William married Ethel Anderson Fogg in 1914. Ethel (daughter of Woodbury Blair and Maria Latham Anderson, daughter of Fogg) was born on 29 Sep 1888 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; died on 27 Jun 1988 in Austin, Travis County, Texas; was buried in Friends Quaker Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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M. H. Clift., attorney, of the firm of Cooke, Clift & Cooke, is a native of Hamilton County, and the son of Col. William Clift, a native of Greene County, Tenn. The father was reared in Knox County, and came to Hamilton County about 1825, residing at Soddy until his death in 1866. He was colonel of the State militia many years, and during the war was colonel in the Federal Army. From 1848 to 1855 he was commissioner of improvement for the United States Government. The mother, Nancy (Brooks) Clift, was a native of Knox County, and died in this county in 1847. Our subject was reared and educated in Hamilton County, and at the commencement of hostilities enlisted in the Fourth Tennessee Confederate Cavalry. He was paroled at Columbus, Ga., being at that time on Debrill's staff. He was admitted to the bar just prior to the war, and at its termination came to Chattanooga and began practicing his profession in the firm of Wallace & Clift, where be remained one year. After practicing alone for a few months he became a member of the firm of Clift & McRee, then Clift & Bate, then Clift, Bate & Cooke, then Clift & Cooke, and finally, January 1, 1887, the firm of Cooke, Clift & Cooke was formed. Our subject is president of the Soddy Coal Company and Walden Ridge Coal Company, also director in the Mutual Gas Company and the Home Insurance Company. In 1867 be married Miss A. C. Cooke, who bore him two children; she died in 1876. In 1883 he married Miss Florence Parrott, of Cartersville, Ga., and to this union have been born two children, both living. Mr. Clift is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the K. of P. Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887

DEATH: Name CLIFT, M. H. (MAJ.)
Date DEC. 4 1911
Newspaper TIMES

Moses married Florence Virginia Parrott on 28 Jun 1883. Florence (daughter of Josiah Rhoton Parrott and Mary M.) was born in in Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia; died on 16 Dec 1924 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Citizens Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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DEATH: Name CLIFT, M. H. (MRS.) Date DEC. 16 1924 Newspaper TIMES

Woodbury married Maria Latham Anderson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: William Clift was born December 5, 1795, in Greene County, Tenn., and came to Hamilton County about 1828. He organized the Seventh Tennessee Regiment, of which he was colonel, enlisted in the fall of 1861, and was a very warm supporter of the stars and stripes. Hearing that they were threatened by the Confederates, this regiment disbanded and fled to Kentucky. He was captured while returning from carrying some dispatches from Gen. Burnside to Gen. Rosecrans. He was taken to Atlanta, where he was retained in captivity about four mouths. He then made his escape in February, 1864, and reached home the same month. He was magistrate of his district eighteen years, and was also colonel of the State militia. He was greatly harassed by the Confederates during the late war, but to the last remained a stanch Union man. He was also a very fine business man, and when he died his effects were estimated to be worth $1,000,000. He died February 17, 1886, aged ninety. Mrs. Clift was born February 22, 1795, in East Tennessee; she died August 17, 1847. Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887

William married Nancy Arwin Brooks on 25 Apr 1823 in Knox County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Moses Brooks and Agnes Gamble) was born on 22 Feb 1795 in Knox County, Tennessee; died on 17 Aug 1847 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Mary M.. Mary was born in in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]