Tenth Generation

3021. Major Edward S. CLAPP Sr. was born in 1878 in Piatt Co., IL.^712,1667 Book 1, page 22, Cert. # 277 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Unity Twp., Piatt Co., IL.⁷¹² Edward CLAPP Son M S W 1 IL Fa: IL Mo: IL He was living on 28 December 1916 in Decatur, Macon Co., IL.⁷¹⁷ Edward died in WWI in 1919 at the age of 41 in Europe.¹⁶⁶⁸ He was buried in 1919 in Mackville Cemetery, Unity Twp., Piatt Co., IL.¹⁶⁶⁸

Chloe HENSLEY (private).⁷¹⁴

Major Edward S. CLAPP Sr. and Chloe HENSLEY had the following children:

+6962	i.	Ann Grace CLAPP.
+6963	ii.	Leota May CLAPP.
6964	iii.	Edward Sylvester CLAPP⁷¹⁴ was born on 14 March 1910 in Atwood, Piatt Co., IL.⁷¹⁴ He died on 7 December 1941 at the age of 31 in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu Co., HI.^714,1669 Went down with his ship in Pearl Harbor. Went down with his ship in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Edward had been in the service for 8 years, serving six consecutive years after enlisting in 1926 at the age of 16. He then re-enlisted in the fall of 1939 and had served since that time.
+6965	iv.	Ova CLAPP.
+6966	v.	Mary Jane CLAPP.
+6967	vi.	Nellie CLAPP.
+6968	vii.	Ruth CLAPP.