Rosa and Joseph S. Clayton were the parents of seven:
Benjamin Clayton (b. abt. 1877),
Alice (Clayton) Horton (1880-1921),
Hannah (Clayton) Davis (1881-1944),
Viola Ode (Clayton) Mansfield (1884-1955),
Joseph Edward "Ed" Clayton (1887-1947),
Gilbert Crosby Clayton, (1892-1968), and
Richard Daniel "Dan" Clayton (1897-1941).
The 1870 Federal Census finds young "Racy Wiser" living in Chambers County, Texas with her mother and some of her siblings. The census transcription reads:
NAME - AGE - OCCUPATION - BIRTHPLACE
Hannah Leeper, age 45, keeping house, born "Hamburgh,"
Barney Leeper, age 23, sailor, born "Saxon,"
Edward Wiser, age 19, born "Saxon,"
Sam Wiser, age 14, Texas,
Lina Wiser, age 9, Texas, and
Racy Wiser, age 9.
NOTE: Here Rosa is mistakenly listed as Male--not female. Barney & Henry Edward Wiser were brothers. Half-brother Sam is Samuel Leeper, Jr. Lina & Rosa were twins.
And to continue the pattern of confusing descendants 150 years later, other first/last names associated with Rosa and her twin, Hanna or Lina, were Lisa, Racy, Leaper, Wiser, Leeper, and Mason. Rosa's son Crosby's 1968 death certificate indicates his mother's maiden name as "Mays" but the informant's name is not given.
Researcher Doris Weiser Jarvis transcribed a marriage document filed with the Chambers County Court on June 6, 1878 of a marriage held May 29, 1878 of "Rosa Leaper" and "J.S. Clayton" at the home of Mrs. Hannah Leaper, in Double Bayou, Texas. Ceremony by J. W. Hankamer, Justice of the Peace.
BIRTH/DEATH DATES: On June 21, 1928 a "Widow's Application For A Pension" was filed by Mrs. Rosie Clayton of Hardin County, Texas regarding her husband's service in the Confederate Army. She gave her birth date as June 18, 1860. Her death certificate indicates a birth year of 1859, and that she had been a resident of Orange, Texas for 35 years. I know nothing more about her twin sister Lina after the 1880 Census. Do you? Would love to talk with other descendants.
Benjamin Clayton (b. abt. 1877),
Alice (Clayton) Horton (1880-1921),
Hannah (Clayton) Davis (1881-1944),
Viola Ode (Clayton) Mansfield (1884-1955),
Joseph Edward "Ed" Clayton (1887-1947),
Gilbert Crosby Clayton, (1892-1968), and
Richard Daniel "Dan" Clayton (1897-1941).
The 1870 Federal Census finds young "Racy Wiser" living in Chambers County, Texas with her mother and some of her siblings. The census transcription reads:
NAME - AGE - OCCUPATION - BIRTHPLACE
Hannah Leeper, age 45, keeping house, born "Hamburgh,"
Barney Leeper, age 23, sailor, born "Saxon,"
Edward Wiser, age 19, born "Saxon,"
Sam Wiser, age 14, Texas,
Lina Wiser, age 9, Texas, and
Racy Wiser, age 9.
NOTE: Here Rosa is mistakenly listed as Male--not female. Barney & Henry Edward Wiser were brothers. Half-brother Sam is Samuel Leeper, Jr. Lina & Rosa were twins.
And to continue the pattern of confusing descendants 150 years later, other first/last names associated with Rosa and her twin, Hanna or Lina, were Lisa, Racy, Leaper, Wiser, Leeper, and Mason. Rosa's son Crosby's 1968 death certificate indicates his mother's maiden name as "Mays" but the informant's name is not given.
Researcher Doris Weiser Jarvis transcribed a marriage document filed with the Chambers County Court on June 6, 1878 of a marriage held May 29, 1878 of "Rosa Leaper" and "J.S. Clayton" at the home of Mrs. Hannah Leaper, in Double Bayou, Texas. Ceremony by J. W. Hankamer, Justice of the Peace.
BIRTH/DEATH DATES: On June 21, 1928 a "Widow's Application For A Pension" was filed by Mrs. Rosie Clayton of Hardin County, Texas regarding her husband's service in the Confederate Army. She gave her birth date as June 18, 1860. Her death certificate indicates a birth year of 1859, and that she had been a resident of Orange, Texas for 35 years. I know nothing more about her twin sister Lina after the 1880 Census. Do you? Would love to talk with other descendants.
Rosa and Joseph S. Clayton were the parents of seven:
Benjamin Clayton (b. abt. 1877),
Alice (Clayton) Horton (1880-1921),
Hannah (Clayton) Davis (1881-1944),
Viola Ode (Clayton) Mansfield (1884-1955),
Joseph Edward "Ed" Clayton (1887-1947),
Gilbert Crosby Clayton, (1892-1968), and
Richard Daniel "Dan" Clayton (1897-1941).
The 1870 Federal Census finds young "Racy Wiser" living in Chambers County, Texas with her mother and some of her siblings. The census transcription reads:
NAME - AGE - OCCUPATION - BIRTHPLACE
Hannah Leeper, age 45, keeping house, born "Hamburgh,"
Barney Leeper, age 23, sailor, born "Saxon,"
Edward Wiser, age 19, born "Saxon,"
Sam Wiser, age 14, Texas,
Lina Wiser, age 9, Texas, and
Racy Wiser, age 9.
NOTE: Here Rosa is mistakenly listed as Male--not female. Barney & Henry Edward Wiser were brothers. Half-brother Sam is Samuel Leeper, Jr. Lina & Rosa were twins.
And to continue the pattern of confusing descendants 150 years later, other first/last names associated with Rosa and her twin, Hanna or Lina, were Lisa, Racy, Leaper, Wiser, Leeper, and Mason. Rosa's son Crosby's 1968 death certificate indicates his mother's maiden name as "Mays" but the informant's name is not given.
Researcher Doris Weiser Jarvis transcribed a marriage document filed with the Chambers County Court on June 6, 1878 of a marriage held May 29, 1878 of "Rosa Leaper" and "J.S. Clayton" at the home of Mrs. Hannah Leaper, in Double Bayou, Texas. Ceremony by J. W. Hankamer, Justice of the Peace.
BIRTH/DEATH DATES: On June 21, 1928 a "Widow's Application For A Pension" was filed by Mrs. Rosie Clayton of Hardin County, Texas regarding her husband's service in the Confederate Army. She gave her birth date as June 18, 1860. Her death certificate indicates a birth year of 1859, and that she had been a resident of Orange, Texas for 35 years. I know nothing more about her twin sister Lina after the 1880 Census. Do you? Would love to talk with other descendants.
Benjamin Clayton (b. abt. 1877),
Alice (Clayton) Horton (1880-1921),
Hannah (Clayton) Davis (1881-1944),
Viola Ode (Clayton) Mansfield (1884-1955),
Joseph Edward "Ed" Clayton (1887-1947),
Gilbert Crosby Clayton, (1892-1968), and
Richard Daniel "Dan" Clayton (1897-1941).
The 1870 Federal Census finds young "Racy Wiser" living in Chambers County, Texas with her mother and some of her siblings. The census transcription reads:
NAME - AGE - OCCUPATION - BIRTHPLACE
Hannah Leeper, age 45, keeping house, born "Hamburgh,"
Barney Leeper, age 23, sailor, born "Saxon,"
Edward Wiser, age 19, born "Saxon,"
Sam Wiser, age 14, Texas,
Lina Wiser, age 9, Texas, and
Racy Wiser, age 9.
NOTE: Here Rosa is mistakenly listed as Male--not female. Barney & Henry Edward Wiser were brothers. Half-brother Sam is Samuel Leeper, Jr. Lina & Rosa were twins.
And to continue the pattern of confusing descendants 150 years later, other first/last names associated with Rosa and her twin, Hanna or Lina, were Lisa, Racy, Leaper, Wiser, Leeper, and Mason. Rosa's son Crosby's 1968 death certificate indicates his mother's maiden name as "Mays" but the informant's name is not given.
Researcher Doris Weiser Jarvis transcribed a marriage document filed with the Chambers County Court on June 6, 1878 of a marriage held May 29, 1878 of "Rosa Leaper" and "J.S. Clayton" at the home of Mrs. Hannah Leaper, in Double Bayou, Texas. Ceremony by J. W. Hankamer, Justice of the Peace.
BIRTH/DEATH DATES: On June 21, 1928 a "Widow's Application For A Pension" was filed by Mrs. Rosie Clayton of Hardin County, Texas regarding her husband's service in the Confederate Army. She gave her birth date as June 18, 1860. Her death certificate indicates a birth year of 1859, and that she had been a resident of Orange, Texas for 35 years. I know nothing more about her twin sister Lina after the 1880 Census. Do you? Would love to talk with other descendants.
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