Montgomery Clift
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==William Brooks Clift== | ==William Brooks Clift== | ||
− | William Brooks Clift was born 18 Dec 1886 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, [[Tennessee]], the son of [[#Moses Haney Clift|Moses Haney Clift]] by his wife [[#Florence Virginia Parrot|Florence Virginia Parrot]]. Bill was the youngest child of six siblings. He went to Cornell University in 1908 and served four years in the infantry, possibly while going to college. In 1910 while they were both at Cornell he met [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]]. He | + | William Brooks Clift was born 18 Dec 1886 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, [[Tennessee]], the son of [[#Moses Haney Clift|Moses Haney Clift]] by his wife [[#Florence Virginia Parrot|Florence Virginia Parrot]]. Bill was the youngest child of six siblings. He went to Cornell University in 1908 and served four years in the infantry, possibly while going to college. In 1910 while they were both at Cornell he met [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]]. He graduated in 1912 with a degree in engineering, while she stayed on to finish her own degree. They became engaged during her senior year at Cornell. They were married in October 1914, and lived firstly in Saltillo, Mississippi where Bill had a job building dams. Sunny encouraged Bill to leave engineering and become a banker. By 1917 he had become a bond salesman for National City Company of Chicago. He had blue eyes, and dark brown hair. |
They had a son William Brooks Clift Jr about 1918 and then William was nominated for the vice-presidency of the Omaha National Bank and the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska where their twins Montgomery and Ethel were born in 1920. | They had a son William Brooks Clift Jr about 1918 and then William was nominated for the vice-presidency of the Omaha National Bank and the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska where their twins Montgomery and Ethel were born in 1920. |