Ninth Generation

2537. Cassie M. COBB was born (date unknown).

Cassie M. COBB and Eli Dawson "Doss" CLAPP were married on 6 July 1874 in Colorado Co., TX.¹⁶⁴ Married by P. W. Archer, Methodist minister (Marriage Book E, page 382).
Eli Dawson "Doss" CLAPP⁵⁹², son of Jacob C. CLAPP and Winifred COBB, was born in December 1841 in Dyer Co., TN.^164,1435 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Colorado Co., TX. Eli D. Clapp, 18, M, TN
He died on 7 March 1917 at the age of 75 in San Felipe, Austin Co., TX.¹⁶⁴ Mr. Joe Clapp’s Father Dead
Our sympathy is extended to Mr. Joe Clapp in the death of his father, Mr. E. D. Clapp, who died at San Felipe last Friday in the sixty-third year of his age. The remains were shipped to Eagle Lake on the Santa Fe Saturday morning and taken to Ramseyville where the funeral was held. [unknown probably Alley cemetery]
Eagle Lake Headlight, February 17, 1918
Co. L, 13 Texas Vols. (Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry) Known at various times as the (Btes) Reg't Texas Vols. and Brazoria Coast Regiment. Confederate Private. Enlisted in what became 1st Company G, afterwards 2nd Company C, 13th Texas Infantry, on 6 Jan 1862, at Velasco; promoted to Corporal, 11 Jun 1862; granted 30 day sick leave, 2 Nov 1863; granted 26-day furlough, 13 Jul 1864.