Andrew Martin Clifton
Andrew Martin Clifton, son of John Robert Clifton and Alcey Grogan, was born 30 Mar 1839 in Rockingham, NC, and died 22 Dec 1930 in Patrick, Co VA. He married Martha Jane Boyd 24 Jun 1858 in Patrick Co, Va, daughter of Heron Boyd and Sarah Cockram. She was born 22 Feb 1844 in Patrick, Co VA, and died 17 Aug 1922 in Patrick Co, Va.
Children of Andrew Clifton and Martha Boyd are:
i. Emory Dean Clifton, born 07 May 1871 in Patrick, Co VA; died 04 Sep 1964 in Patrick, Co VA. He married Ruhama Jane Hylton 15 Nov 1897 in Patrick Co, Va; born 29 Sep 1874 in Patrick, Co VA; died 16 Dec 1934 in Patrick, Co VA
ii. John G Clifton, born 1859 in Patrick, Co VA; died 1862 in Patrick, Co VA.
iii. Andrew Jackson Clifton, born 13 Nov 1861 in Patrick, Co VA; died 27 Jan 1940 in Patrick, Co VA. He married Rosa Alice Rakes 17 May 1883 in Patrick Co, Va; born 14 May 1867 in Patrick, Co VA; died 01 Mar 1922 in Patrick, Co VA.
iv. William Robert Clifton, born 11 May 1865 in Patrick, Co VA; died 25 Mar 1949 in Patrick, Co VA. He married Mahala Adeline Rakes 05 Apr 1897 in Patrick Co, Va; born 1874 in Patrick Co, Va; died 1958.
v. Nancy Harriett Clifton, born 11 Apr 1869 in Patrick, Co VA; died 23 Jan 1940 in Patrick, Co VA. She married Putnam N Boyd 18 Aug 1898 in Patrick Co, Va; born 1853 in Patrick, Co VA; died in Danville, Pittsylvania, Va.
vi. Lupert Morton Clifton, born 04 Apr 1873 in Patrick, Co VA; died 25 Oct 1955 in Patrick, Co VA. He married Laura Rosabelle Cockram 26 Nov 1893 in Patrick Co, Va; born 16 Nov 1877 in Patrick, Co VA; died 03 Feb 1924 in Patrick, Co VA
vii. Leahvanna Clifton, born 25 Sep 1883 in Patrick, Co VA; died 25 Aug 1976 in Roanoke, Va. She married Russell Brice Cassell 17 Apr 1913 in Patrick Co, Va; born 11 Jun 1893 in Patrick, Co VA; died Oct 1979 in Roanoke, Va.
viii. Mary Wilmoth Clifton, born 04 Jul 1886 in Patrick, Co VA; died 23 Aug 1980 in Roanoke, Va. She married James Matthew Cruise 05 Feb 1905 in Patrick Co, Va; born 07 Jun 1884 in Patrick, Co VA; died 06 Oct 1949.
Andrew Martin Clifton and Martha Jane Boyd Marriage
Andrew Martin Clifton and Martha Jane Boyd
Story by Fred Clifton about how Andrew Martin Clifton met Martha Jane Boyd. He sent this to Nell Thompson, who sent it to me.
Story by Fred Clifton
From "Brief Sketch Of What is Known Of One Family Of Cliftons In America" by Fred Clifton
Jack Clifton, who lived at Price, N.C decided to build a gristmill for that area. Two of his sons, Wm. Barton known as "Bart" and Andrew, made a journey on foot from their home at Price by way of Taylorsville, Va. which is now Stuart, Va. They followed what trails and roads available on up the Blue Ridge Mountain to the area now known as Vesta and Meadows of Dan. Here they stayed overnight with a friendly settler. A man named Boyd, who had a young daughter Jane, which attracted the attention of Andrew. They continued their journey on West to a stone Quarry near Blacksburg, Va. where Brushy Mountain stone which possesses special quality grit required for making Millstones, was quarried. On the return trip, the lads made it a point, to again, spend the night at the Boyd home. They returned and told their father that he could get the desired stones in unfinished blocks at the quarry.
He had the stones hauled to his home, where he forged and tempered the tools in his Blacksmith shop, with which to shape and furrow the blanks into Millstones for his new mill.
Some years passed and Andrew, still remembering the Boyd girl, persuaded Bart to make another trip with him to the Blue Ridge Mountain. Where he married Martha Jane Boyd. They built a home and settled near Vesta, where Blair Clark's summer home is now located. They had 5 sons, - Jack, Bob, John, Dean, and Lupert. 3 daughters, - Harriett, Leahvannie and Mary.
Written by Fred Clifton 27 June 1963
This was written by Mae Clifton Wiggington - daughter of Lupert M. Clifton - She is talking about her grandparents, Andrew and Martha Jane Clifton.
Mae Clifton talks about her grandparents
Grandpa had a kind gentle voice and laughed a lot. Grandma was a tall, well proportioned body, high cheek bones and a modest nose, black hair and brown eyes. I seldom seen her face. She kept her head buried in a black bonnet, even ate with it on. She wore long full skirts and a large apron she used to carry in the eggs from a large flock of brown leghorn hens. She carried her clay pipe in (the) apron pocket. She smoked a weed called life everlasting. She said that it helped her tysic. We call it asthma.
Mae Clifton Wiggington - in a letter written to Nell Thompson - 22 Nov 1988