Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Claypool, John 1837 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

John Claypool, farmer, P. O. Morris, was born in Wauponsee Township January 5, 
1837, son of Perry A. and Mary (Foster) Claypool. Our subject was the third 
white child born in this county, his father settling here in 1834; the latter, 
while hauling logs from Chicago to Morris, was kicked by his horse, from the 
effects of which he died October 15, 1846. Mary (Foster) Claypool, the mother 
of our subject, is still living. Mr. John Claypool received his education in 
Morris, where he attended the first day school ever organized there. He was 
married, April 7, 1859, to Miss Elizabeth Hume, born in England May 15, 1837, 
daughter of Edward Hume, who came from England with his family and settled in 
New York State, where they remained until about 1858, when they came to 
Wauponsee Township, Grundy County, Ill. Here Mrs. Claypool's father died, in 
January, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Claypool have three children, as follows: Jennie 
M., born May 2, 1860; Abel, born April 11, 1862, and John E., born July 11, 
1868. Mr. C. owns 408 acres of land. He is a Republican, and has filled a 
number of offices in his township.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p76-7

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