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James Chester Claypool

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James Chester Claypool

Birth
Fountain County, Indiana, USA
Death
19 Jul 1963 (aged 81)
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Attica, Fountain County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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"James Chester Claypool, 81, of 503 S. Perry St., Attica, died Friday night, July 19, 1963 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette.

He was born July 30, 1881 in Fountain County, the son of James and Caroline Odell Claypool.

Claypool was married in 1904 to Lily Burns who died in April of this year.

He was a member of the Union Christian Church. Mr. Claypool attended Merom Theological College at Merom, Ind. He taught school at Rob Roy and operated the Grab-It-Here Store in Attica for years.

Surviving are two sons, C.B. of Beaumont, Texas, and James C. of South Fort Mitchell, Ky.; a daughter, Mrs. Fredrick Meyer of New York City; a brother, A.T. Claypool of Attica; a sister, Mrs. Jessie Claypool of Attica Rural Route; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Roemer Funeral Chapel with interment in the family lot in Riverside Cemetery, Attica." - Newspaper unknown - Obit date: July 26,1963 (Found in the FCGS Library collection; provided by Russ Nixon)
"James Chester Claypool, 81, of 503 S. Perry St., Attica, died Friday night, July 19, 1963 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette.

He was born July 30, 1881 in Fountain County, the son of James and Caroline Odell Claypool.

Claypool was married in 1904 to Lily Burns who died in April of this year.

He was a member of the Union Christian Church. Mr. Claypool attended Merom Theological College at Merom, Ind. He taught school at Rob Roy and operated the Grab-It-Here Store in Attica for years.

Surviving are two sons, C.B. of Beaumont, Texas, and James C. of South Fort Mitchell, Ky.; a daughter, Mrs. Fredrick Meyer of New York City; a brother, A.T. Claypool of Attica; a sister, Mrs. Jessie Claypool of Attica Rural Route; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Roemer Funeral Chapel with interment in the family lot in Riverside Cemetery, Attica." - Newspaper unknown - Obit date: July 26,1963 (Found in the FCGS Library collection; provided by Russ Nixon)


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