Clifford Silkey, the son of Henry and Emma Abraham Silkey, was born on November 29, 1913, at Madison Lake, Minnesota.
On June 30, 1936 he married at New Rockford, Margaret Leick, the daughter of Julius and Emma Hoefel Leick at Wimbledon.
They have a daughter Phyllis; two children, Richard and Judith, are deceased.
Mr. Silkey came to Carrington in 1917. He is a painter by trade.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 38B