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GEORGE M. CLIFTON, M. D.
Vol. 3, p. 1207

Dr. CLIFTON has been engaged in the practice of his profession in
Cleveland County, Oklahoma, since 1900, and has maintained his
residence and professional headquarters at Norman, the county seat,
since 1910. His ability and personal popularity have conserved his
success and he has secure status as one of the representative
physicians and surgeons of this section of the state as well as a
recognized position of influence in community affairs, for he is
distinctively broad-minded and progressive in his civic attitude.

On the fine old homestead farm of his father, near the City of
Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, Dr. CLIFTON was born on the
29th of June, 1874, and he is a son of William W. and Alta (WAGONER)
CLIFTON, the former of whom was born in the State of Indiana, in
1841, his lineage tracing back to English origin and representatives
of the family having been pioneer settlers in Indiana; Mrs. Alta
(WAGONER) CLIFTON was born near Rochester, Minnesota, in 1841, and
her father, who was born and reared in England, became one of the
prominent pioneer settlers of Olmsted County, Minnesota, where he and
his wife passed the closing years of their lives.

William W. CLIFTON was reared and educated in the Hoosier State and
in 1863, shortly after attaining to his legal majority, he numbered
himself among the pioneers of Olmsted County, Minnesota, where he
reclaimed and improved a valuable farm and where he is now living
retired in the City of Rochester. He is one of the venerable and
honored citizens of that county, is a staunch supporter of the cause
of the democratic party, is affiliated with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and both he and his wife are zealous members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has served as deacon. Of the
children the eldest is Nettie, whose husband is at the head of the
science department of the University of the City of New York; Walter
is engaged in the milling business in the State of South Dakota; and
Sadie likewise resides in that state, where her husband is engaged in
the milling business.

Dr. CLIFTON continued to attend the public schools of Rochester,
Minnesota, until he had completed the curriculum of the high school,
in which he was graduated in 1892. He then entered hospital work at
Rochester and through his earnings he provided the means which
enabled him to fit himself for his chosen profession, the while his
hospital experience proved of great incidental value to him through
its clinical advantages. He finally entered the Chicago College of
Physicians & Surgeons, in which he was graduated as a member of the
class of 1900 and from which he received the degree of Doctor of
Medicine. It may be noted also that in 1910 he completed an effective
course in the Chicago Post-Graduate School of Medicine.

Within a short time after his graduation Dr. CLIFTON went to Texas,
where he remained six months. He then came to Cleveland County,
Oklahoma, and established himself in rural practice, in which he
achieved unqualified success and built us a substantial and
representative business. In 1910 he centralized his work by
establishing his home at Norman, the county seat, from which
headquarters he has since continued to follow the work of his
exacting vocation with unremitting earnestness and with unequivocal
success. He keeps in touch with the advances in medical and surgical
science and brings to bear in his large practice the most modern and
approved methods and agencies for the alleviation of human suffering,
his well appointed offices being in the Johnson Building, on East
Main Street. The doctor is actively identified with the Cleveland
County Medical Society, the Oklahoma State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association. His political allegiance is given to
the democratic party and he is affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the
World, the Knights and Ladies of Security, and the Brotherhood of
American Yeomen.

In 1899 was solemnized the marriage of Dr. CLIFTON to Miss Leona
HYATT, daughter of George HYATT, who is a retired merchant residing
at Onalaska, a suburb of the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Mr. and
Mrs. CLIFTON have three children, Everett, William S. and Harold. The
two older sons are attending, in 1915-16, the high school at Winona,
Minnesota, and the youngest son is attending the public schools of
Norman, Oklahoma.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Connie Ardrey, October 29, 1998.