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JOHN B. CLIFTON, farmer, P. O. Russellville, was born June 1, 1831, in Brown County near Russellville. His grandfather was an Englishman, and his grandmother a Welsh lady. His father, John B. Clifton, Sr., who lives near Russellville, was born in Virginia in April, 1802. About the year 1826, he emigrated from Kentucky, where the family was then residing, to Brown County, Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Jefferson Township. Shortly after his arrival in Brown County, he married Miss Nancy Baird, daughter of George and Jane Baird, by whom he had four children, two of whom are still living, viz.: Sarah (now Mrs. F. Rishforth), and the subject of our sketch. She died in July, 1837. He then married Mary Parker, daughter of William and Elizabeth Parker, by whom he also had four children, two of them still living. She died in September, 1880. He is a Democrat and the owner of about three hundred and twenty acres of land. John B. Clifton, Jr., subject of our sketch, was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in a district school, in September, 1863, he married Maria L. Taylor, daughter of Martin and Hester Taylor, of Bracken County, Ky. This union has been blessed with seven children, six of whom are still living, viz.: Richard T., Daisy, William E., John, Hester and Francis P. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge at Russellville, and also of the Odd Fellow society. In his views he is keeping pace with the progressive spirit of the nineteenth century, and by his example is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of Jefferson Township. He is a man who deals strictly on an honorable basis with his fellow-men, thereby obtaining an honest, reliable character. Although having obtained but a meager education in his youth, yet by constant study and having a love for books, he has acquired rather a deep knowledge of the ordinary events of our time, also in matters pertaining to the welfare of the agriculturist. He is of a clever and frank disposition and very hospitable. He is the owner of about 300 acres of land, and lives about one and one-half miles southwest of Russellville. His residence is pleasantly situated, and his farm is in a good state of cultivation.