Montgomery Clift
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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. He married [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]] by 1917, when he was a bond salesman for National City Company of Chicago. He had blue eyes, and dark brown hair. | 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. He married [[#Ethel Blair|Ethel Blair]] by 1917, when he was a bond salesman for National City Company of Chicago. He had blue eyes, and dark brown hair. | ||
| − | They had a son Brooks Clift and then William was nominated for the vice-presidency of the | + | They had a son Brooks Clift and then William was nominated for the vice-presidency of the Omaha National Bank and the family moved to Omaha, Nebraska where their twins Montogomery and Rebecca were born in 1920. |
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