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Clinton Irvin "Clint" Jeffres

14 Jan 1895 – 7 Nov 1970

Birth14 Jan 1895
Death7 Nov 1970
CemeteryNebraska Veterans Cemetery at Grand Island
Grand Island , Hall County , Nebraska , USA
Added byLeslie Vollnogle on 08 May 2011
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12 June 1900 - US Census - Center Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household ........Role ........Sex .....Age Birthplace Birth Date George Jeffres ..Head .......Male ....40 ..Ohio .........Nov 1860 Kate L Jeffres ....Wife ........Female 42 ..Illinois ......Jun 1858 Cora B Jeffres ...Daughter Female 12 ..Nebraska .Sep 1888 Elmer E Jeffres .Son .........Male ....9 ....Nebraska .May 1891 Clinton I Jeffres Son .........Male ....5 ....Nebraska .Jan 1895 Vera I Jeffres .....Daughter Female 1 ....Nebraska .Jul 1899 In 1909 when Clint was 14 he helped his uncle, John Benson, build sod houses west of Horace, Nebraska. Central City Record, Central City, Nebraska · Thursday, April 01, 1909 pg 9 COLLEGE SECTON . . . Clinton Jeffres visited with his aunt at North Loup from Saturday til Monday. Lauren Jeffres spent the short vacation with his parents at Horace. . . . 19 April 1910 - US Census - Center Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household ........Role ........Sex .....Age Birthplace Kate L Jeffres ....Head ......Female 41 ..Illinois {married(sic)} Clinton Jeffres ..Son .........Male ....15 ..Nebraska Vera Jeffres .......Daughter Female 10 ..Nebraska Lena Thornton ..Boarder ..Female 19 ..Iowa George W Doyle Boarder ..Male ....43 ..Tennessee Stella L Doyle ....Boarder ..Female 36 ..Illinois Katherine Doyle Boarder ..Female 3 ....Nebraska Phillip Doyle ......Boarder ..Male ....1 ....Nebraska In June 1916 Clint had his appendicitis removed in the the Weeks hospital in Ord, Nebraska. Leader-Independent, Greeley, Nebraska · Thursday, February 13, 1919 pg 5 JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK OF FOLKS YOU KNOW . . . Mrs. Applegate and son Clinton Jeffres who has just been discharged from the service, came down from Horace Tuesday morning to spent(sic) the day. . . . 16 January 1920 - US Census - Greeley, Greeley, Nebraska Household ......Role ..Sex .....Age Birthplace Clinton Jeffres Head Male ....24 ..Nebraska (Pool Hall Manager) 4 February 1920 - US Census - Wallace Creek Election Precinct, Greeley, Nebraska Household .........Role ..............Sex .....Age Birthplace Anna Welsh .......Head .............Female 66 ..Maryland (widowed) Marion O Welsh Son ................Male ....36 ..Illinois Clinton I Jeffres Step-son(sic) Male ....25 ..Nebraska (Farm Labourer) The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, December 28, 1922 pg 1, col. 2 . . . Clinton Jeffres came up from Horace Saturday. Sunday afternoon, he went to Grand Island on the motor to be examined by the army surgeons -- O.d. Quiz. . . . In the early 1920s Clint worked a few years doing road work for the Greeley County Board of Commissioners. In October 1924 the Wallace Creek voters filed a petition to have Clint put on the ballot precinct assessor which he then won. In early 1926 Clint sold off all his farming operation as he was moving to Kansas. An image of the sale brochure has been added to his record. If he did move to Kansas it did not last long as he was back in Nebraska by 1927. The Greeley Citizen, Greeley, Nebraska · Thursday, March 10, 1927 pg 1 High Price For a Span of Mules What is believed to be a record price for a span of mules at this year's sales in this community was at the E. J. Kerrigan sale here Tuesday. A Classy span of mules brought $270. Clint Jeffres of near Horace was the purchaser. Young horses brought approximately $100. Good prices were paid for other livestock and farm machinery. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, March 01, 1928 pg 6 WORKMAN-JEFFRES Clinton Jeffres and Mrs. Pearl Workman drove to St. Paul, Nebraska, last Saturday, February 18, 1928, and were married by the Judge of Howard county. Clint is the son of Mrs. Kate Applegate, and is very well known. Mrs. Workman has been housekeeper for her brother, Sanford Leibli, for the past year. The married couple are living in Horace, in the residence which was occupied by John Wells. Every one wishes then much happiness and success in life. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, March 15, 1928 pg 4 News from Horace and Vicinity MISS RUBY ANSTINE EDITOR . . . There was a husking bee staged for Floyd Jeffres by his neighbors Monday. Mr. Jeffres has been in poor health for some time. . . . Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Leibli, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sautter and Albert Workman, of Scotia, Mrs. Kate Applegate, of Wolbach, and Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Anstine and family spent Sunday at the home of Clint Jeffres. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Jeffres and Mrs. Alfred Beck were auto passengers to Wolback Saturday to visit at the home of Ira(sic) Studley. Mrs. Ora Studley is a cousin of Lynn Jeffres and Mrs. Beck. She has been very ill for the last few years. Mrs. Kate Applegate, who has been taking care of Mrs. Ora Studley, of Wolbach, was on incoming auto passenger Saturday evening to visit at the home of her son, Clint Jeffres, and family. She returned to Wolbach Monday morning. . . . Clint Jeffres shipped a car load of hogs to Aurora Wednesday. . . . Clint Jeffres and Howard Grohosky are proud owners of baby goats, purchased from Ben Morris of North Loup. Howard gave his to his brother Chester for a birthday gift. . . . 22 April 1930 - US Census - Scotia, Greeley, Nebraska Household ..........Role .......Sex .....Age Birthplace Clinton Jeffres ....Head ......Male ....35 ..Nebraska Pearl Jeffres ........Wife .......Female 35 ..Nebraska Albert Workman .Son(sic) ..Male ....14 ..Nebraska Ernest Workman .Son(sic) ..Male ....12 ..Nebraska Harold Workman Son(sic) ..Male ....10 ..Nebraska Darrell Jeffres .....Son .........Male ....1 ....Nebraska Clint spent spent most of the 1930s working for the county on the road crew. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, October 20, 1932 HORACE NEWS NOTES . . . Ethel Clement, Margie Whiting, Albert Jeffres and Everett Hurley were Sunday afternon(sic) callers at the Clint Jeffres home. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jeffres and Harold, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grantham and son and Mrs. E. M. Applegate were callers at the Clint Jeffres home Saturday afternoon to see the new baby. . . . The Grand Island Daily Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska · Monday, February 25, 1935 pg 3 L. T. C. MEETS; SCOTIA BRIEFS . . . Clint Jeffres will hold a sale of his personal property at the farm two miles north of Scotia on the cemetery road Monday afternoon, February 25th. . . . The Grand Island Daily Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska · Saturday, March 09, 1935 pg 3 MANY SCOTIA PEOPLE MOVE Scotia, Neb., Mar. 9. (Special) - March is moving month for lots of people in and around Scotia. Very few farm sales have been held in the locality this spring as compared to a year ago when farmers were selling their personal property and moving to town. Houses in Scotia and farms adjacent to town are at a premium. Clint Jeffres will move to his house in town now occupied by the Harry Drake and Ray Drake families. . . . . . . The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, November 23, 1939 pg 1 JEFFRES HAS A GOOD SALE MONDAY AFTERNOON Good prices were received at Clint Jeffres public sale Monday afternoon, and a large number of bidders were on hand. The sale was advertised by the Register. 26 April 1940 - US Census - Election District 6, Niobrara, Wyoming Household ......Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Clinton Jeffres Head .......Male ....45 ..Nebraska Pearl Jeffres ....Wife ........Female 45 ..Nebraska Gene Jeffres ....Son .........Male ....9 ....Nebraska Doris Jeffres ....Daughter Female 7 ....Nebraska Darlene Jeffres Daughter Female 3 ....Nebraska The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, December 23, 1943 pg 1, col. 3 Clint Jeffres of Just, Who., spent the week end with relatives in Scotia. He was en route home from a trip to Missouri. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, March 02, 1944 pg 1 CLINT JEFFRES FAMILY MOVES TO HORACE Mr. and Mrs. Clint Jeffres and three children have moved from Lusk, Wyoming., to the Star place at the north side of Horace. Clint will farm some and operate a truck. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, February 07, 1946 pg 1 CLINT JEFFRES SALE FEBRUARY 18 Clint Jeffres has a sale scheduled for Monday, Feb. 18, at the farm 8 miles northeast of Scotia. Offered for sale will 25 head of cattle, 10 head of ewes, 34 hogs, 9 head of horses, farm machinery, chickens, etc. Sam Martin is the auctioneer, the State Bank of Scotia clerk. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, April 24, 1947 pg 1, col. 1 Clint Jeffres underwent major surgery at the veterans' hospital in Lincoln on April 11 and is making a good recovery. Clint ended the 1940s working on county roads and would continue doing so well in the the 1960s. He was also the Scotia village marshal until he resigned in June 1949. 11 April 1950 - US Census - Scotia, Greeley, Nebraska Household ..........Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Clinton I Jeffres ..Head .......Male ....55 ..Nebraska Pearl Jeffres ........Wife ........Female 56 ..Nebraska Doris O Jeffres ....Daughter Female 17 ..Nebraska The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, May 22, 1952 pg 1, col. 4 . . . Gene Jeffres went to Grand Island Tuesday morning for a week's training after which he will be employed at the ordnance plant. Gene's father, Clint Jeffres, is also working at the plant, having started work about three weeks ago. The Register erred last week concerning Gene's military service. He was discharged at Santa Ana, Calif., serving as a sergeant in the marines. This was his second term of service in the marines, having been called back to service in December, 1950. He remained in the States both terms. . . . In 1952 Clint was the county assessor for the Scotia community. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, October 23, 1952 pg 1 CLINT JEFFRES INJURED IN TRUCK ACCIDENT MONDAY A pickup truck driven by Clint Jeffres of Scotia was badly wrecked Monday evening when it went out of control about one-half mile south of the North Loup power sub-station. Mr. Jeffres suffered a fractured scapula, the large flat bone which is in the back. He is under the care of Dr. N. B. Bentley. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, December 24, 1953 pg 8, col. 3 . . . Clint Jeffres returned Sunday night from Omaha where he had been employed in a packing plant since the middle of November. . . . The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, January 16, 1958 pg 4 Shucking' at Anstine's At an informal meeting of the three ex-Horaceites the other day (Dwight Moody, dux Anderson and Clint Jeffres) it was recalled that "more corn was shucked around the stove in Anstine's store than in the fields nearby." The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, June 23, 1960 pg 1 CLINT IN HOSPITAL Clint Jeffers entered the Veterans hospital in Grand Island Tuesday for observation and possible surgery. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, September 06, 1962 pg 1 Clint Jeffres in Hospital Clint Jeffres remains in the Veterans hospital in Lincoln where he has been a patient for a few weeks. The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, October 11, 1962 pg 4 Here and There . . . . .At the NU-IS game: Clint Jeffres in front of the stadium with a group of patients from the veterans hospital. . . . . . . The Scotia Register, Scotia, Nebraska · Thursday, April 18, 1963 pg 1, col. 4 . . . Clint Jeffres returned Monday from Lincoln where he had been a patient at the veterans hospital for sometime. His son, Gene, of Grand Island brought him to Scotia. . . . Grand Island Independent, Saturday, November 7, 1970, pg 2 Clinton Irwin Jeffres Dies at Veterans Home Funeral services for Clinton Irwin Jeffres, 76, of Grand Island will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the Nebraska Veteran's Home with the Rev. Sam Becker officiating. Interment will be in the Burket Cemetery. Visitation hours are from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Apfel-Butler-Geddes Funeral Home. Mr. Jeffres, a World War I veteran, died Saturday morning at the Nebraska Veterans Home where he had been a resident since his retirement in 1963. Upon his discharge from service he farmed and trucked in the Greeley-Scotia area until his retirement. He was born Jan. 14, 1894,(sic) at Greeley, the son of George and Kate Jeffres. He grew up and attended school in Greeley. Survivors include his son, Eugene of Grand Island; daughters, Mrs. Doris Ketternmen(sic) of Seattle and Darlene Jeffres of St. Edward; stepsons, Albert Ernest and Alfred Workman of Bellingham, Wash.; 17 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brother, Elmer of Greeley, and sister, Mrs. Cora Hurley of Denver. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents and one sister. Last residence: NE 68801 Clinton may have lived and worked at one time in South Dakota.

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