated in the common schools of Shamokin and is now in the employ

of his father, but was formerly a tailor by trade, and now is employed as a

cutter; Frank A., a prominent plumber and tinsmith of Shamokin, was born May 25,

1872, and was united in marriage with Mary Mullen; Charles, a conductor for the

Shamokin Street Railway Company, was born July 7, 1874, and chose for his wife

Mary Snyder; Mary Catherine, born August 20, 1876; Alfred J., born December 20,

1878; Amelia, born November 16, 1880, and died June 3, 1884; Gertrude, born

January 27, 1883; Genevieve, born March u, 1885; Leo, born October 7, 1887;

Marcella, born October 30, 1889, died December 16, 1889; Barbara, born March 17,

1893, and died in infancy.



  Mr. Clifford has been a director in the Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit

Company, and also of the Shamokin Street Railway Company since the organization

of those companies. He is also director of the Shamokin Electric Light & Power

Company. He formerly interpreted in court, but of late has given up that work.

He still retains the agency for several steamship companies. He represents the

Red Star Line, American Line, and also the Hamburg and American Line.

Politically our subject is a Democrat and is always pleased at the success of

his party. He has served one term as councilman.





Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

  

  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

  Published by 

  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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