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| − | '''Montgomery Clift''', actor (1920 Omaha, NE - 1966 New York City) | + | '''Montgomery Clift''', actor (1920 Omaha, NE - 1966 New York City, NY) |
This page writen and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, Professional Genealogist. This page is locked, if you'd like to comment on it, you may email me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]. | This page writen and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, Professional Genealogist. This page is locked, if you'd like to comment on it, you may email me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]. | ||
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=Moses Haney Clift= | =Moses Haney Clift= | ||
| − | Col. Moses Haney Clift was born 25 Aug 1836 in Soddy, [[Tennessee]], the son of [[#William Clift|Col William Clift]] and his wife [[#Nancy Erwin Brooks|Nancy Erwin Brooks]]. He served as a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. Shortly afterward moving from Nashvill to Chattanooga. Moses married firstly to Charlotte Attaline "Attie" Cook on 16 Sep 1866 in Monroe County, Tennessee. They had three or four children, before her death in 1876 in Chattanooga, aged 29. He married secondly to Florence Virginia Parrot (a native of Catersville, Georgia) on 28 Jun 1883 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. They had three more children. The youngest child of Moses was [[#William Brooks Clift|William Brooks Clift]], father of actor Montgomery Clift. | + | Col. Moses Haney Clift was born 25 Aug 1836 in Soddy, Hamilton County, [[Tennessee]], the son of [[#William Clift|Col William Clift]] and his wife [[#Nancy Erwin Brooks|Nancy Erwin Brooks]]. He served as a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. Shortly afterward moving from Nashvill to Chattanooga. Moses married firstly to Charlotte Attaline "Attie" Cook on 16 Sep 1866 in Monroe County, Tennessee. They had three or four children, before her death in 1876 in Chattanooga, aged 29. He married secondly to Florence Virginia Parrot (a native of Catersville, Georgia) on 28 Jun 1883 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. They had three more children. The youngest child of Moses was [[#William Brooks Clift|William Brooks Clift]], father of actor Montgomery Clift. |
Moses became a lawyer and eventually president of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He died 3 Dec 1911 and was buried in his gray uniform in the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. | Moses became a lawyer and eventually president of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. He died 3 Dec 1911 and was buried in his gray uniform in the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery. | ||
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=Maria Latham Anderson= | =Maria Latham Anderson= | ||
=William Clift= | =William Clift= | ||
| − | Col. William Clift owned 45,000 acres in Soddy, [[Tennessee]]. The land, rich in iron ore and timber made him a millionaire by the time he was thirty, according to the biography of Montgomery Clift by Patricia Bosworth. William served on the Union side in the U.S. Civil War. | + | Col. William Clift owned 45,000 acres in Soddy, Hamilton County, [[Tennessee]]. The land, rich in iron ore and timber made him a millionaire by the time he was thirty, according to the biography of Montgomery Clift by Patricia Bosworth. William served on the Union side in the U.S. Civil War. |
=Nancy Erwin Brooks= | =Nancy Erwin Brooks= | ||
