Samuel Siler Clapp (1897 - 1978)

Born 14 Apr 1897 in Albright Township, Chatham, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Nov 1978 at age 81 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Samuel Siler, Margaret Duke and Arlando Benjamin were the last three children that Aug Clapp and Maggie Bare had together. Maggie died when Ben was nine years old. It seemed that the three youngest siblings stuck together. Sam served his country before his first marriage and join the Navy. Sam had moved to Beaufort County with his wife Mary Ethel Campbell and their 3 children were born there: Mary Athelene Clapp (b. 1923), Orpha Lee Clapp (b.1924) and Samuel Siler Jr. ( b. 1927 - d. 1927). When his brother Ben married Josie Wright they moved to Washington, Beaufort with Sam and Ethel. They later moved back to Siler City, North Carolina to be closer to the parents and start the International Harvester business that Sam and Ben ran. On the 23rd of Nov, 1978, in Durham, North Carolina, were Sam was being treated for medical conditions, he passed away. He was brought back to Siler City and buried in Loves Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with his wife Ethel who passed away with cancer when she was 36 years old.

Sources

CENSUS

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSYM-T9F : Thu Aug 03 20:37:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Isaac J Clapp and Maggie Clapp, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML97-7N4 : Tue Jul 18 20:19:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Isaac R Clapp and Maggie A Clapp, 1910.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKX-1JK : Wed Aug 23 23:07:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Isaac A Clapp and Clapp, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39G-9LS : Fri Aug 04 11:20:40 UTC 2023), Entry for Sam S Clapp and Ethel Clapp, 2 April 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW9Y-82N : Sun Jul 30 17:32:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Sam S Clapp and Athelene Clapp, 1 May 1940.

BIRTH & DEATH

• "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5T-GLBN : 13 November 2019), Samuel Siler Clapp, 23 Nov 1978; citing Death, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102227448.
• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGRN-FSZ : 29 September 2022), Samuel Siler Clapp, 1978.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30904930/samuel-siler-clapp: accessed 14 September 2023), memorial page for Samuel Siler “Sam” Clapp (14 Apr 1897–23 Nov 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30904930, citing Loves Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by M.C. Brown, Bear Creek, N.C. (contributor 48216494).

MARRIAGE

First Marriage-Mary Ethel Campbell

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPL8-HW5 : 29 September 2022), Sam S. Clapp in entry for Mary Ethel Clapp, 1939.

Second Marriage-Clee Poe

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGRN-FSZ : 29 September 2022), Samuel Siler Clapp, 1978.

MILITARY SERVICE

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZF-T3M6 : 3 September 2021), Sam Simpson Clapp, 9 Apr 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8T-P9B : 24 December 2021), Sam S Clapp, 1917-1918.

Births & Deaths of Infants

• "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7Q1B-YZN2 : 3 December 2021), Sam Simpson Clapp in entry for Clapp, 22 Aug 1927; citing Birth, , North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102180026.
• "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHXR-YZW : 8 December 2014), Sam Simpson Clapp in entry for Not Named Clapp, 22 Aug 1927; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 14, p. 775, Beaufort, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
• "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F34C-844 : 20 February 2021), Sam Clapp in entry for Billy Clapp, 19 Nov 1927; citing Allbroaged, Chatham, North Carolina, reference 129, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,340.
• "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F347-PPG : 20 February 2021), Sam S. Clapp in entry for Henry Clapp, 22 Nov 1927; citing Albright, Chatham, North Carolina, reference 192, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,338.