Brief Life History of James Thomas
When James Thomas Clayton was born on 19 August 1846, in Warren, Illinois, United States, his father, William C Clayton, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Ray, was 21. He married Louisa Hodson on 16 January 1868, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Roseville Township, Warren, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Roseville, Warren, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 29 August 1878, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Roseville, Warren, Illinois, United States.
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- James T Clayton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas Clayton in entry for Alice Maude Carlson, "Iowa, Old Age Assistance Records, 1934-1958"
- James F Clayton in household of Wm Clayton, "United States Census, 1870"
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1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places, in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Sussex, named Clayton, from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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