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About John Robert Clifford
He was the first black attorney licensed in West Virginia. In two landmark cases before his state's Supreme Court, he attacked racial discrimination in education. Originally buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia, he was reburied in 1954 at Arlington National Cemetery.
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- James Henson Clifford was the half brother of John R. Clifford, the first Black lawyer in West Virginia.
- Source: Find A Grave Memorial# 35536005
- Find A Grave Memorial# 30888810
- Residence: 1880 - Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA
- Race: Black
- Ethnicity: American
- Updated from MyHeritage Match by SmartCopy: Oct 6 2014, 22:43:01 UTC
- Residence: District 23, Hardy, Virginia - 1850
- Residence: District 2, Hardy, Virginia, United States - 1860
- Residence: Grant, Grant, West Virginia, United States - 1870
- Residence: Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States - 1880
- Residence: Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States - 1880
- Residence: Martinsburg Ward 2, Berkeley, West Virginia - 1900
- Residence: Martinsburg Ward 2, Berkeley, West Virginia - 1900
- Residence: Martinsburg Ward 3, Berkeley, West Virginia - 1910
- Residence: Martinsburg Ward 3, Berkeley, West Virginia - 1920
- Residence: Martinsburg Ward 3, Berkeley, West Virginia - 1920
- Residence: Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia - 1930
- Updated from MyHeritage Match by SmartCopy: Oct 6 2014, 22:44:50 UTC Links
- http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/47596439/person/6805244673
- Updated from MyHeritage Match by SmartCopy: Oct 6 2014, 22:46:57 UTC
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John Robert Clifford's Timeline
1848 |
September 13, 1848
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Williamsport, Grant County, West Virginia, United States
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1877 |
October 1877
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West Virginia, United States
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1879 |
August 1879
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West Virginia, United States
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1882 |
July 1, 1882
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West Virginia, United States
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1884 |
March 1884
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West Virginia, United States
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1885 |
October 1885
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West Virginia, United States
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1886 |
1886
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West Virginia, United States
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1887 |
July 1887
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West Virginia, United States
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1888 |
December 1888
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West Virginia, United States
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1890 |
December 1890
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West Virginia, United States
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