The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-21
HER FATHER FOUGHT IN '76
-1NOTHEB REAL DAUGHTER OF THE
 REVOLUTION IN STAMFORD.

She Is Mrs. Nancy A. Warren, Daughter of
 Elisha Clifford, Who Married at Eighty
 two and Had Four ChiIdren--Her Brother
 Served In the War of tho Rebellion.
 The publication, in the Stamford Advocate, July 3, of "reminiscences of Mrs. Nancy Scoheld Smith, has attract ed attention to another daughter of a revolutionary soldier residing in Stam- ford, and one who might, without much fear of dispute, set up the claim to be the youngest real daughter of the revolution living. Her name is Mrs. Nancy 4. Warren, and her age is sixty five years. She is a daughter of Elisha Clifford of Patterson, Putnam County, who married, May 21, 1890. Polly Wash burn, daughter of Samuel Washburn of Carmel, N. T., she being then 39 and he S2 years of age. The issue of this mar riage were four childern-Nancy, Elisha (now clergyman in Somerville, Mass.), Lodesca (recently deceased), and Van Rensselaer, diving in North field, Minn.) MT. Clifford died June 8, 1884, aged 89 years, the fourth child not then being born. His widow survived him about half a. century, and drew pension for many years, dying at the age of IS.
 MT. Gifford's record in the revolution ary war is on file in Washington. He was born in Norwich, Conn.,, in 1749. When the revolution broke out he was living in Frederickston, then in Dutch ess County, now Putnam, N. Y. It is said that he was at Bunker Hill, and it is known that he served three months, beginning in February, 1776, under Capt Ludington and Col. Swartwout, in New York city, where he was employed in the erection of Notifications. He was subsequently, drafted, but owing to dangerous illness of his first wife, he provided a, substitute. Later he was again drafted for two months, and was stationed at Fort Constitution, opposite West Point In response to the alarm caused by the burning of Danbury, April 27, 1777, he turned out under Capt. Hezekiah Mead for the relief of that town, but before Mead's company arriv- ed the British troops retreated to their vessels on the Sound. Upon the oc- casion of another alarm he served for ten days under the same captain at Fishkill and Scrub Oak in Duchess and Westchester counties. In the fall of 17S0 he served for two months under Capt Lake and Col. Deforest at Fish kill and Goshen, iii Orange County, N Y The following month he was out for one month with Capt. Ludington near a fort short distance from New York city, and participated in skirm- ish with the British while foraging for provisions for the American army at White Plains. They got away with the supplies. He served one month during each of two winters in a detachment performing guard duty on the road to Frederickton, to protect the villagers against depredations of the Tories.
 Mrs. Warren remembers little about her father, being only six years of age at the time of his death. She remem- bers him as being very large. Her mother told her that he was powerful man, and feet inches tall.
 The youngest son, Van Rensselaer, Clifford, has sought to ascertain wheth- CT there is any living son of a revolu- tionary soldier younger than he, and has failed to hear of any. He served in the Union army in the civil war and believes he is the only son of a revolu- tionary soldier who fought in 1S61-'65. His son is believed to be the youngest grandson of a "boy of '76."
 Mrs Warren is in excellent health and full of activity. Her son, Arthur Warren Is employed by Lyman Hoyt's Son & Co. She has a daughter, Mrs. Emma Jaycox, living in Cold Spring. Stamford Advocate.