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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CARROLLTON PATRIOT PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, Clement L. Clapp, proprietor. Publishes the Carrollton Patriot, Clement L. Clapp, editor and proprietor; the White Hall Republican, Pearce & Clapp, proprietors; the Scott County Arrow, Pearce & Clapp, proprietors. Mr. Clapp, the proprietor of this flourishing printing establishment, was born in Ohio in 1852, spent his boyhood in Connecticut; removed to Iowa, where he graduated from College in 1871. Taught three years, spent two years at Yale College as a post graduate student, was for two years a member of the editorial staff of the New Haven Conn., daily Journal and Courier, was for one year a tutor in Illinois College, Jacksonville, and in 1875 bought the Carrollton Patriot, This establishment employs eight men and its four presses are constantly in motion, turning out commercial printing, legal printing, pamphlets, etc., for a wide section of country. Its customers are scattered from Jacksonville to Alton, on the C. & A. R. R., and from Winchester to Medora on the C. B. & Q. R. R. There is no country office in central Illinois that executes a greater variety or amount of printing.
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This family biography is one of 744 biographies included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published in 1879. View the complete description here: The History of Greene County, Illinois
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