When Omer O. Clapsaddle was born on 3 December 1861, in Leland, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, Frederick Clapsaddle, was 34 and his mother, Miranda Hare, was 25. He married Mary Catherine Cox on 7 February 1883, in Manson, Calhoun, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Des Moines Township, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Butler Township, Sanborn, South Dakota, United States in 1910. He died on 26 May 1929, in Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Mitchell Township, Davison, South Dakota, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: 1865
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Americanized form of German Klebsattel, a nickname for a rider (on horseback), apparently from kleben ‘to stick’ + Sattel ‘saddle’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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