| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Ninth Generation1089. Dr. William King CLAPP798 was born on 22 April 1835 in Blountsville, Blount Co., AL.801 Census would make it ca 1829. He died on 26 May 1900 at the age of 65 in Gum Springs, Blount Co., AL. William King Clapp (4/22/1835-5/6/1900) was a physician in Blount Co., AL. He was married to Margaret Lang (9/30/1842-10/27/1927) and they had 9 children. Dr. Clapp was already practicing medicine when the Civil war broke out. An old family story is that he refused to enlist as a CSA army doctor until the notorious home guard kidnapped his son. Dr. Clapp was a prominent doctor in Blount Co until a fall from a horse caused his death in 1900. His older brother, Barton Stone Clapp, who raised William after the father's death in 1842, was a sheriff and state legislator before the war. He died in 1862. Dr. William King CLAPP and Mary J. CARNES were married on 8 October 1855 in Marshall Co., AL. Mary J. CARNES was born in 1834 in AL.798 She died about 1863 at the age of 29. Dr. William King CLAPP and Mary J. CARNES had the following children:
Dr. William King CLAPP and Margaret LANG were married on 14 January 1865 in AL. They appeared in the census in 1880 in Guntersville, Marshall Co., AL.801 William CLAPP Self M M W 51 AL Occ: Physician Fa: AL Mo: AL Dr. William King CLAPP and Margaret LANG had the following children:
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