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Transcribed biography of Michael F. Clifford
MICHAEL F. CLIFFORD was born September 10, 1852, in Tiffin, Ohio. When he was about two years of age, his father removed with his family to Porter County, Ind., where they have since resided. Michael received a common school, and afterward an academical education at St. Paul's Academy in Valparaiso. He was married January 4, 1876 to Eliza Carter, in the city of Valparaiso. To this union there have been born two children - Edward and William. After his marriage, Mr. Clifford lived at the old home, three miles northwest of Valparaiso, about three years, and moved to his present home in November 1881. The business of his life has been that of railroad contractor, he now being one of the partners of his father, Mr. P. T. Clifford. He is justly esteemed as a liberal and public-spirited citizen.
Source: Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p.
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