Charles Warren CLIFFORD

1844 -

• Name	Charles Warren CLIFFORD  [1, 2, 3]
  	He graduated from Harvard College in 1865, receiving the degree of A.M. therefrom in 1868. Studying law at Harvard Law School he was admitted to the bar in 1868, and began practice with the Nw Bedford firm of which his father was formerly a member, one of the partners being Hon. William W. Crapo. He is still in active practice, in the firm of Crapo, Clifford & Prescott. In 187 Mr. Clifford was appointed one of the commissioners to revise the Judiciary system of the commonwealth; from 1884 to 1888 was a civil service commissioner of Massachusetts; from 1898 to 1901 served as one of the commissioners on the revision of the statutes of Massachusetts; and in 1904 on the commission for the revision of the building laws. He was counsel for the owners of whaling bark Cape Horn Pigeon, and as such took part in the arbitration between the United States and Russia at The Hague in 1902. As counsel for the owners of the Hope On he acted in arbitration between the United States and Chili at Washington in 1886. Mr. Clifford prepared the testimony relative to the whaling vessels destroyed by the Confederate cruisers which was presented to the Geneva Arbitration. he has been president of various financial, charitable and social organizations of New Bedford. [1]
  Birth	19 Aug 1844	New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of John H. Clifford and Sarah P. Allen   [3]
  Person ID	I12097	Main Tree
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Hon. John Henry CLIFFORD,   b. 16 Jan 1809, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island d. 2 Jan 1876, New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Sarah Parker ALLEN,   b. 1 Mar 1808   d. 29 Apr 1893, New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1832  [1]
  Family ID	F38713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Frances Lothrop WOOD,   b. 22 Jun 1844   d. 28 Apr 1872 (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	5 May 1869  [1]
  Family ID	F38712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Wilhelmina Helena CRAPO,   b. 06 Apr 1849, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 1909 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1876	New Bedford, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F15965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S10118] William M. Emery and William W. Crapo, The Howland Heirs being the Story of a Family and a fortune and the Inheritance of a Trust. [S00091] "The Peter Crapo Clan" by Richley H. Crapo, (Name: Name: Updated 7 Dec 2005;;). [S7913] Charles Elihu Slocum, M.D., Ph. D., A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, (Charles Elihu Slocum, M.D., Ph. D., - Syracuse, NY 1882). [S02709] New England Ancestors: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.