Joseph Isaac Clanton (1847 - 1887)

Born 1847 in Callaway County, Missouri, USA

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Died 1 Jun 1887 at about age 40 in Springerville, Apache, Arizona, USA

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Biography

Joseph Clanton is Notable.

Joseph Isaac Clanton was born in 1847 at Callaway County, Missouri. He was the son of Newman Haynes Clanton and his wife Mariah Sexton (Kelso) Clanton.

Biography shared by Find-A-Grave Member James Crawley:

Infamous Arizona cattle rustler and cause of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Isaac "Ike" Clanton was a member of the "Cowboy" faction in Tombstone and an enemy of the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday. The morning of the gunfight Ike, drunk and angry, went around, saying he was going to kill the Earps. His big mouth and hollow threats led to the gunfight, which resulted in the death of his brother Billy. Ike's cowardice most likely saved his life that day. He tried, unsuccessfully, to have the Earps and Holliday tried and convicted for murder. Ike is thought to have been an assailant in the December, 1881 attempt on Virgil Earp outside the Crystal Palace. After the Earps and Holliday left Arizona in 1882, Ike continued his rustler ways. In June of 1887, he was caught trying to steal cattle near present-day Eaglecreek in Greenlee County, Arizona. Ike attempted to escape. The county sheriff's pistol fired and Ike, like his brother and father, died of lead poisoning. He was buried that same day in an unmarked grave near the spot where he fell.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZQ-CB2 : 9 November 2014), Joseph J Clanton in household of John M Kelso, Callaway county, Callaway, Missouri, United States; citing family 443, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFN-FK1 : Thu Oct 05 01:53:33 UTC 2023), Entry for N H Clanton and Maria S Clanton, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN61-YTC : Thu Oct 05 21:51:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Newman H Clanton and Mary E Clanton, 1870.

• "Find A Grave" for Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton. Originally Created by and bio by James Crawley, Record added April 21, 2003. Find A Grave Memorial 7371961. site has photo of person.see at find a grave

• Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, for Ike Clanton.see at Wikipedia.org

• 'Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

• http://www.clantongang.com/