|
Caswell County Genealogy
|
|
|
1868 - 1934 (66 years)
-
Name |
Clayton, Albert Parham |
Birth |
27 Jan 1868 |
Person County, North Carolina |
Gender |
Male |
Reference Number |
839 |
Death |
16 Jun 1934 |
Person County, North Carolina |
Burial |
Burchwood Cemetery, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina |
Person ID |
I829 |
Caswell County |
Last Modified |
11 Mar 2024 |
Family |
Foushee, Anna Francis, b. 10 May 1870, Person County, North Carolina d. 1 Jun 1943, Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina (Age 73 years) |
Marriage |
23 Nov 1890 |
Person County, North Carolina |
Reference Number |
7909 |
Children |
+ | 1. Clayton, Bettie Sue, b. 1891 d. 1981 (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
+ | 2. Clayton, Lillian Maxine, b. 1894 d. 1982 (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 3. Clayton, Guy Adnah, b. 1896 d. 1899 (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 4. Clayton, Hattie Odell, b. 1898 d. 1980 (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 5. Clayton, Albrey Baxter, b. 1900 d. 1900 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 6. Clayton, Lena Myrtis, b. 1902 d. 1979 (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 7. Clayton, Fay Burns, b. 1903 d. 1906 (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
+ | 8. Clayton, Theodore Albert, b. 1905 d. 1954 (Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
+ | 9. Clayton, Thelma Walton, b. 17 Jul 1906 d. 6 Sep 1995 (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
+ | 10. Clayton, Annie Lee, b. 13 Oct 1909, Person County, North Carolina d. 11 Apr 1981, Person County, North Carolina (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| 11. Clayton, Frances Elmo, b. 1910 d. 1910 (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
|
Family ID |
F221 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
11 Mar 2024 |
-
-
-
Notes |
- Albert Parham Clayton (1868-1934)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
_______________
Albert Parham Clayton was a quiet man of many talents. After his marriage, he lived several years on his father's farm, later moving to the Roseville Community. There he farmed and ran a legal distillery. He suffered from heart trouble for years. In the fall of 1907, he and the family left the farm in the Roseville Community and moved to Roxboro, North Carolina. They lived on South Lamar Street for several years, later moving to a house on South Main Street. This is where he was living when he died.
Albert Parham Clayton was Roxboro Chief of Police from May 1917 until March 1919. He resigned this position to run for Register of Deeds and was elected serving until 1922. In 1924, he was appointed Postmaster and served until the time of
his death in 1934.
Foushee Family Ancestry
Person County Times 21 June 1934.
Final Rites Held Last Sunday for Mr. A. P. Clayton
Postmaster Of Roxboro A Number Of Years
Popular Over Entire County
Large Crowd Present At Funeral
Final rites-were held for A. P. Clayton of Roxboro last Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Mr. Clayton had been in failing health for some time although his illness was not considered as serious until about one day before his death. He passed away at 3:15 o'clock Saturday morning.
For the past ten years the deceased has served as postmaster in this city and was holding this position at the time of his death. Before he accepted the position as postmaster he had served as register of deeds of Person County and also as chief of police.
Mr. Clayton numbered his friends by the hundreds. He was known over the entire state of North Carolina and a line of cars around two miles long at his funeral paid tribute to his memory. He was a member of the Roxboro Primitive Baptist Church and he was always faithful to Its cause. For a number of years he was clerk of the Lower Country Line Association and Union, he was assistant clerk to the association.
Funeral services were held Sunday at three p. m. and interment followed in Burchwood cemetery.
Mr. Clayton was born in Roxboro on January 27, 1868. His widow was Miss Anna Foushee before her marriage. In addition to this widow, Mr.Clayton is survived by: one son, T. A. Clayton, of Roxboro; six daughters, Mrs. Preston Satterfield, of Roxboro; Mrs. J. F. Lewis, of Farmville; Mrs. Melvin Long, of Fayetteville; Mrs. I. L. James, Mrs. O. T. Kirby and Mrs. H. S. Gates, all of Roxboro; three brothers, F.O., O.Y. and N.R. Clayton, all of Roxboro, and two sisters, Mrs. C. E. Harris and Miss Victoria Clayton, both of Roxboro.
Active pallbearers were: Dr. B. E. Love, F. D. Long, Claude Harris, S.B. Davis, Dr. B. A. Thaxton, J. W. Montague, D. S. Brooks and F. J. Heater.
Those serving as honorary pall bearers were J. E. Kirby, Sam Perkins, Joe Carver, Jasper Harris, W. H. Harris. A. M. Burns, D. W. Ledbetter, Dr. G. W. Gentry. A. E. Jackson, Jack Parham, D. W. Long, M.W. Satterfield, C. Pass, Dr. E. J. Tucker, J. H. Moore, S.G. Winstead, Otis Tillman, Gilbert Tillman, T. D. Winstead, W. R. Hambrick, Lester Clayton, E. E. Thomas, Charles Holeman, L. L. Lunsford and B. G. Clayton.
Acting as floral bearers were Arch Moore, C. E. Garrett, N. A. Edwards. Victor E. Clayton, Hassell Fox, N. H. Street, D. E. Featherston, Dewey Jones, John Whitt, Guy Clayton, Carl Clayton,. Zeb Harris. Alvin Clayton. M. R. Clayton, Earl Clayton, Harold Clayton, O.Y. Clayton, Jr., and Maxi Fox.
_______________
|
|
|
|