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Caddo Co. Oklahoma - Civil War 
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Clifford, John M. - 
Pvt., Co.D., 7th W.Va. Cav.; enrolled 04-Nov-1864 at Charleston, W.Va.; discharged 09-Aug-1865 at Wheeling, W.Va.; born 11-Jul-1847; died 23-Feb-1928; buried in Memory Lane Cemetery at Anadarko.

The Fort Cobb Express; March 1, 1928
JOHN M. CLIFFORD; Quite a number of Masons went to Anadarko last Sunday afternoon to attend the funeral of John M. Clifford, who died at hat place on Thursday evening before. The following is a brief obituary, taken from this week's Anadarko American-Democrat. John M. Clifford was born July 11, 1847 in West Virginia. When he was but a small child his parents moved with him to Ohio and he received his education in the schools of that state. When but a lad he ran away from home and joined the Union Army. He was too young to be in the regular army as a soldier, and he enlisted as a drummer boy. Later he was transferred to the quartermaster's department. After the war he moved to Memphis, Mo., where he was married and where his wife and seven children are buried. He moved to Enid, Okla., in 1898, and there conducted a large brick kiln. At the opening of this part of the country to white settlement in 1901, he secured a claim north of Fort Cobb, where he lived for some time after which he moved to Fort Cobb. He received the appointment as postmaster at Fort Cobb and served in that capacity for four years. In July, 1918, he came to Anadarko and was deputy county clerk for two and a half years under T.F. Cummings, and in November, 1920, he was elected to the office of county clerk and held that office for two years. He leaves two half sisters to mourn his loss--Mrs. Lizzie Gregg of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. A. Merwin of Leon, Iowa."