Benjamin Joseph Clift

1891 - 1965  (74 years)

• Name	Benjamin Joseph Clift
  Born	14 Feb 1891	Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Dec 1965	Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida   [1, 2]
  Buried	Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [2]
  Person ID	I37	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Ross Henderson Clift,   b. 27 Mar 1866, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1935, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Alice Huldah Settles,   b. 9 Mar 1868, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Apr 1952, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1887	Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Lillian Hunter,   b. 17 Aug 1899, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Apr 1991, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 91 years)
  Married	18 May 1918	Hamilton County, Tennessee   [3]
  Children	1. Benjamin Eric Clift,   b. 11 Apr 1919, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Oct 2005, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 86 years)   2. Mary Alice Clift,   b. 10 Nov 1921, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Jul 2015, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 93 years)   3. James Jay Clift,   b. 30 Aug 1924, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Jun 2019, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 94 years)   4. Dorothea Pauline Clift,   b. 17 Jul 1926, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Feb 1986, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 59 years)   5. Charles Gene Clift,   b. 11 Nov 1931, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Nov 2009, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  (Age 77 years)   6. Dewey Leslie Clift   7. Betty Carolyn Clift
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  1930 US Census Name: Ben J Clift Age: 36 Estimated birth year: abt 1894 Birthplace: Tennessee Relation to head-of-house: Prisoner Race: White Home in 1930: Brushy Mountain Penitentiary, Morgan, Tennessee DEATH: Name CLIFT, BEN J. Date DEC. 23 1965 Newspaper TIMES MILITARY: Prairie I (Aux. cruiser: dp. 6,620; l. 404’9”; b. 48’3”; dr. 20’9”; s. 15 k.) Prairie, formerly Morgan Liner S.S. El Sol, was built in 1890 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. She was purchased by the Navy 6 April 1898 from the Southern Pacific Co., and commissioned 8 April 1898 at New York, Comdr. C. J. Train in command. MILITARY: Prairie was converted into an auxiliary cruiser and assigned at first to the Northern Patrol Squadron and later to the North Atlantic Fleet. During the Spanish-American War, she served in Cuban waters July and August 1898, and returned to Fore River, Mass., 28 August. She decommissioned 15 March 1899 at Philadelphia. MILITARY: Prairie was placed in reserve commission 23 March 1899 and cruised with the Naval Militia off the Atlantic coast until she decommissioned at New York 18 February 1901. She carried government exhibits to France at the turn of the century for the Paris Exposition. She recommissioned at Boston 9 November 1901 as a training ship, and remained with this mission until she decommissioned at Boston 14 June 1905. MILITARY: She recommissioned 26 September 1906 at Boston as a transport and was attached to the Atlantic Fleet. She protected American interests in Cuba, March to April 1907. Later she resumed her training duties with the Naval Militia from May to September 1907, July to August 1908 and July to August 1909. MILITARY: Converted to a destroyer tender in late 1917, Prairie served as one during World War I. Prairie decommissioned 22 November 1922 at San Diego, Calif., and was struck from the Navy List. She was sold 22 June 1923 to Louis Rothenberg, Oakland, Calif.

  
  

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  [S11] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Benjamin Clift SSN: 410-24-0555 Last Residence: Florida Born: 14 Feb 1891 Died: Dec 1965 State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (Before 1951 ) [S25] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). [S137] Hamilton County Tennessee Marriage Records, Hamilton County Clerk's Office, (https://secure2.hamiltontn.gov/CClerk/Marriage_License/PublicScreens/LicenseSearch.aspx). Date Married: 5/18/1918 Book: 020 Page: 360 License: 27835 Groom Information Name (FML): BENJAMIN J. CLIFT Address: County: HAMILTON Birthplace: City/State/Zip: TN DOB: Father (FML): Birthplace: Mother (FML): Birthplace: Father's Address: Mother's Address: Bride Information Name (FML): MARY LILLIAN HUNTER Maiden Name: Address: County: HAMILTON Birthplace: City/State/Zip: TN DOB: Father (FML): Birthplace: Mother (FML): Birthplace: Father's Address: Mother's Address: Mailing Address: City: TN Country: