Dr. Joseph Brackley Clifford and Lillas Greenawalt

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Husband Dr. Joseph Brackley Clifford ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1864
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 Cause of Death: Blood-poisoning
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         Father: Christopher Myers Clifford (1834-1900) 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Susan McElroy (      -1898) 1 5 6

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Wife Lillas Greenawalt ³

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1 M Elmer E. Clifford ³

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2 M Carl M. Clifford ³

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3 M Joseph M. Clifford ⁷

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4 M Dr. Charles G. Clifford ⁸

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           Born: 16 May 1887 - Scottdale, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Irine M. Brown (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 28 Jun 1913 7

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Joseph Brackley Clifford

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McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA - a physician

After having been educated at Ligonier Academy and the Cleveland Medical College, from which he graduated in 1893, Dr. Clifford took up his practice in McKeesport, where he was located for fifteen years prior to his death. His early life shows many of the hard struggles which some physicians had to undergo in order to obtain their medical education. After completing his course at the academy, he taught school for a short time, after which he accepted a position in the Braddock ticket office of the Pennsylvania railroad, from which he was transferred to the Union Station at Pittsburgh. These positions did not seem to give him the rapid advancement which he felt was necessary if he wanted to take up the study of medicine. He, therefore, took what money he had saved to start in the bakery business. This proved highly profitable and he soon found himself able to continue his medical studies.
His death was caused by blood-poisoning, which resulted from an infection contracted while practicing surgery.
He was a member of Darwin Medical Association, Board of Health of McKeesport, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and a thirty-three degree member of Free and Accepted Masons.
He was frequently sought for public office, but he felt that he could not divide his time between his profession and public positions.

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General Notes: Wife - Lillas Greenawalt

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Fremont, Sandusky Co, OH

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 247.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 16, 185.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 185.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 246.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 103.

6 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 156.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 186.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 184.