William's parents were:
James T Claybrook 1838–1890
Mary Jane Miller 1844–1885
William and siblings:
William Marion Claybrook 1862–1925
Minnie Lee Claybrook 1865–1946
Addie May Claybrook 1867–1963
Jennie Marion Claybrook 1870–1933
George Clayton Claybrook 1872–1913
John Claybrook 1876–1936
Mary Ellva Claybrook 1879–1888
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William's first marriage was to Bettie C. Records show her last name spelled as Conther/Corthen/Cartham.
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Bettie C Conther
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1892
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, United States
Spouse: Wm Claybrook
FHL Film Number: 1008865
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Bettie Corthen
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1894
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: W M Claybrook
Film Number: 001290678
Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015
Name: W M Claybrook
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1894
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: Bettie Cartham
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Bettie died on October 22, 1900, and was buried in Bear Head Cemetery located in the Sivells Bend area.
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Fort Worth Daily Gazette (TX)
Wed. April 30, 1890
"Sherman, Tex., April 29. - William Claybrook was convicted of horse theft in the district court last evening and given five years in the penitentiary."
William Claybrook
Record Date: 15 Jul 1890
Prison Location: Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA
Convict Number: 4257
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William married a widow, Pearl Etta (Stewart) Vance, in Cooke Co, TX on April 3, 1901. Their children were Howard, Gladys, & Holly.
After they were divorced, sometime before 1910, he married Della Lee Huddleston. Their children were Juanita, Ralph Wayne, Ressie, & Olivia.
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On January 28/29, 1920 (Federal Census Records)
Will and Della Claybrook were renting a home on North Colbert E. Street in Colbert, Bryan Co, OK. Will did general farm work to support the family.
Household Members: Della & the children were born in OK
Will Claybrook 52 - born in TX
Della Claybrook 28
Juanita Claybrook 10
Ralph Claybrook 7
Bessie Claybrook 5
Olivia Claybrook 2
Joe Clayton 22 single - born in GA - Field hand
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William died from a gunshot wound at 11 a.m. on Nov. 17, 1925, in Denison, Grayson Co, TX. He had lived 63 years, 2 months, & 9 days. G.A. Lackey of Sherman was the informant on his death certificate. He was buried the following day.
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Brownwood Bulletin (TX)
November 17,1925
"FAMILY TROUBLE LEADS TO SHOOTING OF DENISON FARMER
Denison, Texas, Nov. 17. - W.M. Claybrook, 57, farmer, was instantly killed on a farm six miles east of Denison shortly before noon when he was shot over the heart with a shot gun. C.L. Bond was arrested and a formal charge of murder filed against him in connection with the shooting. Domestic trouble was assigned as cause of the shooting."
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News about the incident follows:
"DENISON, Nov. 17 - Wm. Claybrook, 57, was shot through the heart and killed six miles east of Denison Tuesday. Claud Bond was arrested and brought to Denison and later transferred to the Sherman jail shortly after the shooting took place. The shooting of Claybrook occurred on a farm when he was picking cotton."
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Taylor Daily Press (TX)
November 18, 1925
"ONE IS DEAD AFTER SHOOTING NEAR DENISON
Denison, Texas, Nov. 18. - W.M. Claybrook, 57 years old, and married, is dead and Claud Bond, also married, is under arrest following a shooting Tuesday morning at 11:15 o'clock six miles east of this city. Bond was placed under arrest and brought to Denison by Officer D.E. Daniels.
The shooting took place on the farm of Steve Finley, where Claybrook was picking cotton. Claybrook was shot in the left side over the heart and death was instantaneous. Bond was transferred to the Sherman jail."
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Whitewright Sun (TX)
October 21, 1926
"GRAYSON MURDER CASE IS IN JURY'S HANDS
Sherman, Oct. 20. - The case of Claude L. Bond, Grayson County farmer charged with killing W.M. Claybrook, a cotton picker, a year ago, went to the jury in the Fifteenth District Court here late today. Bond pleaded self-defense and also asked for a suspended sentence, in the event of conviction."
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Whitewright Sun (TX)
January 27, 1927
"BOND MURDER TRIAL ON AT SHERMAN
Sherman, Jan. 26. - In the trial of Claud L. Bond of Georgetown in Fifteenth District Court on a charge of murdering W.M. Claybrook, Nov. 17, 1925, east of Denison, the state had rested and the defense had introduced the testimony of 29 character witnesses for Bond when court was recessed at 12 o'clock.
For the state, Mrs. Della King, wife of Claybrook at the time of his death, testified that she was present and that she said, 'Please, Mr. Bond, don't shoot him, let me explain,' when Bond had given Claybrook a paper and remarked to Claybrook, 'You have broken up my home.' She said that Bond replied to her pleas, 'Get out of the way or I will kill you.'
'Bond gritted his teeth and said to me, 'Now I guess you will stay there.'' Mrs. King testified.
Bessie Claybrook, daughter of the deceased, supported her mother's testimony and said she told Bond, 'Oh, Mr. Bond, please don't shoot my papa.'
Mrs. Jaunita Mayfied, another of Claybrook's daughters, testified that her father did not have anything in his hands when he was shot.
W.S. Farmer and Mrs. Lula Farmer of Red Branch and Mrs. Helen Bond of Sherman, formerly of Sadler, testified for the defense just before noon. Mr. Farmer said he believed Mrs. Ella Bond, wife of the defendant, was of unsound mind at times and that at other times her mind seemed to be all right, and that Claud Bond told him eight or nine years ago that his wife's mind was at times unsound. Mrs. Farmer's testimony was along the same line.
Mrs. Helen Bond, a relative by marriage, said she believed Mrs. Bon was of unsound mind at intervals"
-----
Taylor Daily Press (TX)
January 27, 1927
"CLAUD BOND OF GEORGETOWN IS AGAIN ON TRIAL
Charged wit Murder of w.M. Claybrook Near Denison.
Sherman, Texas. Jan. 27. - A graduate of Yale law school, J. Frank Adams of Denison, poet, musician and business man, was accepted on the jury empaneled in the 15th district court late Monday for the trial of Claude L. Bond, of Georgetown community, on a charge of murdering W.M. Claybrook, east of Denison on Nov. 17, 1925. Business mean and farmers made up the remainder of the jury. At a former trial a hung jury stood eight to four for conviction. Trouble between the families was given at the first trial as the cause of the shooting."
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The Whitewright Sun (TX)
Thursday, Feb. 3, 1927
"GIVE CLAUD BOND 20 YEARS
Claud Bond was given twenty years Friday afternoon by a jury in the Fifteenth District Court at Sherman for the killing W.M. Claybrook. Both men were farmers, and the killing occurred in a field of cotton north of Denison, Nov. 17, 1935."
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Austin American-Statesman (TX)
Sat. June 25, 1927
"MURDER CONVICTION
Finding no reversible error, the court affirmed the 20-year sentence imposed on Claud Bone in Grayson county for the slaying of Will Claybrook."
-----
James T Claybrook 1838–1890
Mary Jane Miller 1844–1885
William and siblings:
William Marion Claybrook 1862–1925
Minnie Lee Claybrook 1865–1946
Addie May Claybrook 1867–1963
Jennie Marion Claybrook 1870–1933
George Clayton Claybrook 1872–1913
John Claybrook 1876–1936
Mary Ellva Claybrook 1879–1888
-----
William's first marriage was to Bettie C. Records show her last name spelled as Conther/Corthen/Cartham.
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Bettie C Conther
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1892
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, United States
Spouse: Wm Claybrook
FHL Film Number: 1008865
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Bettie Corthen
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1894
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: W M Claybrook
Film Number: 001290678
Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015
Name: W M Claybrook
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1894
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: Bettie Cartham
-----
Bettie died on October 22, 1900, and was buried in Bear Head Cemetery located in the Sivells Bend area.
-----
Fort Worth Daily Gazette (TX)
Wed. April 30, 1890
"Sherman, Tex., April 29. - William Claybrook was convicted of horse theft in the district court last evening and given five years in the penitentiary."
William Claybrook
Record Date: 15 Jul 1890
Prison Location: Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA
Convict Number: 4257
-----
William married a widow, Pearl Etta (Stewart) Vance, in Cooke Co, TX on April 3, 1901. Their children were Howard, Gladys, & Holly.
After they were divorced, sometime before 1910, he married Della Lee Huddleston. Their children were Juanita, Ralph Wayne, Ressie, & Olivia.
-----
On January 28/29, 1920 (Federal Census Records)
Will and Della Claybrook were renting a home on North Colbert E. Street in Colbert, Bryan Co, OK. Will did general farm work to support the family.
Household Members: Della & the children were born in OK
Will Claybrook 52 - born in TX
Della Claybrook 28
Juanita Claybrook 10
Ralph Claybrook 7
Bessie Claybrook 5
Olivia Claybrook 2
Joe Clayton 22 single - born in GA - Field hand
-----
William died from a gunshot wound at 11 a.m. on Nov. 17, 1925, in Denison, Grayson Co, TX. He had lived 63 years, 2 months, & 9 days. G.A. Lackey of Sherman was the informant on his death certificate. He was buried the following day.
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Brownwood Bulletin (TX)
November 17,1925
"FAMILY TROUBLE LEADS TO SHOOTING OF DENISON FARMER
Denison, Texas, Nov. 17. - W.M. Claybrook, 57, farmer, was instantly killed on a farm six miles east of Denison shortly before noon when he was shot over the heart with a shot gun. C.L. Bond was arrested and a formal charge of murder filed against him in connection with the shooting. Domestic trouble was assigned as cause of the shooting."
-----
News about the incident follows:
"DENISON, Nov. 17 - Wm. Claybrook, 57, was shot through the heart and killed six miles east of Denison Tuesday. Claud Bond was arrested and brought to Denison and later transferred to the Sherman jail shortly after the shooting took place. The shooting of Claybrook occurred on a farm when he was picking cotton."
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Taylor Daily Press (TX)
November 18, 1925
"ONE IS DEAD AFTER SHOOTING NEAR DENISON
Denison, Texas, Nov. 18. - W.M. Claybrook, 57 years old, and married, is dead and Claud Bond, also married, is under arrest following a shooting Tuesday morning at 11:15 o'clock six miles east of this city. Bond was placed under arrest and brought to Denison by Officer D.E. Daniels.
The shooting took place on the farm of Steve Finley, where Claybrook was picking cotton. Claybrook was shot in the left side over the heart and death was instantaneous. Bond was transferred to the Sherman jail."
-----
Whitewright Sun (TX)
October 21, 1926
"GRAYSON MURDER CASE IS IN JURY'S HANDS
Sherman, Oct. 20. - The case of Claude L. Bond, Grayson County farmer charged with killing W.M. Claybrook, a cotton picker, a year ago, went to the jury in the Fifteenth District Court here late today. Bond pleaded self-defense and also asked for a suspended sentence, in the event of conviction."
-----
Whitewright Sun (TX)
January 27, 1927
"BOND MURDER TRIAL ON AT SHERMAN
Sherman, Jan. 26. - In the trial of Claud L. Bond of Georgetown in Fifteenth District Court on a charge of murdering W.M. Claybrook, Nov. 17, 1925, east of Denison, the state had rested and the defense had introduced the testimony of 29 character witnesses for Bond when court was recessed at 12 o'clock.
For the state, Mrs. Della King, wife of Claybrook at the time of his death, testified that she was present and that she said, 'Please, Mr. Bond, don't shoot him, let me explain,' when Bond had given Claybrook a paper and remarked to Claybrook, 'You have broken up my home.' She said that Bond replied to her pleas, 'Get out of the way or I will kill you.'
'Bond gritted his teeth and said to me, 'Now I guess you will stay there.'' Mrs. King testified.
Bessie Claybrook, daughter of the deceased, supported her mother's testimony and said she told Bond, 'Oh, Mr. Bond, please don't shoot my papa.'
Mrs. Jaunita Mayfied, another of Claybrook's daughters, testified that her father did not have anything in his hands when he was shot.
W.S. Farmer and Mrs. Lula Farmer of Red Branch and Mrs. Helen Bond of Sherman, formerly of Sadler, testified for the defense just before noon. Mr. Farmer said he believed Mrs. Ella Bond, wife of the defendant, was of unsound mind at times and that at other times her mind seemed to be all right, and that Claud Bond told him eight or nine years ago that his wife's mind was at times unsound. Mrs. Farmer's testimony was along the same line.
Mrs. Helen Bond, a relative by marriage, said she believed Mrs. Bon was of unsound mind at intervals"
-----
Taylor Daily Press (TX)
January 27, 1927
"CLAUD BOND OF GEORGETOWN IS AGAIN ON TRIAL
Charged wit Murder of w.M. Claybrook Near Denison.
Sherman, Texas. Jan. 27. - A graduate of Yale law school, J. Frank Adams of Denison, poet, musician and business man, was accepted on the jury empaneled in the 15th district court late Monday for the trial of Claude L. Bond, of Georgetown community, on a charge of murdering W.M. Claybrook, east of Denison on Nov. 17, 1925. Business mean and farmers made up the remainder of the jury. At a former trial a hung jury stood eight to four for conviction. Trouble between the families was given at the first trial as the cause of the shooting."
-----
The Whitewright Sun (TX)
Thursday, Feb. 3, 1927
"GIVE CLAUD BOND 20 YEARS
Claud Bond was given twenty years Friday afternoon by a jury in the Fifteenth District Court at Sherman for the killing W.M. Claybrook. Both men were farmers, and the killing occurred in a field of cotton north of Denison, Nov. 17, 1935."
-----
Austin American-Statesman (TX)
Sat. June 25, 1927
"MURDER CONVICTION
Finding no reversible error, the court affirmed the 20-year sentence imposed on Claud Bone in Grayson county for the slaying of Will Claybrook."
-----
William's parents were:
James T Claybrook 1838–1890
Mary Jane Miller 1844–1885
William and siblings:
William Marion Claybrook 1862–1925
Minnie Lee Claybrook 1865–1946
Addie May Claybrook 1867–1963
Jennie Marion Claybrook 1870–1933
George Clayton Claybrook 1872–1913
John Claybrook 1876–1936
Mary Ellva Claybrook 1879–1888
-----
William's first marriage was to Bettie C. Records show her last name spelled as Conther/Corthen/Cartham.
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Bettie C Conther
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1892
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, United States
Spouse: Wm Claybrook
FHL Film Number: 1008865
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Bettie Corthen
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1894
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: W M Claybrook
Film Number: 001290678
Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015
Name: W M Claybrook
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1894
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: Bettie Cartham
-----
Bettie died on October 22, 1900, and was buried in Bear Head Cemetery located in the Sivells Bend area.
-----
Fort Worth Daily Gazette (TX)
Wed. April 30, 1890
"Sherman, Tex., April 29. - William Claybrook was convicted of horse theft in the district court last evening and given five years in the penitentiary."
William Claybrook
Record Date: 15 Jul 1890
Prison Location: Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA
Convict Number: 4257
-----
William married a widow, Pearl Etta (Stewart) Vance, in Cooke Co, TX on April 3, 1901. Their children were Howard, Gladys, & Holly.
After they were divorced, sometime before 1910, he married Della Lee Huddleston. Their children were Juanita, Ralph Wayne, Ressie, & Olivia.
-----
On January 28/29, 1920 (Federal Census Records)
Will and Della Claybrook were renting a home on North Colbert E. Street in Colbert, Bryan Co, OK. Will did general farm work to support the family.
Household Members: Della & the children were born in OK
Will Claybrook 52 - born in TX
Della Claybrook 28
Juanita Claybrook 10
Ralph Claybrook 7
Bessie Claybrook 5
Olivia Claybrook 2
Joe Clayton 22 single - born in GA - Field hand
-----
William died from a gunshot wound at 11 a.m. on Nov. 17, 1925, in Denison, Grayson Co, TX. He had lived 63 years, 2 months, & 9 days. G.A. Lackey of Sherman was the informant on his death certificate. He was buried the following day.
-----
Brownwood Bulletin (TX)
November 17,1925
"FAMILY TROUBLE LEADS TO SHOOTING OF DENISON FARMER
Denison, Texas, Nov. 17. - W.M. Claybrook, 57, farmer, was instantly killed on a farm six miles east of Denison shortly before noon when he was shot over the heart with a shot gun. C.L. Bond was arrested and a formal charge of murder filed against him in connection with the shooting. Domestic trouble was assigned as cause of the shooting."
-----
News about the incident follows:
"DENISON, Nov. 17 - Wm. Claybrook, 57, was shot through the heart and killed six miles east of Denison Tuesday. Claud Bond was arrested and brought to Denison and later transferred to the Sherman jail shortly after the shooting took place. The shooting of Claybrook occurred on a farm when he was picking cotton."
-----
Taylor Daily Press (TX)
November 18, 1925
"ONE IS DEAD AFTER SHOOTING NEAR DENISON
Denison, Texas, Nov. 18. - W.M. Claybrook, 57 years old, and married, is dead and Claud Bond, also married, is under arrest following a shooting Tuesday morning at 11:15 o'clock six miles east of this city. Bond was placed under arrest and brought to Denison by Officer D.E. Daniels.
The shooting took place on the farm of Steve Finley, where Claybrook was picking cotton. Claybrook was shot in the left side over the heart and death was instantaneous. Bond was transferred to the Sherman jail."
-----
Whitewright Sun (TX)
October 21, 1926
"GRAYSON MURDER CASE IS IN JURY'S HANDS
Sherman, Oct. 20. - The case of Claude L. Bond, Grayson County farmer charged with killing W.M. Claybrook, a cotton picker, a year ago, went to the jury in the Fifteenth District Court here late today. Bond pleaded self-defense and also asked for a suspended sentence, in the event of conviction."
-----
Whitewright Sun (TX)
January 27, 1927
"BOND MURDER TRIAL ON AT SHERMAN
Sherman, Jan. 26. - In the trial of Claud L. Bond of Georgetown in Fifteenth District Court on a charge of murdering W.M. Claybrook, Nov. 17, 1925, east of Denison, the state had rested and the defense had introduced the testimony of 29 character witnesses for Bond when court was recessed at 12 o'clock.
For the state, Mrs. Della King, wife of Claybrook at the time of his death, testified that she was present and that she said, 'Please, Mr. Bond, don't shoot him, let me explain,' when Bond had given Claybrook a paper and remarked to Claybrook, 'You have broken up my home.' She said that Bond replied to her pleas, 'Get out of the way or I will kill you.'
'Bond gritted his teeth and said to me, 'Now I guess you will stay there.'' Mrs. King testified.
Bessie Claybrook, daughter of the deceased, supported her mother's testimony and said she told Bond, 'Oh, Mr. Bond, please don't shoot my papa.'
Mrs. Jaunita Mayfied, another of Claybrook's daughters, testified that her father did not have anything in his hands when he was shot.
W.S. Farmer and Mrs. Lula Farmer of Red Branch and Mrs. Helen Bond of Sherman, formerly of Sadler, testified for the defense just before noon. Mr. Farmer said he believed Mrs. Ella Bond, wife of the defendant, was of unsound mind at times and that at other times her mind seemed to be all right, and that Claud Bond told him eight or nine years ago that his wife's mind was at times unsound. Mrs. Farmer's testimony was along the same line.
Mrs. Helen Bond, a relative by marriage, said she believed Mrs. Bon was of unsound mind at intervals"
-----
Taylor Daily Press (TX)
January 27, 1927
"CLAUD BOND OF GEORGETOWN IS AGAIN ON TRIAL
Charged wit Murder of w.M. Claybrook Near Denison.
Sherman, Texas. Jan. 27. - A graduate of Yale law school, J. Frank Adams of Denison, poet, musician and business man, was accepted on the jury empaneled in the 15th district court late Monday for the trial of Claude L. Bond, of Georgetown community, on a charge of murdering W.M. Claybrook, east of Denison on Nov. 17, 1925. Business mean and farmers made up the remainder of the jury. At a former trial a hung jury stood eight to four for conviction. Trouble between the families was given at the first trial as the cause of the shooting."
-----
The Whitewright Sun (TX)
Thursday, Feb. 3, 1927
"GIVE CLAUD BOND 20 YEARS
Claud Bond was given twenty years Friday afternoon by a jury in the Fifteenth District Court at Sherman for the killing W.M. Claybrook. Both men were farmers, and the killing occurred in a field of cotton north of Denison, Nov. 17, 1935."
-----
Austin American-Statesman (TX)
Sat. June 25, 1927
"MURDER CONVICTION
Finding no reversible error, the court affirmed the 20-year sentence imposed on Claud Bone in Grayson county for the slaying of Will Claybrook."
-----
James T Claybrook 1838–1890
Mary Jane Miller 1844–1885
William and siblings:
William Marion Claybrook 1862–1925
Minnie Lee Claybrook 1865–1946
Addie May Claybrook 1867–1963
Jennie Marion Claybrook 1870–1933
George Clayton Claybrook 1872–1913
John Claybrook 1876–1936
Mary Ellva Claybrook 1879–1888
-----
William's first marriage was to Bettie C. Records show her last name spelled as Conther/Corthen/Cartham.
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Bettie C Conther
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Nov 1892
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, United States
Spouse: Wm Claybrook
FHL Film Number: 1008865
Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Bettie Corthen
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1894
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: W M Claybrook
Film Number: 001290678
Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015
Name: W M Claybrook
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1894
Marriage Place: Cooke, Texas, USA
Spouse: Bettie Cartham
-----
Bettie died on October 22, 1900, and was buried in Bear Head Cemetery located in the Sivells Bend area.
-----
Fort Worth Daily Gazette (TX)
Wed. April 30, 1890
"Sherman, Tex., April 29. - William Claybrook was convicted of horse theft in the district court last evening and given five years in the penitentiary."
William Claybrook
Record Date: 15 Jul 1890
Prison Location: Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, USA
Convict Number: 4257
-----
William married a widow, Pearl Etta (Stewart) Vance, in Cooke Co, TX on April 3, 1901. Their children were Howard, Gladys, & Holly.
After they were divorced, sometime before 1910, he married Della Lee Huddleston. Their children were Juanita, Ralph Wayne, Ressie, & Olivia.
-----
On January 28/29, 1920 (Federal Census Records)
Will and Della Claybrook were renting a home on North Colbert E. Street in Colbert, Bryan Co, OK. Will did general farm work to support the family.
Household Members: Della & the children were born in OK
Will Claybrook 52 - born in TX
Della Claybrook 28
Juanita Claybrook 10
Ralph Claybrook 7
Bessie Claybrook 5
Olivia Claybrook 2
Joe Clayton 22 single - born in GA - Field hand
-----
William died from a gunshot wound at 11 a.m. on Nov. 17, 1925, in Denison, Grayson Co, TX. He had lived 63 years, 2 months, & 9 days. G.A. Lackey of Sherman was the informant on his death certificate. He was buried the following day.
-----
Brownwood Bulletin (TX)
November 17,1925
"FAMILY TROUBLE LEADS TO SHOOTING OF DENISON FARMER
Denison, Texas, Nov. 17. - W.M. Claybrook, 57, farmer, was instantly killed on a farm six miles east of Denison shortly before noon when he was shot over the heart with a shot gun. C.L. Bond was arrested and a formal charge of murder filed against him in connection with the shooting. Domestic trouble was assigned as cause of the shooting."
-----
News about the incident follows:
"DENISON, Nov. 17 - Wm. Claybrook, 57, was shot through the heart and killed six miles east of Denison Tuesday. Claud Bond was arrested and brought to Denison and later transferred to the Sherman jail shortly after the shooting took place. The shooting of Claybrook occurred on a farm when he was picking cotton."
-----
Taylor Daily Press (TX)
November 18, 1925
"ONE IS DEAD AFTER SHOOTING NEAR DENISON
Denison, Texas, Nov. 18. - W.M. Claybrook, 57 years old, and married, is dead and Claud Bond, also married, is under arrest following a shooting Tuesday morning at 11:15 o'clock six miles east of this city. Bond was placed under arrest and brought to Denison by Officer D.E. Daniels.
The shooting took place on the farm of Steve Finley, where Claybrook was picking cotton. Claybrook was shot in the left side over the heart and death was instantaneous. Bond was transferred to the Sherman jail."
-----
Whitewright Sun (TX)
October 21, 1926
"GRAYSON MURDER CASE IS IN JURY'S HANDS
Sherman, Oct. 20. - The case of Claude L. Bond, Grayson County farmer charged with killing W.M. Claybrook, a cotton picker, a year ago, went to the jury in the Fifteenth District Court here late today. Bond pleaded self-defense and also asked for a suspended sentence, in the event of conviction."
-----
Whitewright Sun (TX)
January 27, 1927
"BOND MURDER TRIAL ON AT SHERMAN
Sherman, Jan. 26. - In the trial of Claud L. Bond of Georgetown in Fifteenth District Court on a charge of murdering W.M. Claybrook, Nov. 17, 1925, east of Denison, the state had rested and the defense had introduced the testimony of 29 character witnesses for Bond when court was recessed at 12 o'clock.
For the state, Mrs. Della King, wife of Claybrook at the time of his death, testified that she was present and that she said, 'Please, Mr. Bond, don't shoot him, let me explain,' when Bond had given Claybrook a paper and remarked to Claybrook, 'You have broken up my home.' She said that Bond replied to her pleas, 'Get out of the way or I will kill you.'
'Bond gritted his teeth and said to me, 'Now I guess you will stay there.'' Mrs. King testified.
Bessie Claybrook, daughter of the deceased, supported her mother's testimony and said she told Bond, 'Oh, Mr. Bond, please don't shoot my papa.'
Mrs. Jaunita Mayfied, another of Claybrook's daughters, testified that her father did not have anything in his hands when he was shot.
W.S. Farmer and Mrs. Lula Farmer of Red Branch and Mrs. Helen Bond of Sherman, formerly of Sadler, testified for the defense just before noon. Mr. Farmer said he believed Mrs. Ella Bond, wife of the defendant, was of unsound mind at times and that at other times her mind seemed to be all right, and that Claud Bond told him eight or nine years ago that his wife's mind was at times unsound. Mrs. Farmer's testimony was along the same line.
Mrs. Helen Bond, a relative by marriage, said she believed Mrs. Bon was of unsound mind at intervals"
-----
Taylor Daily Press (TX)
January 27, 1927
"CLAUD BOND OF GEORGETOWN IS AGAIN ON TRIAL
Charged wit Murder of w.M. Claybrook Near Denison.
Sherman, Texas. Jan. 27. - A graduate of Yale law school, J. Frank Adams of Denison, poet, musician and business man, was accepted on the jury empaneled in the 15th district court late Monday for the trial of Claude L. Bond, of Georgetown community, on a charge of murdering W.M. Claybrook, east of Denison on Nov. 17, 1925. Business mean and farmers made up the remainder of the jury. At a former trial a hung jury stood eight to four for conviction. Trouble between the families was given at the first trial as the cause of the shooting."
-----
The Whitewright Sun (TX)
Thursday, Feb. 3, 1927
"GIVE CLAUD BOND 20 YEARS
Claud Bond was given twenty years Friday afternoon by a jury in the Fifteenth District Court at Sherman for the killing W.M. Claybrook. Both men were farmers, and the killing occurred in a field of cotton north of Denison, Nov. 17, 1935."
-----
Austin American-Statesman (TX)
Sat. June 25, 1927
"MURDER CONVICTION
Finding no reversible error, the court affirmed the 20-year sentence imposed on Claud Bone in Grayson county for the slaying of Will Claybrook."
-----
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