Della Clapp

Brief Life History of Della

When Della Clapp was born in April 1867, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Russel Clapp, was 38 and her mother, Nancy Elizabeth Rutherford, was 33. She married Joseph Churchwell Johnson in 1882. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Civil District 5, Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Knox, Tennessee, United States for about 1 years. She died on 2 March 1953, at the age of 85, and was buried in Clapps Chapel Cemetery, Corryton, Knox, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Churchwell Johnson
1867–1944
Della Clapp
1867–1953
Marriage: 1882
Bonnie Myrtle Johnson
1887–1967
Arthur William Johnson
1889–1973
Joseph Allen Russell Johnson
1891–1970
Mary Nola Johnson
1894–1983
Pleasant Hobart Johnson
1900–1972
Iva Lee Johnson
1900–1987
Rosa Mae Johnson
1909–2001

Sources (18)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • O D Clapp, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Della Clapp Johnson, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"

World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English (Devon and Somerset): either from Middle English clop(pe), clap(pe) ‘lump’, perhaps denoting a stocky person, or Middle English clap(pe) ‘loud noise; noisy, idle chatter’.

Americanized form of German Klapp .

In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian Klep: nickname from klep ‘sharpness of scythe or sickle’, also ‘sharpening with a hammer’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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