Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Clifford, James 1822 - 
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JAMES CLIFFORD, shoemaker; has resided in La Crosse since Aug. 27, 1853, and 
has been in his present business during the whole time, having been the 
longest here of any shoemaker in the city. He was born in County Tipperary, 
Ireland, in 1822; son of Thomas Clifford; lost his father when 14 years old, 
and his mother one year afterward; came to America in the spring of 1843; 
lived in Montreal, Canada, one year, which time he served at the shoemaker's 
trade, and came to the United States in the spring of 1844. He worked in 
Whitehall and Troy, N. Y., three years; then a short time in Upper Canada, and 
afterward worked in Lexington, Cincinnati and Springfield, Ohio; Galena, Ill.; 
St. Louis, Mo.; Memphis, Tenn.; Natchez, Miss.; Louisville, Ky.; La Fayette, 
Ind., and Dubuque, Iowa, and came to La Crosse in 1853 on the 27th day of 
August. He was married in September, 1860, to Catharine McHugh, and has five 
children - Thomas, Henry, William, Rosa and James.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 746.

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