Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Clayton, Allen A., 1920 

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ALLEN AUGUSTUS CLAYTON

   A.A. Clayton, one of the prominent men of Isle of Wight county, died at his 
home near Zuni, Va., Wednesday, September 15, after an illness of several 
months.

   Mr. Clayton was 80 years, 4 months and 5 days old.  He served as a soldier 
during the Civil War.

   The deceased in survived by six sons, J.C. Clayton, J.T. Clayton, J.M. 
Clayton, A.B. Clayton, Arthur Clayton, and Paul Clayton, and eight 
grandchildren.  The funeral service, with the Masons in charge, assisted by 
Rev. J.W. Reams of Ivor, Va., took place at the home of the deceased Friday, 
September 17, at 3 o’clock.

   The active pallbearers were his six sons; the honorary pallbearers were 
F.P. Pulley, M. Bradshaw, G.W. West, E.J. Raiford, W.G. Raiford, Edwin 
Raiford, Mills Powell and Jim Felts.


Allen Augustus CLAYTON, retired farmer, Confederate veteran*, 
b. 10 May 1840, d. 15 Sep 1920, at home, near Zuni, age 80, 
funeral at home**, 17 Sep 1920, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 24, 1920, p. 1 

Additional information: 

**Added to the list for the CLAYTON family cemetery of Clayton Rd., 
   where his son Arthur is buried. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 9 (IX-30): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol9.txt 

Allen & his family appear in 1900 Census in Berlin-Ivor Dist. (#55), 
   Southampton Co., owning Farm #36. [sheet 3A] 

Widowed, he appears in 1920 Census in Berlin-Ivor Dist. (#205), 
   with sons Arthur & Paul. [sheet 2B, Farm, dwl/fam #38] 

*He does not appear among the recorded Southampton Co. Confederate veterans, 
   but there are no extant rosters for the reserve or home guard units. 
   Murdock M. Clayton, possibly Allen's half-brother, was in Co. H/5th Va.Cav. 
   Likely their cousins, bros. James K.P. & John A.{W.} Clayton served in the 
   Southampton Greys, Co. H/3rd Va.Inf. 
   [Balfour. "Franklin and Southampton County in the Civil War" (1st ed.)] 
   He does not appear on Isle of Wight Co. rosters either, nor on the pension 
   rolls. 

All four appear in the 1850 Census in Nottoway Parish, Southampton Co. - 
   pp. 289a-b; file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/census/1850/pg0282b.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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