Spotter for Georgia Tann,
Baby Thief, Tennessee Children's Home Society, Memphis, Tennessee
Name Aubrey B Clapp
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 28 Dec 1908
Event Place Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Fannie Jones Forrest
Spouse's Gender Female
1932 Deputy Sheriff
1940 supervisor WPA office
Director of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee Welfare Commission
divorced from 1st wife Frances Forrest 1948 on grounds of cruelty
2nd wife Spouse: Clois Mae Dickerson
"Memphis history during the Crump era : interviews with Mr ...
https://archive.org/.../memphishistorydu00craw/memphi...
Internet Archive
My dad was from Alabama, but he came to Memphis and worked under Mr. Bradford to learn to ...... So Aubrey Clapp was made head of the Welfare Department.
13
DR. CRAWFORD: How did that work?
MR. GRAHAM: Well, he put in a man, Aubrey Clapp, who had been an automobile dealer here. His father had been
mayor of Memphis at one time. So Aubrey Clapp was made head of
the Welfare Department. Well, we had a Blue Law then. No picture
shows nor nothing in the State of Tennessee.
Mr. Crump decided
that you could have picture shows in Memphis so he got it passed
in Nashville some way that you could have picture shows in Memphis
but the money had to go to charity. So Aubrey Clapp started with
a wood yard. Men out of work would cut the wood and then he would
have it hauled to their home and so forth for heat. Then every
Sunday evening, Aubrey Clapp would make all the picture shows in
Memphis to take the proceeds, and Monday morning he'd divy it out
to the welfare recipients. So that was the first that I knew of
of any real relief. But it really came in.
DR. CRAWFORD: Well that was a creative approach to it. It
didn't get any money from Washington or anything.
That got money that people wanted to spend and put it to work.
MR. GRAHAM: It didn't get any money from Washington, state, or city or county. It came from the patrons of the
picture shows.
DR. CRAWFORD: What kind of manager was Aubrey Clapp?
MR. GRAHAM: You want to cut this off and I'll show you a
letter he wrote.
CLAPP, Aubrey B.
Secretary H.A. White Automobile Co.; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 12, 1885; son of Walker Lucas and Lamira M. (Parker) Clapp; father's occupation lawyer, and served seven years as mayor of Memphis, Tenn.; paternal grandparents Judge J.W. and Evelina (Lucas) Clapp; maternal grandparents R.A. and Lou Kay (Minter) Parker; educated Memphis University School and Worcester Academy, graduated from latter in June, 1906; in early life was connected with Humphreys-Godwin Co. five years; married Frances Jones Forrest Dec. 28, 1908; member Business Men's Club; Second Presbyterian church.
Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler
1920 Memphis Ward 20, Shelby, Tennessee
Aubrey B Clapp 36
Frances F Clapp 34
Robert L Clapp 8
Jesse Brooks 2
1930 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Aubrey B Clapp 44
Frances F Clapp 43
Robt Lucas Clapp 18
Leon Forrest 44
Name: Aubrey Beard Clapp
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1885
Birth Place: Holly Springs, Mississippi
Age: 65
Death Date: 27 Jan 1951
Death Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Father's name: Walker Lucas Clapp
Mother's name: Lamura Parker
Certificate Number: 51-04110
informant Mrs Clois Clapp
Baby Thief, Tennessee Children's Home Society, Memphis, Tennessee
Name Aubrey B Clapp
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 28 Dec 1908
Event Place Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Fannie Jones Forrest
Spouse's Gender Female
1932 Deputy Sheriff
1940 supervisor WPA office
Director of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee Welfare Commission
divorced from 1st wife Frances Forrest 1948 on grounds of cruelty
2nd wife Spouse: Clois Mae Dickerson
"Memphis history during the Crump era : interviews with Mr ...
https://archive.org/.../memphishistorydu00craw/memphi...
Internet Archive
My dad was from Alabama, but he came to Memphis and worked under Mr. Bradford to learn to ...... So Aubrey Clapp was made head of the Welfare Department.
13
DR. CRAWFORD: How did that work?
MR. GRAHAM: Well, he put in a man, Aubrey Clapp, who had been an automobile dealer here. His father had been
mayor of Memphis at one time. So Aubrey Clapp was made head of
the Welfare Department. Well, we had a Blue Law then. No picture
shows nor nothing in the State of Tennessee.
Mr. Crump decided
that you could have picture shows in Memphis so he got it passed
in Nashville some way that you could have picture shows in Memphis
but the money had to go to charity. So Aubrey Clapp started with
a wood yard. Men out of work would cut the wood and then he would
have it hauled to their home and so forth for heat. Then every
Sunday evening, Aubrey Clapp would make all the picture shows in
Memphis to take the proceeds, and Monday morning he'd divy it out
to the welfare recipients. So that was the first that I knew of
of any real relief. But it really came in.
DR. CRAWFORD: Well that was a creative approach to it. It
didn't get any money from Washington or anything.
That got money that people wanted to spend and put it to work.
MR. GRAHAM: It didn't get any money from Washington, state, or city or county. It came from the patrons of the
picture shows.
DR. CRAWFORD: What kind of manager was Aubrey Clapp?
MR. GRAHAM: You want to cut this off and I'll show you a
letter he wrote.
CLAPP, Aubrey B.
Secretary H.A. White Automobile Co.; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 12, 1885; son of Walker Lucas and Lamira M. (Parker) Clapp; father's occupation lawyer, and served seven years as mayor of Memphis, Tenn.; paternal grandparents Judge J.W. and Evelina (Lucas) Clapp; maternal grandparents R.A. and Lou Kay (Minter) Parker; educated Memphis University School and Worcester Academy, graduated from latter in June, 1906; in early life was connected with Humphreys-Godwin Co. five years; married Frances Jones Forrest Dec. 28, 1908; member Business Men's Club; Second Presbyterian church.
Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler
1920 Memphis Ward 20, Shelby, Tennessee
Aubrey B Clapp 36
Frances F Clapp 34
Robert L Clapp 8
Jesse Brooks 2
1930 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Aubrey B Clapp 44
Frances F Clapp 43
Robt Lucas Clapp 18
Leon Forrest 44
Name: Aubrey Beard Clapp
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1885
Birth Place: Holly Springs, Mississippi
Age: 65
Death Date: 27 Jan 1951
Death Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Father's name: Walker Lucas Clapp
Mother's name: Lamura Parker
Certificate Number: 51-04110
informant Mrs Clois Clapp
Spotter for Georgia Tann,
Baby Thief, Tennessee Children's Home Society, Memphis, Tennessee
Name Aubrey B Clapp
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 28 Dec 1908
Event Place Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Fannie Jones Forrest
Spouse's Gender Female
1932 Deputy Sheriff
1940 supervisor WPA office
Director of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee Welfare Commission
divorced from 1st wife Frances Forrest 1948 on grounds of cruelty
2nd wife Spouse: Clois Mae Dickerson
"Memphis history during the Crump era : interviews with Mr ...
https://archive.org/.../memphishistorydu00craw/memphi...
Internet Archive
My dad was from Alabama, but he came to Memphis and worked under Mr. Bradford to learn to ...... So Aubrey Clapp was made head of the Welfare Department.
13
DR. CRAWFORD: How did that work?
MR. GRAHAM: Well, he put in a man, Aubrey Clapp, who had been an automobile dealer here. His father had been
mayor of Memphis at one time. So Aubrey Clapp was made head of
the Welfare Department. Well, we had a Blue Law then. No picture
shows nor nothing in the State of Tennessee.
Mr. Crump decided
that you could have picture shows in Memphis so he got it passed
in Nashville some way that you could have picture shows in Memphis
but the money had to go to charity. So Aubrey Clapp started with
a wood yard. Men out of work would cut the wood and then he would
have it hauled to their home and so forth for heat. Then every
Sunday evening, Aubrey Clapp would make all the picture shows in
Memphis to take the proceeds, and Monday morning he'd divy it out
to the welfare recipients. So that was the first that I knew of
of any real relief. But it really came in.
DR. CRAWFORD: Well that was a creative approach to it. It
didn't get any money from Washington or anything.
That got money that people wanted to spend and put it to work.
MR. GRAHAM: It didn't get any money from Washington, state, or city or county. It came from the patrons of the
picture shows.
DR. CRAWFORD: What kind of manager was Aubrey Clapp?
MR. GRAHAM: You want to cut this off and I'll show you a
letter he wrote.
CLAPP, Aubrey B.
Secretary H.A. White Automobile Co.; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 12, 1885; son of Walker Lucas and Lamira M. (Parker) Clapp; father's occupation lawyer, and served seven years as mayor of Memphis, Tenn.; paternal grandparents Judge J.W. and Evelina (Lucas) Clapp; maternal grandparents R.A. and Lou Kay (Minter) Parker; educated Memphis University School and Worcester Academy, graduated from latter in June, 1906; in early life was connected with Humphreys-Godwin Co. five years; married Frances Jones Forrest Dec. 28, 1908; member Business Men's Club; Second Presbyterian church.
Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler
1920 Memphis Ward 20, Shelby, Tennessee
Aubrey B Clapp 36
Frances F Clapp 34
Robert L Clapp 8
Jesse Brooks 2
1930 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Aubrey B Clapp 44
Frances F Clapp 43
Robt Lucas Clapp 18
Leon Forrest 44
Name: Aubrey Beard Clapp
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1885
Birth Place: Holly Springs, Mississippi
Age: 65
Death Date: 27 Jan 1951
Death Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Father's name: Walker Lucas Clapp
Mother's name: Lamura Parker
Certificate Number: 51-04110
informant Mrs Clois Clapp
Baby Thief, Tennessee Children's Home Society, Memphis, Tennessee
Name Aubrey B Clapp
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 28 Dec 1908
Event Place Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Spouse's Name Fannie Jones Forrest
Spouse's Gender Female
1932 Deputy Sheriff
1940 supervisor WPA office
Director of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee Welfare Commission
divorced from 1st wife Frances Forrest 1948 on grounds of cruelty
2nd wife Spouse: Clois Mae Dickerson
"Memphis history during the Crump era : interviews with Mr ...
https://archive.org/.../memphishistorydu00craw/memphi...
Internet Archive
My dad was from Alabama, but he came to Memphis and worked under Mr. Bradford to learn to ...... So Aubrey Clapp was made head of the Welfare Department.
13
DR. CRAWFORD: How did that work?
MR. GRAHAM: Well, he put in a man, Aubrey Clapp, who had been an automobile dealer here. His father had been
mayor of Memphis at one time. So Aubrey Clapp was made head of
the Welfare Department. Well, we had a Blue Law then. No picture
shows nor nothing in the State of Tennessee.
Mr. Crump decided
that you could have picture shows in Memphis so he got it passed
in Nashville some way that you could have picture shows in Memphis
but the money had to go to charity. So Aubrey Clapp started with
a wood yard. Men out of work would cut the wood and then he would
have it hauled to their home and so forth for heat. Then every
Sunday evening, Aubrey Clapp would make all the picture shows in
Memphis to take the proceeds, and Monday morning he'd divy it out
to the welfare recipients. So that was the first that I knew of
of any real relief. But it really came in.
DR. CRAWFORD: Well that was a creative approach to it. It
didn't get any money from Washington or anything.
That got money that people wanted to spend and put it to work.
MR. GRAHAM: It didn't get any money from Washington, state, or city or county. It came from the patrons of the
picture shows.
DR. CRAWFORD: What kind of manager was Aubrey Clapp?
MR. GRAHAM: You want to cut this off and I'll show you a
letter he wrote.
CLAPP, Aubrey B.
Secretary H.A. White Automobile Co.; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 12, 1885; son of Walker Lucas and Lamira M. (Parker) Clapp; father's occupation lawyer, and served seven years as mayor of Memphis, Tenn.; paternal grandparents Judge J.W. and Evelina (Lucas) Clapp; maternal grandparents R.A. and Lou Kay (Minter) Parker; educated Memphis University School and Worcester Academy, graduated from latter in June, 1906; in early life was connected with Humphreys-Godwin Co. five years; married Frances Jones Forrest Dec. 28, 1908; member Business Men's Club; Second Presbyterian church.
Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler
1920 Memphis Ward 20, Shelby, Tennessee
Aubrey B Clapp 36
Frances F Clapp 34
Robert L Clapp 8
Jesse Brooks 2
1930 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Aubrey B Clapp 44
Frances F Clapp 43
Robt Lucas Clapp 18
Leon Forrest 44
Name: Aubrey Beard Clapp
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Aug 1885
Birth Place: Holly Springs, Mississippi
Age: 65
Death Date: 27 Jan 1951
Death Place: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Father's name: Walker Lucas Clapp
Mother's name: Lamura Parker
Certificate Number: 51-04110
informant Mrs Clois Clapp
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