NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11189 LOGAN CO – CAPT. BENJ. P. CLIFFORD – Clifford, Pepper, Alexander #11189 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 571, Logan Co. Capt. Benj. P. Clifford, Clarksville, was born July 9, 1817, in Logan county, Kentucky. His parents were poor people, and to better their condition they moved to Missouri in 1825, settling on Gwinn’s Creek, in this county. On the 6th day of August, 1833, he moved to Clarksville. In 1838 Captain Clifford, then just of age, went as first clerk on the steamer Astoria, in the Missouri River trade. In 1840 he assumed command of the Shawnee, and run the boat on the Missouri River. Afterwards he built the steamer Julia Chanteau, and commanded her in the St. Louis and New Orleans trade. In 1844 he quit the river and went on his farm near this city. Two years later, in 1846, he began merchandising in the city of Clarksville, and continued the business until 1857, when he was elected cashier of the Louisiana Branch Bank of the State of Missouri, then being established. The institution was very successfully managed by Captain Clifford for four years, when, by reason of too close application to business, his health became impaired, and he again took up his residence on his farm, near the city. Afterward he again engaged here in the mercantile business, until 1868; he then established the present banking house of C. P. Clifford & Co., retiring from active in 1871. In 1862 he was elected to the legislature, and served during the sessions of 1862 and 1864. He was twice married. He was first united in marriage with Lucinda Pepper, about the year 1842, who died December, 1857, and to his second life, Lizzie Alexander, March, 1860, she dying May 22, 1873. For many years, Mr. Clifford was an invalid; he visited many localities in search of health, but died of heart disease on the 6th day of January, 1881.