Brief Life History of Mary Catharine
When Mary Catharine Clapp was born on 16 March 1838, in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States, her father, Christian Clapp, was 48 and her mother, Catherine Devault, was 43. She married President Andrew York Trogden on 16 June 1859, in Paris, Edgar, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Paris Township, Edgar, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 28 April 1918, in Paris, Edgar, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Edgar Cemetery, Paris Township, Edgar, Illinois, United States.
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- Polly C Clapp in household of Christian Clapp, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Catharine 'Polly' Clapp - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1838; Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States
- Mary E. Clapp, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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