Clopton Family Genealogical Society
James Guy Clopton and Melissa Tennessee “Malicie” Neill
Their Wedding Portrait
William Clopton, Gentleman + Ann Booth
Walter Clopton +
Mary Jarratt
Richard Clopton,
Sr. + Mary Davis
Guy William Clopton
+ Mary Elizabeth Hunt Bryant
William Pitt
Clopton + Catherine Elizabeth Campbell
James Guy Clopton
+ Melissa Tennessee “Malicie” Neill
Generation
No. 1
1. James Guy21 Clopton (William Pitt20, Guy William19,
Richard18, 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 June 19, 1858 in Cane Hill, Cedar County, Missouri, and died November
1, 1925 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, and buried Letitia Cemetery,
Lawton. He married Melissa
Tennessee "Malicie" Neill September 8, 1878 in Greenfield, Dade
County, Missouri, daughter of Alexander Neill and Elizabeth Erwin. She was born August 24, 1860 in Wills
Point, Vanzant County, Texas, and died June 29, 1951 in Lawton, Comanche
County, Oklahoma, and buried Letitia Cemetery, Lawton.
A copy of original Bible
records located Clopton Family Archives, does not have a cover sheet. The information on the three pages
appears to have been entered by one hand using the same pen, with the exception
of the names of who the children married and the date and place of death for
Guy and Melissa. Therefore, we can
assume the Bible belonged to this couple and that one of them made most of the
entries. Place of birth for all
the children except Cecil, was given as "Mourissi." Someone attempted to correct the
spelling by overwriting and came up with several more creative ways to spell
Missouri. The only recorded death
was that of Elves Clopton.
The family moved from Dade
County, Missouri about 1901 and relocated in Oklahoma. They settled on a farm about eleven
miles east of Lawton. All of the
sons became farmers.
Children of James Clopton and
Melissa Neill are:
2 i. Clarence Elves22
Clopton, born July 1879 in Dade County, Missouri; died 1888 in Dade County,
Missouri.
3 ii. Laurel Edythe Clopton2,
born August 18, 1883 in Dadeville, Dade County, Missouri; died May 7, 1964 in
Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, and is buried at Letitia Cemetery,
Lawton. She married Robert
Franklin Galyean, Sr. September 6, 1905; born March 17, 1884 in McKinney,
Collin County, Texas; died June 11, 1964 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma,
and buried Letitia Cemetery, Lawton.
4 iii. Lawrence Edwin Clopton, Sr.3,
born August 3, 1886 in Dadeville, Dade County, Missouri; died October 13, 1979
in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma,
and buried at Letitia
Cemetery, Lawton4.
He married Ruby Imogene Ferguson5 April 6, 1908 in
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; born November 1, 1888; died December 29,
1976 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, and buried at
Letitia Cemetery, Lawton6.
5 iv. Erwin Neill Clopton7,
born April 19, 1890 in Dade County, Missouri8; died July 10,
1966 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, and buried Letitia Cemetery,
Lawton. He married Newell Lovanna
Wilson November 19, 1911 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; born June 27,
1892 in Texas; died February 26, 1934 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, and
buried Letitia Cemetery, Lawton.
6 v. Mary Elizabeth
"Bess" Clopton9, born December 7, 1892 in Cedar
County, Missouri; died August 5, 1990 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, and
buried Letitia Cemetery, Lawton.
She married Roy C. Wilkins10 January 29, 1911; born
August 17, 1885 in Macoupin County, Illinois; died October 9, 1973 in Lawton,
Comanche County, Oklahoma, and buried Letitia Cemetery, Lawton.
7 vi. Ruth Clopton11,
born August 27, 1896 in Dade County, Missouri; died September 8, 1986 in
unknown, but buried at the Duncan Cemetery. She married Raymond R. Sharp March 27, 1922.
8 vii. William Alexander Clopton11,
born February 11, 1898 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; died August 26,
1986 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, and is buried at Letitia Cemetery,
Lawton. He married Mary Eva Bishop
March 25, 1921; born February 25, 1901 in Indian Territory, Oklahoma; died
January 31, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
9 viii. Everett Allen Clopton12,
born June 2, 1901 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma13;
died February 13, 1979 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, and buried Letitia
Cemetery, Lawton. He married Anna
Ruth McGee December 27, 1928 in Lawton, Oklahoma; born May 4, 1911 in Marlow,
Oklahoma14; died April 28, 2000 in Craig Care Center, Craig,
Colorado.
One source has his
birthplace as Dade County, Missouri.
10 ix. Cecil Clopton15,
born August 4, 1906 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma16;
died December 20, 1974 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma and buried Letitia
Cemetery, Lawton. He married
Jewell Belle Roberson August 17, 1929; born August 2, 1911 in Lawton, Comanche
County, Oklahoma; died August 17, 1929 in Oklahoma, probably, and buried at Letitia
Cemetery, Lawton.
Endnotes
1. Rex Lynn Clopton submitted this information unless
otherwise noted.
2. Carole Ann (Clopton) Snyder provided this information unless
otherwise noted.
3. Melba Jean (Clopton) Matthews provided this information
unless otherwise noted.
4. Social Security Birth and Death Records, Courtesy of Suellen
(Clopton) DeLoach Blanton, 442-38-5656.
5. Carole Ann (Clopton) Snyder provided this information unless
otherwise noted.
6. Social Security Birth and Death Records, Courtesy of Suellen
(Clopton) DeLoach Blanton, 445-64-3328.
7. Rex Lynn Clopton submitted this information unless
otherwise noted.
8. Social Security Birth and Death Records, Courtesy of Suellen
(Clopton) DeLoach Blanton, 440-38-0564.
9. Carole Ann (Clopton) Snyder provided this information unless
otherwise noted.
10. Lois Ruth (Wilkins) Arnold provided
this information unless otherwise noted.
11. Carole Ann (Clopton) Snyder provided
this information unless otherwise noted.
12. Raymond Ted Clopton provided this
information unless otherwise noted.
13. Social Security Birth and Death
Records, Courtesy of Suellen (Clopton) DeLoach Blanton, 442-38-5661.
14. Clopton Family Newsletter, (Courtesy of the Clopton Family
Association), Volume 15, Number 4, p. 12.
15. Carole Ann (Clopton) Snyder provided
this information unless otherwise noted.
16. Social Security Birth and Death
Records, Courtesy of Suellen (Clopton) DeLoach Blanton, 448-26-5519.
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