Wesley David Clampitt

Male26 May 1899–1 July 1948

Brief Life History of Wesley David

When Wesley David Clampitt was born on 26 May 1899, in Monteith, Guthrie, Iowa, United States, his father, Reverend Henry Thorton Clampitt, was 41 and his mother, Alice C Henderson, was 40. He married Evelyn Atwood on 20 August 1924, in Monteith, Guthrie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Greenfield, Adair, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Union Township, Dallas, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 1 July 1948, at the age of 49, and was buried in Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, Dallas, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wesley David Clampitt
1899–1948
Evelyn Atwood
1897–1946
Marriage: 20 August 1924
Doris Arlene Clampitt
1929–1943
Ralph Wesley Clampitt
1931–2017
Lois Evelyn Clampitt
1935–

Sources (11)

  • Wesly D Clampitt in household of Henry T Clampitt, "United States Census, 1920"
  • W. H. Clampitt, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Wesley D. Clampitt, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 August 1924Monteith, Guthrie, Iowa, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1900 · Gold for Cash!

    Age 1

    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

    Age 1

    A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 14

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    Name Meaning

    English (Devon): habitational name from either of two places in Devon called Clampitt or from Clampit in Cornwall, all named with Old English clām ‘mud, clay’ + Old English pytt ‘pit’.

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

    Story Highlight

    David Wesley Clalmpitt

    Rites held Sunday for Wesley D. Clampitt. (paper 1948) Funeral services for Wesley D. Clampitt, former resident of the Monteith vicinity, whose death occurred last Thursday at the Iowa Methodist hospi …

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