Clopton Family Genealogical Society
Benjamin Michaux Clopton, C.S.A.
Mary Hester “Mollie” (Clopton) Bartlett
Mary Hester “Mollie”
(Clopton) Bartlett and her husband, Jesse Marshall “J. M.” Bartlett,
and some of their
family: Roger Frost Bartlett [front
row from left to right]; Jessie Bartlett;
Jessie Marshall
Bartlett; Mary Hester “Mollie” (Clopton) Bartlett; and, Adelaide Laura
Bartlett.
William D.
Bartlett [back row from left to right]; Mary Amanda Bartlett; Hiram
Callaway Bartlett;
Minnie Eudora
(Queen) Bartlett; and, Benjamin Clopton Bartlett.
William Clopton, Gentleman + Ann Booth
Walter Clopton +
Mary Jarratt
Benjamin Clopton +
Agnes Morgan
Walter Clopton,
Sr., + Eleanor Randolph
Walter Clopton,
Jr. + Martha Ann Duffer
Benjamin Michaux
Clopton, C.S.A. + Mary Elizabeth McLin
1. Benjamin Michaux21
Clopton, C.S.A. (Walter20,
Walter19, Benjamin18, Walter17, William16,
William15, Walter14, William13, Richard12,
William11, John10, William9, Thomas8,
Walter7, William6, Walter5, William4,
Walter3, William2, Guillaume1 Peche, Lord Of
Cloptunna and Dalham)1 was born October 1, 1828 in Wilson
County, Tennessee2, and died April 7, 1900 in Navarro County,
Texas and buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County3. He married (1) Mary Elizabeth McLin
December 25, 1849 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. She was born 1827 in Tennessee, and died Abt. 1850 in
Rutherford County, Tennessee. He
married (2) Texanna Tennessee Lynn4 February 26, 1857
in Freestone County, Texas.
Sources disagree on the
dates of Benjamin Michaux Clopton's birth and death. His grave marker shows the dates, 1828 to 1897. Several
sources give the year as 1835, which is more likely. The 1850 census shows him living in Rutherford County,
Tennessee and working as a tailor.
He opened the first drug store in Rice. The U.S. War Department records show that he was a private
in Company B, Nelson's Regiment, 10th Texas Infantry, Confederate States Army. He enlisted in late April or early May
1862 at Springfield, Texas and was captured January 11, 1863. He was hospitalized at Petersburg,
Virginia and exchanged May 5, 1863.
The 1870 census for Navarro County, Texas identified him as a merchant
and values his real property at $4,000 and his personal property at $300. It indicates the family was living near
Chatfield.
Child of Benjamin Clopton
and Mary McLin is:
+ 2 i. Mary Hester
"Mollie"22 Clopton, born November 28, 1850 in
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee; died January 26, 1928 in Rice,
Navarro County, Texas and buried at Navaro County.
Children of Benjamin Clopton
and Texanna Lynn are:
3 i. Walter W.22
Clopton, of Texas, born Abt. 1859 in Texas. He married Ellen Redden.
4 ii. Joseph Clopton, born Abt.
1862 in Texas; died in possibly Hope, Arkansas.
5 iii. John A. Clopton, born Abt.
1870 in Texas.
6 iv. Charley Clopton, born Abt.
1873 in Texas.
Generation
No. 2
2. Mary Hester "Mollie"22
Clopton (Benjamin Michaux21, Walter20, Walter19,
Benjamin18, Walter17, William16, William15,
Walter14, William13, Richard12, William11,
John10, William9, Thomas8, Walter7,
William6, Walter5, William4, Walter3,
William2, Guillaume1 Peche, Lord Of Cloptunna and Dalham)5
was born November 28, 1850 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee6,
and died January 26, 1928 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas and buried at Navaro
County7. She
married Jesse Marshall "J.M." Bartlett March 20, 1872 in Rice,
Navarro County, Texas, son of Joseph Bartlett and Amanda Estes. He was born December 29, 1841.
Her uncle, John Anthony
Clopton, had migrated to Chatfield, Texas, and "Mollie" had traveled
by stage coach from Tennessee to live with him south of Rice. She met "J.M.," in Texas,
married him and settled down to
raise a family.
Children of Mary Clopton and
Jesse Bartlett are:
7 i. Benjamin Clopton23
Bartlett, Sr., born July 8, 1873 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas; died December
12, 1947. He married Minnie Eudora
Queen June 10, 1896; born January 18, 1878.
8 ii. William D. "Will"
Bartlett, born September 10, 1875 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas; died August
12, 1956. He married Ola Corrinne
Gibson March 5, 1899 in Navarro County, Texas.
9 iii. Mary Amanda Bartlett, born
July 6, 1878 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas; died May 24, 1951. She married W. S. Parker January 2,
1898 in Navarro County, Texas.
10 iv. Hiram Callaway "Hi"
Bartlett, born November 19, 1880 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas; died July 3,
1951. He married Piercy Jane
Edmundson June 21, 1905 in Navarro County, Texas.
11 v. Adelaide Laura
"Addie" Bartlett, born August 18, 1882 in Rice, Navarro County,
Texas; died July 28, 1965. She
married Walter Raleigh Smith December 17, 1902.
12 vi. Roger Frost "Rod"
Bartlett, Sr.8, born February 7, 1886 in Rice, Navarro
County, Texas; died November 10, 1942 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas. He married Anna Pauline Fortson
December 25, 1907 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas.
The family Bible lists
"Rod" Bartlett's date of birth as February 4, 1886, but his children
were certain the correct date is February 7, 1886. He was born on the family farm south of Rice. After attending Southwestern University
in Georgetown, Texas for perhaps a year, he returned to Rice to farm and
operate various businesses, including a cotton yard. He was active in local Democratic Party politics and Mayor
of Rice at the time of his death, from a brain tumor. In his later years he was also active in civil defense and
Boy Scout work. He and his wife
lived in Rice and were Methodists.
13 vii. Jessie Bartlett, of Texas,
born July 13, 1891 in Rice, Navarro County, Texas. She married (1) Richard Clarke Norwood July 28, 1912 in
Navarro County, Texas. She married
(2) Jeff A. Pirtle July 18, 1961.
Endnotes
1. Roger Alan Bartlett, Esq. provided this information unless
otherwise noted.
2. Navarro County Cemetery Records, (Courtesy The Navarro County
Genealogical Society), Volume 9, p. 95, Gives only the year.
3. Clopton Bible Records, Vol. 12, issue 2 (May 1989), Navarro
Leaves and Branches, Four pages are reproductions of a family record from
an unidified Bible that probably was originally owned by Benjamin M. Clopton
and his second wife, Texanna T. Lynn.
Neither the contributor of the copies nor the owner of the bible is
identified.
4. Texas State Archives, Texas Confederate Soldiers and Widows
Pension Applications, (Courtesy of Jenny Polzin), Texanna T. Clopton, Navarro,
#19168, husband Benjamin Micheux Clopton.
5. Roger Alan Bartlett, Esq. provided this information unless
otherwise noted.
6. In 1974 in the possession of ruby Lynn Shelton, Rice,
Texas. Courtesy of Roger Alan
Bartlette, Esq., Mary Hester Clopton & Jesse Marshall Bartlett Family
Holy Bible.
7. Tombstone, loc. cit.
8. Roger Alan Bartlett, Esq. provided this information unless
otherwise noted.
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