"Rufus Clefford" [bc][ch.bc's]
"Rufus Clifford" [mc][1860.census][gs]

RESIDENCE:
1802: Dorchester, NH [birth]
1825: Danville, Vt [mc]
1868: Butternut Hill Farm, North Danville, Vt [will][son.50th.Anniv.NewsAcct]; District 3 on what is now called Cormier Road [Beers][E-911.Road.Map]

OCCUPATION:
1873: farmer [dc]

WILL:
signed exactly one month after his 66th birthday - leaves "to my two Sons Charles T. Clifford and Adna S. Clifford .. all my Estate, both real and personal (except my household furniture which is to belong to my wife ... on the following condition [that they] shall faithfully Support in a comfortable and Satisfactory manner to us, myself and my wife, during the term of our natural lives ..." - no mention of his other 7 children (only one of whom is known to have been then dead).

CENSUS:
1850: Danville, Caledonia County, Vt - Sep 17 1850; Page 221; Dwelling 140 Family 142
"Rufus Clifford M; AE 48; b.Vt[1802] farmer; owns $1500 farm
Lydia F; AE 44; b.Vt[1806]
Cornelius M; AE 15; b.Vt[1835]
Diana F; AE 12; b.Vt[1837]
Charlotte F; AE 09; b.Vt[1840]
Charles M; AE 07; b.Vt[1843]
Adna M; AE 04; b.Vt[1846]
Andrew M; AE 17; b.Vt[1833] farmer
[MISSING]->Eldrd Alexander" M; AE 19 [b.1831]
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1860: Danville, Caledonia County, Vt - Jun 04 1860; Page 40; Dwelling 286 Family 286
"Rufus Clifford; M; AE 58; b.Vt[1802] farmer; RealEstate $6500 PersEstate 250
Lydia F; AE 55; b.Vt[1806]
Cornelius M; AE 25; b.Vt[1835] farm laborer
Diana F; AE 22; b.Vt[1837] domestic
Charlotte F; AE 20; b.Vt[1840] farm laborer
Chs M; AE 17; b.Vt[1843] in school
Adna M; AE 14; b.Vt[1846] in school
Lydia Badger; F; AE 08; b.Vt[ab1852] in school"

• Married: 25 SEP 1825 in Danville,Vt ^{5 6}
• Event: By in Archelaus Sias,Minister of the Gospel & Town Clerk ⁷

1. Lydia L Clifford b: 23 FEB 1826 in Danville,Vt
2. Rufus W Clifford b: 17 MAY 1828 in Danville,Vt
3. Eldrd Alexander Clifford b: 12 APR 1831 in Danville,Vt
4. Andrew Jackson Clifford b: 10 FEB 1833 in Danville,Vt
5. Cornelius Vanness Clifford b: 3 SEP 1835 in rec'd Danville,Vt
6. Myra Diana Clifford b: 2 DEC 1837 in rec'd Danville,Vt
7. Charlotte Maria Clifford b: 5 OCT 1840 in rec'd Danville,Vt
8. Charles Tuttle Clifford b: 10 APR 1843 in Bethlehem,NH
9. Adna Sylvester Clifford b: 17 AUG 1846 in Danville,Vt

1. Title: gs
   Publication: visited, verified, usually sketched, and often photographed as well
   Abbrev: gs
   Page: photo'd
   Note: "d. May 05 1873 AE 71y 3m 16d" => b.ab. Jan 19 1802.
2. Title: bc
   Abbrev: bc
   Page: DVR (1:276)
   Note: Source of "b. Dorchester Jan 18 1802".
3. Title: dc
   Abbrev: dc
   Page: DVR (5:06)
4. Title: gs
   Publication: visited, verified, usually sketched, and often photographed as well
   Abbrev: gs
   Page: photo'd
   Note: "Rufus Clifford / Died / May 5, 1873 / AE. 71 yrs 3 mos / & 16 days / Blessed are the dead which die in / the Lord" => b.ab. Jan 19 1802.
5. Title: mc
   Abbrev: mc
   Page: DVR (1:242)
   Note: "Be it remembered that at Danville on this 25th. day of September A.D. 1825. Mr. Rufus Clifford and Mifs Lydia Badger both of Danville were duly joined in marriage by me Archelaus Sias Minister of the Gospel" recorded Jan 07 1826 by Archelaus Sias, Town Clerk.
6. Title: Newspaper account
   Abbrev: Newspaper account
   Page: The North Star, Danville, Vt
   Note: Index: "Rufus Clefford and Miss Lydia Badger m. at Danville" no date in this index entry.
   Date: 4 OCT 1825
7. Title: mc
   Abbrev: mc
   Page: DVR (1:242)