Services for Samuel Clifton
1793 thru 1890
Submitted by ( Dianna Anderson ) Poster #-42-


    Samuel Clifton
    Born: 1793
    Died: 3 May 1890


    Samuel Clifton

    "The Perry County Sun" Friday 7 Mar 1890 pg 2 reported: 'A Centenarian Gone' Died on the 3rd instance at his residence near Eureka, Samuel CLIFTON. The deceased claimed to have been born in 1790 which would make him 100 years old. He had been bed-ridden for seven years. The deceased had been married three times his third wife surviving him. He leaves two sons and three daughters, the youngest of whom is 50 years old. The deceased retained his mental faculties unimpaired until seven years ago when they failed. While there are no family records by which his exact age could be established, yet it is generally accepted in the neighborhood in which he lived that his claims to being a centenarian are good."