Born in Elmer, NE
Ancestors 
Daughter of Wyman Parker Sawyer
and Ida Jeanette (Worrell) Sawyer
Sister of
Blanche Elizabeth (Sawyer) Homan, Grace Vera Sawyer, Luella Stone (Sawyer) Backemeyer and Cora Almedia (Sawyer) Richards
Wife of
Roy Otis Clifton
— married
23 Sep 1913 in Omaha, NE
Descendants 
Mother of
Margaret Clifton, Lucille Mae (Clifton) Wadhams, Russell Leroy Clifton, Elizabeth (Clifton) Tiff, Raymond Clifton, Leo Wyman Clifton, Doris Rosalie (Clifton) Martin, Donald Eugene Clifton and Joyce Ann (Clifton) Tasa
Died
at age 92
in Lincoln, NE
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2014
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Biography
Mary was born in 1890, the daughter of Wyman and Jeanette (Worrell) Sawyer. In 1913 she married Roy Clifton and they had eight children: Margaret, Lucille, Russell, Elizabeth, Leo, Donald, Doris, and Joyce Ann. She passed away in 1983.
Sources
- Ernest Lee Holden. The Genealogy of the Maineland Holdens. Manuscript family tree dated around 1955. Copy in the possession of Sue Rattray made in the 1980's from copy in the possession of Mabel Gravlin (now deceased).
- US Census. Year: 1900; Census Place: South Bend, Cass, Nebraska; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1240919
- US Census. Year: 1910; Census Place: South Bend, Cass, Nebraska; Roll: T624_840; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0018; FHL microfilm: 1374853
- US Census. Year: 1920; Census Place: Omaha Ward 1, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: T625_987; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 5
- US Census. Year: 1930; Census Place: Alvo, Cass, Nebraska; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2341003
- US Census. Year: 1940; Census Place: Bennet, Lancaster, Nebraska; Roll: m-t0627-02255; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 55-73
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117421317
- Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Sue Rattray 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LV9403513 [compare]
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~0.78%
Chris Seddon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member chris_seddon64
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