Stephen Clive
Gun barrel maker, one of three sons of Stephen Clive Sr., and grandson of Benjamin Clive of Birmingham.
1840 Born in Birmingham, 20 June.
1852 Began to learn gun barrel making.
1863 Emigrated to the USA.
'He started to work in this country in Trenton, but went to Yonkers in 1864 to make carbines for the government. He next went to work in New York in sporting goods; then to the Winchester Arms Company, and finally came to the Remington Armory in June, 1867. He contracts for boring and straightening the gun barrels. Mr. Clive is a prominent Mason. In 1858 he married Catharine Jones and they have three children. Mrs. C.A. Hollenbeck, Albert A., and Alice M. Clive, having lost two grown up sons, Gilbert E. in 1890 and Stephen A. in 1891. Mr. Clive's father was Stephen Clive and his grandfather was Benjamin Clive, one of four brothers, leading gun makers of Birmingham, Eng. Mr. Clive was the first person of his name to settle in America.'[1]
1908 Died on 7 April at home in Ilion[2]