Andrew Jackson Clifton, son of Andrew Martin Clifton and Martha Jane Boyd, was born 13 Nov 1861 in Patrick, Co VA, and died 27 Jan 1940 in Patrick, Co VA. He married Rosa Alice Rakes 17 May 1883 in Patrick Co, Va, daughter of Thomas Rakes and Sarah Newman. She was born 14 May 1867 in Patrick, Co VA, and died 01 Mar 1922 in Patrick, Co VA.
Children of Andrew Clifton and Rosa Rakes are:
i. Dolly Clifton, born in Patrick, Co VA.
ii. Isaac Norman Clifton, born 10 Mar 1888 in Patrick, Co VA.
iii. Lula Jane Clifton, born 04 Jul 1884 in Patrick, Co VA; died 10 Dec 1959 in Patrick, Co VA. She married Jesse Edwin Rakes 19 Dec 1901 in Patrick Co, Va; born 04 Jun 1877 in Patrick, Co VA; died 19 Jan 1941 in Patrick, Co VA.
Andrew Jackson Clifton and Rosa Rakes Marriage
Andrew Jackson Clifton obituary
A.J. Clifton, 79 of the Dobyns community, died Saturday Jan. 27, 1940, after a lingering illness.
Burial was made at the Rakes cemetery near Vesta. Elder Joel E. Marshall conducting the services.
The funeral will be preached at a later date. He is survived by his second wife, two daughters:
Mrs. Jesse Rakes and Mrs. Dollie Mitchell; three brothers E.D and W.R. of Vesta and L. M. of
Roanoke, and two sisters Mrs. Russell Cassell of Roanoke and Mrs. Mary Cruise of Vesta.
Andrew J. Clifton