Joseph Henry Clayton (1856-1923) and Some of His Descendants

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Joseph Henry Clayton

(1856-1923)
And Some of His Descendants

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Generation One

1. Joseph Henry CLAYTON, second son and fourth child of Joseph Alvey CLAYTON and Margaret Amanda POOLE, was born on 6 Nov 1856 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.1,2,3 He married Anna ('Annie') May LISMAN, daughter of Benjamin F. LISMAN and Susan E. HODGE, on 17 Jan 1883 in Navarro County, Texas.4,5 He died on 9 Mar 1923 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 66.6,7,8,9 He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.10

Anna ('Annie') May LISMAN was born on 23 Aug 1865 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.11,12,13 She died on 29 Apr 1948 in Navarro County, Texas, at age 82.14 She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.15

Children of Joseph Henry CLAYTON and Anna ('Annie') May LISMAN were:


Generation Two

3. William Franklin ("Zene") CLAYTON (Joseph) was born in 1886.28 He married Alberta Marie LEADER.29 He died on 23 Jan 1952 in Crosby County, Texas.30,31,32 He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.33 He lived in Corsicana, Texas.

Alberta Marie LEADER was born on 4 Jun 1889 in Roanoke, Virginia.34 She died on 27 Dec 1928 in Navarro County, Texas, at age 39.35,36,37 She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.38 She died of pneumonia.39

Children of William Franklin ("Zene") CLAYTON and Alberta Marie LEADER were:

4. Susan Elizabeth ('Susie') CLAYTON (Joseph) was born on 30 Dec 1890 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.56,57 She married Wiley Dodson ROBINSON on 19 Jan 1910.58,59 She died on 6 Oct 1940 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, at age 49.60,61,62 She was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.63

Wiley Dodson ROBINSON was born on 11 Feb 1870 in Dresden, Navarro County, Texas.64,65,66 He died on 29 Oct 1958 in Navarro County, Texas, at age 88.67,68,69 He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.70 He was elected sheriff of Navarro County, Texas in 1900, supervised the last legal hanging execution in Navarro County in January 1902, lost reelection in 1902, was elected sheriff again in 1904, and did not run when his term expired in 1906. He then was in the life insurance and real estate business in Corsicana.71

Children of Susan Elizabeth ('Susie') CLAYTON and Wiley Dodson ROBINSON were:


Sources

1. Maggie Highnote, undated records (giving only the date and stating that he was born at 7:00 a.m.). These five pages are marked "Record from Family Bible (Clayton)" on one page and "Family Record" on another. Two pages are on letterhead of Charles H. Highnote, 616 S. 15th St., Corsicana, Tex. Some or all are thought to have been written by Mrs. Highnote from a family bible. The bible probably is now in the San Jacinto battlefield museum, near Houston, Texas. Joe Guthrie, Corsicana, Tex., provided copies to Roger Bartlett on 31 May 1973.
2. Lineage of Mrs. Susie Clayton Robinson, Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas: The Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (Austin, Tex.: The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1963), p. 186 (giving only the date).
3. Lineage of Mrs. W. S. (Nellie May) Guthrie, no. 4529, Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas: The Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (Austin, Tex.: The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1963), p. 470.
4. Navarro County, Texas Marriages, vol. 1, 1846-1888 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1987), p. 70 (citing Navarro County, Texas Marriage Records, vol. IV, p. 231).
5. Susie Robinson, Corsicana, Tex., letter believed to be to Will Bachman in California, 18 Sep 1938, p. 5 (not giving the date or place).
6. Index to Texas Death Records (Austin, Tex.: Tex. Dept. of Health, Bur. of Vital Statistics), 1903-40, vol. 10, p. 4733, file 9802.
7. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1989), p. 32 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
8. Lineage of Mrs. Susie Clayton Robinson, above (giving only the date).
9. Lineage of Mrs. W. S. Guthrie, no. 4529, above.
10. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32.
11. Ibid., p. 32 (giving only the year and not naming the place).
12. Lineage of Mrs. Susie Clayton Robinson, above (giving only the date).
13. Lineage of Mrs. W. S. Guthrie, no. 4529, above.
14. Index to Texas Death Records, above, 1946-55, vol. 4, p. 1886, file 82827.
15. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32 (giving her name as Annie May Clayton).
16. Ibid., p. 32.
17. Ibid., p. 32 (giving only the date).
18. Ibid., p. 32.
19. Joe Guthrie, Corsicana, Tex., undated biography of Joseph Alvey Clayton, given to Roger Bartlett by Joe Guthrie 31 May 1973, p. 3.
20. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid., p. 69.
24. Index to Texas Death Records, above, 1917, p. 4728, file 19650.
25. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 69.
26. Ibid.
27. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
28. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32.
29. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
30. Index to Texas Death Records, above, 1903-40, vol. 10, p. 210, file 970.
31. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32 (giving only the year).
32. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
33. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32 (giving his name as W. F. (Zene) Clayton).
34. Ibid., p. 32 (year of birth).
35. Index to Texas Death Records, above, 1903-40, vol. 10, p. 4727, file 54901.
36. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32 (giving only the year).
37. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
38. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32.
39. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
40. Ibid.
41. Social Security Death Records, online http://www.ancestry.com, downloaded 14 Nov 1997.
42. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
43. Social Security Death Records, online http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 14 Nov 1997.
44. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
45. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32 (giving only the year).
46. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
47. Index to Texas Death Records, above, 1903-40, vol. 10, p. 4734, file 6322 (giving her name as Marie Amelia).
48. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32 (year of death).
49. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3 (giving only the date).
50. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 9, above, p. 32.
51. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
52. Ibid.
53. Ibid.
54. Social Security Death Records, online http://www.ancestry.com, above (not giving the date).
55. Barbara A. Spencer, electronic mail to Roger Bartlett, 8 Mar 1998.
56. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Gen. Soc'y, 1990), p. 76 (giving only the date).
57. Lineage of Mrs. Susie Clayton Robinson, above.
58. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
59. Lineage of Mrs. Susie Clayton Robinson, above (no date).
60. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 76 (giving only the date).
61. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 4 (giving only the date).
62. Lineage of Mrs. W. S. Guthrie, no. 4529, above.
63. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 76.
64. W. P. Murchison, "Sheriff Wiley D. Robinson," in Navarro County History, vol. 2 (Corsicana, Tex.: The Navarro County Hist. Soc'y, 1978), p. 169 (giving only the date).
65. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 76 (giving only the date).
66. Lineage of Mrs. W. S. Guthrie, no. 4529, above.
67. Index to Texas Death Records, above, 1958, vol. 3, p. 1110, file 63933.
68. W. P. Murchison, "Sheriff Wiley D. Robinson," above (giving only the date).
69. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 76 (giving only the date).
70. Ibid., p. 76.
71. W. P. Murchison, "Sheriff Wiley D. Robinson," above.
72. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 76 (giving only the date).
73. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, pp. 3, 4.
74. Social Security Death Records, online http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 1 Apr 1998 (giving only the date).
75. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 3.
76. Ibid., p. 4.
77. Lineage of Mrs. W. S. Guthrie, no. 4529, above (not giving the date).
78. Index to Texas Death Records, above, 1985 (microfiche), p. 782, file 92280-85.
79. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 76 (giving only the date).
80. Social Security Death Records, online http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 1 Apr 1998 (stating that she died in Sep 1985; not naming the place of death but stating that she lived in Corsicana, Texas when she died).
81. Navarro County Cemetery Records, vol. 10, above, p. 76.
82. Joe Guthrie, biography Joseph Alvey Clayton, above, p. 4.
83. Ibid., pp. 3, 4.
84. Ibid., p. 4.
85. Index to Texas Death Records, above, 1992 (microfiche), p. 1786, file 54034.
86. Social Security Death Records, online http://www.ancestry.com, above, downloaded 14 Nov 1997 (giving only the date).


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