Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Claypool, L W 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Claypool, L. W. (deceased) - The name of Claypool is closely associated with 
the history of Grundy County, and no one man did more for it and Morris than 
L. W. Claypool, born in Brown County, Ohio, June 4, 1819, a son of Jacob C. 
and Nancy (Ballard) Claypool.  The Claypool family came to Grundy County, 
Ill., in 1834, and settled in Wauponsee Township.  Mr. Claypool immediately 
became an important factor in the history of his period and in 1841 was 
elected County Recorder, and was made the first postmaster of Morris.  In 
1848, he was appointed by the canal trustees, assistant agent of the canal 
lands located in La Salle and Grundy Counties, and assisted in laying out that 
part of Chicago in and around Bridgeport.  For years he represented Wauponsee 
Township on the County Board of Supervisors and later was supervisor from 
Morris.  On November 15, 1849, he married Caroline B. Palmer, a daughter of 
John Palmer of Ottawa, and two sons born to them lived to maturity, namely:  
H. C., who was born March 31, 1852; and L. W. Jr., who was born October 13, 
1866.

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Additional Comments:
Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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