Rev. Jesse Alexander Clifton
JESSE ALEXANDER CLIFTON
Pastor of the Methodist Church of Sumter. Son of Jesse C. Clifton and Mary Walker. Born in Chester, South Carolina. Of Scotch-Irish descent. His father served in the Confederate army. Educated in the Ebenezer High School of York County, under Professor Mathew Elder, and at the University of Virginia. Married Mary, daughter of Dr. W. J. Hicklin. Joined the Confederate army in Company D, First South Carolina Volunteers, Hampton's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. Served as courier and scout. For thirty-two years he has been a minister of the gospel. Delegate, twice, to the general conference of the Church. Degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred by Rutherford College, North Carolina, in 1893.
Source:
Men of the Time: Sketches of Living Notables. A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous South Carolina Leaders
By J. C. Garlington
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Garlington Publishing Co.
1902
Source:
The Abbeville Press And Banner
Abbeville, South Carolina •
Wed, Jun 20, 1906
Page 4
Rev. Jesse Clifton married 24 Nov 1868 to Mary Elizabeth Hicklin 1846-1920
Daughter of Dr. William Hicklin & Martha McCreary
They had the following children:
Dr. Jesse Alexander Clifton
1871–1942
Mary G. Clifton
1872–1944
Dr. James Samuel Clifton
1874–1935
John Hicklin Clifton
1876–1921
Josephine Clifton
1882–1937
Rev. Thomas Clairborne Clifton
1883–1884
Katherine "Katie" Clifton
1886–1970
Rev. Jesse Clifton's brother Lunsford Clifton and his wife Mary Ellen Morris had a daughter named Carrie Clifton who married Moxie Albert Craus they had a daughter named Mary Ellen "Polly" Craus who was an Olympic Fencing Champion.
Photo's and her story at link below:
She worked primarily as a script supervisor for big budget films and award winners such as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and All the King’s Men (1949). By 1952 Polly was acknowledged as not only one of the youngest script supervisors but as one of the best and most successful in the industry.
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Nice post! My husband had an ancestor named Jesse who was a Primitive Baptist minister - Jesse E. Casey. Loved all the photos that you shared as well, especially the photo of Mary Hicklin - gorgeous!
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