Biographical Sketch of G. W. Clayton, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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G. W. Clayton, of the firm of G.W. Clayton & Co., junk dealers, is
a native of Virginia, and was born in Petersburg, September 3, 1847.
His father was a cousin of Henry Clay, and a gentleman favorably
known in that country.  G.W. was educated, and resided in his native
state, until the breaking out of the rebellion, and then, a mere boy,
he shouldered his musket and went to the front in defense of the 
Confederate cause, and served faithfully until the close.  After the
war, he went to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and for seven years was one of
the overseers and managers of the State Insane Asylum, after which
he was connected with the State Insane Asylum, at Jacksonville, Ill.,
for three and a half years.  He came to St. Joseph, Missouri, and
for four years was an employee in Asylum No. 2.  Mr. Clayton is a
man of clear judgement, and has a peculiar adaptability for managing
the unfortunates, while associated with the different asylums he was
eminently successful in his management.  In the autumn of 1879, he
engaged in his present business, which has steadily increased.  In
1869, Miss Lucy A. Sturtevant, of Illinois, became his wife.  She is
the daughter of Colonel C.C. Sturtevant, a prominent citizen of that
state.

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