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    De Witt C. Clough

    Birth: 1821

    Death: 3-8-1895

    Birth Date Prefix: abt.

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    Alternate Surname: Cloah

Biography

De Witt Clough lived in Auburn, NY. He is listed on the 1850, 1855, and 1880 Auburn, NY censuses as working as a machinist. In 1850 he is listed as working in the same house as a blacksmith, George Pert.  Therefore it is plausible that he is the gentleman who made the tin cover for the furnace at the Seward's, which FMS mentions in letter 18461127FMS_WHS1. Based on the 1860 census Clough's inferred spouse is Roby/Robie Clough, and his children are Mary Clough, Herbert Clough, and Fred Clough,

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1847

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Biography: 
De Witt Clough lived in Auburn, NY. He is listed on the 1850, 1855, and 1880 Auburn, NY censuses as working as a machinist. In 1850 he is listed as working in the same house as a blacksmith, George Pert. Therefore it is plausible that he is the gentleman who made the tin cover for the furnace at the Seward's, which FMS mentions in letter 18461127FMS_WHS1. Based on the 1860 census Clough's inferred spouse is Roby/Robie Clough, and his children are Mary Clough, Herbert Clough, and Fred Clough,
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Year: 1850; Census Place: Auburn Ward 4, Cayuga, New York; Roll: M432_482; Page: 293B; Image: 176 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. See also the 1860 census record: https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=45889531&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=8054 Year: 1860; Census Place: Auburn Ward 4, Cayuga, New York; Roll: M653_727; Page: 206; Family History Library Film: 803727 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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Year: 1850; Census Place: Auburn Ward 4, Cayuga, New York; Roll: M432_482; Page: 293B; Image: 176 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. The Census lists his birthdate as "about 1820" but his gravestone notes he was "77 years old" when he died in 1895, putting his birth year as either 1821 or 1822. See his gravestone here: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65432127/clo BURIAL Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA PLOT Ridgeland Lot 195 Grave 7 MEMORIAL ID 65432127 · View Source
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Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA PLOT Ridgeland Lot 195 Grave 7 MEMORIAL ID 65432127 · View Source