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��Cincinnati ; in the year 1842, he remove'tj to Mansfield and commenced practice, which he continued until the time of his death, which occurred Jan. 18, 1863; the Doctor was buried at Mansfield on the 20th of Jan- uary, 18fi3 ; during his residence in Mansfield, he was engaged in a large practice, and was reputed by his brothers in the profession as one of the best-read phy- sicians and counselors, in this part of the State ; for a number of years, he was in partnership with the late Dr. G. F. Mitchell, and their business extended through- out the adjoining counties. Dr. J. M. Chandler was married, Aug. 12, 1845, to Miss S. A. Mount, who died Aug. 10, 1847 ; Frank, a son by this marriage, died May 4, 1855 : on Dec. 30, 1852, the Doctor was mar- ried to Miss R. E. Mount, who still survives ; three children, two girls and one boy, by this marriage, now live in Mansfield — Charles M, at present is telegraph operator in the Western Union office in Mansfield.

CHARLTON, JOSEPH Y., tanner; was born Jan. 21, 1841. He was married March 16, 1865, to Clara L. Carpenter ; she was born July 6, 1847 ; they have four children — Mattie B. was born in February, 1866 ; Grove, May 17,1868; Alfred Doyle, Jan. 1, 1870; Lettie Nell, Feb. 14, 1874. After marriage, located in Wayne Co , engaged in farming ; thence to Lucas ; from there to Newville, engaged in tannery ; in 1879, he went to Mansfield : since then has been engaged as foreman in the Carpenter tannery. Enlisted in the army during the late rebellion in the 32d 0. V. I.; served his time of enlistment; was wounded twice during battles.

CLABERG, ISAAC N., attorney ; he was born Oct. 6, 1847, in Butler Township; son of Jacob Claberg ; he attended the Savannah Academy and also theSmith- ville Academy, and graduated at the Law Department of the Indiana State University ; afterward read law with Manuel May, and was, admitted to the bar at Bucyrus, Ohio, in March, 1878 ; now engaged in the practice of law in Mansfield.

CLAPP, EMILIUS, wine merchant; Emelius Clapp is the descendant, in the seventh generation, of Roger Clapp, who came to this country from England in 1630, settling in Dorchester, Mass.; here he married Miss Joanna Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford, of Dorchester, England, who, with her parents, came over in the ship with himself. Roger Clapp was appointed by the Gen- eral Court, in August, 1665, Captain of the Castle (the principal fortress in the province), which position he held for twenty years, and was universally respected and honored ; he also held various other offices, both civil and military; in 1686, he removed to Boston, where he died in 1691, in the 82d year of his age; his wife died in 1695, in her 78th year ; by this union there were fourteen children, one of whom. Preserved, was born Nov. 23, 1643, who married Sarah New- berry, of Windsor, and settled in Northampton ; he was Captain of the Town, a representative in the General Court, and Ruling Elder in the church, and died from the effects of a gunshot wound received from an Indian ; he had seven children, one of whom, Roger, was the father of Maj. Jonathan, one of the first set- tlers in Easthampton ; he had three sons and eight daughters; the youngest son, Benjamin, was born in 1738, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died in 1815 : his wife died in 1847, at the advanced age

��of 97 years ; there were born to them fifteen children. The eighth was Solomon, the father of Emelius Clapp, who was born in Easthampton, Sept. 2, 1782, and died Nov. 25, 1827; he married Miss Paulina Avery, of Wallingford, Conn.; there were ten children by this marriage, of whom Emelius is the first son, born Dec. 5, 1808 ; he received his education at the public schools and Amherst Academy; after his father's death, he remained at home until the spring of 1832, then removed to Ohio, where he lived until the following fall when he returned to Massachusetts, where he married Lydia Hutchinson April 15. 1833 ; the same year, he again came to Ohio, and settled in Chester, Geauga Co., where he remained until 1836, when he removed to Mentor, Lake Co., and there lived one year ; then com- menced the manufacture of candy at Painesville, whi6h business he followed in connection with the manufact- ure of silk ; specimens of his handiwork are now in possession of the family aud show him to have been an expert workman ; he resided in Painesville until the spring of 1844, then to Elyria, where he continued the manufacture of candy until September, 1850, when he came to Mansfield ; during his residence in this city, he was constantly engaged, in partnership with his son- in-law and alone, in the manufacture of candy, and the grocery trade, for many years. Nov. 20, 1865, the firm of E. Clapp & Co. sold their stock to Remy, Hedges & Co.; since 1855, he has been exten.sively engaged in the manufacture of wine from grapes grown at his vine- yard on Kelly's Island. Emelius and Lydia Hutchin- son (lapp are the parents of four children, one son and three daughters ; .James Birney died in Elyria, aged 5 years; Francis H. died in infancy ; two daugh- ters are now living — Ellen Mariette (wife of Mr. G. C. Wise), of this city, and Mary Paulina (wife of Joseph H. McKee),of Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Lydia Clapp died in Mansfield Feb. 20, 1870; his present wife was Miss Carrie Beardsley, of Garrettsville, Portage Co., whom he married May 30, 1872.

CLARKE, W. P., merchant. This gentleman entered the store of Arnold Constable, of New York, as clerk, in the spring of 1857 ; he commenced business for himself in the fall of 1859, having purchased the stock of the late firm of E. & C. Hedges, of Mansfield ; he occupied the old stand, 15 Public Square; he now occupies the entire building, and is at present crowded for room to accommodate his increasing business, which is now the most extensive in the city; he employs five clerks, and wholesales and retails staple and fancy dry goods, carpets, oil-cloths and mattings, together with ribbons, laces, hosiery, gloves, and fancy goods of all kinds ; his stock is at all times very large, and one of the most complete of the kind in Mansfield ; Mr. Clarke has, by his aifability and courtesy to customers, contributed very much to his business, and is to-day recognized as the leading dry-goods merchant un the city ; Mr. Clarke occupies several places of trust and responsibility ; he is Director of Mansfield Savings Bank, a Director in the Mansfield Fire Insurance Com- pany, Director and Treasurer of the Mansfield Loan and Building Association.

CLUGSTON, GEORGE A., banker; he was born Oct. 5, 1842, in Franklin Co., Penn.; came to Ashland Co., Ohio, in 1849 ; he received a liberal education,

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