When Benjamin Franklin Clopton Sr was born in 1832, in Dade, Missouri, United States, his father, Guy Clopton, was 26 and his mother, Mary Ann Rolen, was 45. He married Martha Elizabeth Goforth about 1851, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Morgan Township, Dade, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died in 1869, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Carlock Cemetery, Crisp Prarie, Dade, Missouri, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Historical Boundaries 1841: Dade created from Non-County Area 29 and 32
Historic Boundaries: 1843: Dade, Missouri, United States
English: habitational name from any of various places, for examplein Essex, Suffolk, and Warwickshire, named Clopton from Old Englishclopp(a) ‘rock, hill’ + tūn ‘settlement’.
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