Background
Bransford, Clifton Wood was born on January 24, 1858 in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. Son of Benjamin and Mary Eleanor (Athy) Bransford.
Bransford, Clifton Wood was born on January 24, 1858 in Owensboro, Kentucky, United States. Son of Benjamin and Mary Eleanor (Athy) Bransford.
Educated Bransford Institute, Owensboro. Bachelor of Arts, Cumberland University, 1877. Law Department, University of Louisville, 1878 (class honor), m.
Virgie Lee Finley, December 21, 1882.
K. Givens, deceased), Benjamin Ammonet (deceased). President Bransford Mills, 1887-1921. Organized, 1890, president to 1917, Owensboro Banking Company.
Reorganized, 1891, Owensboro Wagon Company, vice president until 1905, when disposed of interest.
President Florence Wagon Company, Florence, Alabama, 1914-1921, Chairman of the Board, since 1921. Identified with Owensboro Messenger as half owner and editor, 1878-1887.
Democratic elector 2d Congressional District of Kentucky, 1896. Delegate at large Democratic National Convention, 1900.
Vice chairman Democratic State Platform Convention of Kentucky, 1915.
Delaware Congress of Constructive Patriotism, 1917. President Senior Service Corps of Owensboro, and “four-minute man,” 1917-1918.
Member Millers’ Advisory Committee to the United States Wheat Director Barnes, 1919-1920. Field representative American Miller, Elevator and Grain Trade, 1923-1926, National Miller, 1926-1930. Vice chairman Kentucky division, Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, 1931-1932.
Children: Mary Boyd (Mistress Sherwood H. Standish), Virginia Lee (Mistress Thos.