FamilySearch ID: KWV7-KH1
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Joseph Clapper

Birth	21 May 1832	Jackson Twp, Stark, Ohio, United States	Citation(s) Birth Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joseph Clapper (1832-1903), memorial #95473663. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joseph Clapper, ID: KWV7-KH1. Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Joseph Clapper, ID: KWV7-KH1.
Death	8 April 1903	Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States	Citation(s) Death Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joseph Clapper (1832-1903), memorial #95473663. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joseph Clapper, ID: KWV7-KH1.
Burial		Thurman Cemetery, Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States	Citation(s) Burial Citation(s) Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Joseph Clapper (1832-1903), memorial #95473663. "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joseph Clapper, ID: KWV7-KH1.

Father	Christian Clapper
Mother	Catharine Miller

Marriages Label

• Sarah Belle Davis

Married

11 October 1859

Box Elder County, Utah Territory, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
"FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Joseph Clapper and Sarah Belle Davis, ID: KWV7-KH1 and ID: KWJX-RZP.

Charles William Forney, Forney's Five Family Records of Genealogy of Benners, Clappers, Ettlemans, Forneys, and Studys, with Historical Sketches by Charles William Forney (Boone, Iowa: Standard Print Co., 1931), p. 38.

          Children:
               Joann Catherine Clapper
               Joseph Christian Clapper
               Moroni Davis Clapper

• Sarah Ann Ettleman

Married

11 September 1870

Fremont County, Iowa, United States

Citation(s)

Marriage Citation(s)
Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Joseph Clapper and Sarah A Clapper (11 September 1870); citing Fremont County, Iowa, United States, certificate 178; county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 4,311,214.

Children:
Lenora May Clapper

Residences Label

• 1840	Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1850	Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860	Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870	Ross, Fremont, Iowa, United States
• 1880	Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
• 1900	Sappa Twp, Harlan, Nebraska, United States

LDS Information Label

Baptism

Death & Burial Records Label

• Grave Marker

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Census Records Label

• 1840 Population Census	Hancock County, Illinois	Extract	Image
• 1850 Population Census	the District No 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa	Extract	Image	1850 Population Census Citation(s) SOURCE GOES HERE
• 1860 Population Census	Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory	Extract	Image
• 1870 Population Census	Ross, Fremont, Iowa	Extract	Image
• 1880 Population Census	Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa	Extract	Image
• 1900 Population Census	Sappa Township, Harlan, Nebraska	Extract	Image

Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Henry Ettleman Company		View Source	Citation(s) Crossing the Plains Citation(s) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Departure	1853
Arrival	1 Oct 1853

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Joseph Clapper

Crossing the Plains