BOOK - HISTORY OF RICE & STEELE COUNTIES VOL I & II 1910. J. E. Clifford, a prominent and thrifty farmer in Northfield township, is a native son of Minnesota. He was born in Goodhue county January 3, 1874, to C. F. and Janette (Whitson) Clifford, natives of Maine and Canada respectively. The father came to Minnesota in 1855, located in Goodhue county, where he carried on general farming until 1895, and then moved to Northfield, where he still lives. The subject of this sketch acquired his education in district schools of Goodhue county, wahich was supplemented by high school training at Cannon Falls and a business course at Red Wing. Leaving school, he returned to his father's farm, where he worked until 1895, and then took charge of the old homestead, where he carried on general and diversified farming until 1901. He then came to Rice county, located in Northfield township, where he bought 160 acres in section 10, on which he has done a general farming up to the present time. Mr. Clifford married Ada, daughter of Joseph and Emma Foster, of Northfield. In political sentiment Mr. Clifford favors the Republican party. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. He is. also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He has served in various local offices in his community, viz., town clerk, supervisor and school director.
BOOK - HISTORY OF RICE & STEELE COUNTIES VOL I & II 1910. J. E. Clifford, a prominent and thrifty farmer in Northfield township, is a native son of Minnesota. He was born in Goodhue county January 3, 1874, to C. F. and Janette (Whitson) Clifford, natives of Maine and Canada respectively. The father came to Minnesota in 1855, located in Goodhue county, where he carried on general farming until 1895, and then moved to Northfield, where he still lives. The subject of this sketch acquired his education in district schools of Goodhue county, wahich was supplemented by high school training at Cannon Falls and a business course at Red Wing. Leaving school, he returned to his father's farm, where he worked until 1895, and then took charge of the old homestead, where he carried on general and diversified farming until 1901. He then came to Rice county, located in Northfield township, where he bought 160 acres in section 10, on which he has done a general farming up to the present time. Mr. Clifford married Ada, daughter of Joseph and Emma Foster, of Northfield. In political sentiment Mr. Clifford favors the Republican party. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. He is. also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He has served in various local offices in his community, viz., town clerk, supervisor and school director.
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