- Died
- 1877-08-12
- Member of
- Dormer Store
- Eras
- Irish era
- Concepts
- fishingeconomymaritimeheritagecommunity
Summary
Henry Clifton is identified in an October 1963 museum note as the manager of the Dormer Store, a merchandise and wholesale fish store at Whiskey Point. The 1963 note says a tombstone in a small burial plot gives his death year as 1877; the Clarke Historical Library’s Dormer notes refine that to August 12, 1877.1
Evidence and limits
The source provides no birth date, family, exact burial coordinates, or legal employment record. Four nearby unmarked graves are mentioned but are not assigned identities.
See also
Footnotes
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Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, “Biographical Papers A–G: James & Allen Dormer”, accessed August 2, 2026. ↩
Sources
- Says Henry Clifton managed the Dormer Store at Whiskey Point and died in 1877; it describes a marked burial plot and four additional unmarked graves but does not provide a complete civil biography or exact grave location.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The library’s historical notes state that the Dormer daybook resumes April 23, 1877 and runs until Henry Clifton died on August 12, 1877. It establishes the exact death date but gives no birth, family, or civil death record.
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Henry Clifton”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/henry-clifton/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1963, “Museum Notes.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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