Jefferson Davis Clopton and Mattie A. Mantz

Jefferson Davis Clopton married Miss Mattie A. Mantz 26 December 1888 in Livingston County, Kentucky. Silas Newton, V.D.M. [1] was the officiant at the wedding. 

Marriage Certificate of J.D. Clopton and Mattie A. Mantz  1888
Livingston County, Kentucky Clerk's Office

The first census on which they appear together was in 1900 when they were living in Smithland.[2] At that time, J.D., a druggist,  and his wife, Martha A., were the parents of two children, Clarra and Jefferson.  Also living in their home was his mother, Kattie Clopton, who was born in 1842 in Kentucky.

Jefferson Davis Clopton died 3 November 1931 at the age of 70 years, four months and 12 days. [3] His parents were Rubin Clopton, born Virginia, and Catharine Harris, born Kentucky.  According to his obituary, he had been a druggist for many years. In addition to his widow and two children, he was survived by two brothers, John Clopton of Evansville and J.A. Clopton of Smithland, as well as a sister.[4]

Martha Mantz Clopton was born 20 July 1863 Livingston County and died 13 May 1946 in Smithland. [5] Her parents were listed as William Mantz, born Kentucky and Addie Wallace, born Tennessee. Her funeral was held at the Smithland Methodist Church, where she had been a member for 68 years. She was survived by her son, J.D. Clopton, a grandson and two nephews. [6] Her daughter, Clara, died 18 September 1942 and is buried in Smithland Cemetery.[7]

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[1] Verbi Dei Minister - Latin for Preacher of God's Word.

[2] 1900 Livingston County, Kentucky census, Smithland, p. 5, E.D. 0053, J.D. Clopton family, Ancestry.com.

[3] Kentucky Death Certificate #27375 (1931), Jefferson Davis Clopton, Ancestry.com.

[4] "Smithland Druggist Called by Death," Paducah Sun-Democrat, Thurs., 5 Nov 1931.

[5] Kentucky Death Certificate #11720 (1946), Martha Mantz Clopton, Ancestry.com.

[6] Obituary for Martha Mantz Clopton, Livingston Leader, 23 May 1946.

[7] Kentucky Death Certificate #20707 (1942), Clara Watts Clopton, Ancestry.com.

Published 10 Jan 2020, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

John V. Bateman 1867 - 1948

John V.

Bateman

June 19, 1867

Sept. 18, 1948

Buried New Union (Ditney) Cemetery, near Lola, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 July 2014.

John V. Bateman was the son of Samuel and Nancy C. (Vaughn) Bateman, who had married 16 Jan 1862 Crittenden County, Kentucky.[1] The family moved to Randolph County, Arkansas, where they are found on the  1870 census living next to former Crittenden County residents, David W. Kimsey and his wife, Mary S. (Vaughn), and their children. [2] 

The Bateman family eventually returned to Kentucky.   John V. Bateman married his first wife, Martha Walker Davenport 4 September 1890 in Pope County, Illinois. [3] John V. Bateman's second marriage was to Delia A. Wright on 30 January 1898 in Crittenden County. [4]  He married his third wife, Elizabeth Dycus, 1 August 1939 in Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri. [5]

Although he had married in 1939, John V. Bateman was enumerated in the household of his son-in-law and daughter, Winfield M. and Vera Clopton in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky in 1940.[6]

Bateman was a farmer and veterinarian.

John V. Bateman died in Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois on the 18th of September 1948 at the age of 80, according to his obituary in  the Paducah Sun-Democrat on Tuesday, 21 September 1948. Survivors were his wife, Elizabeth; three daughters, a daughter in law, two sisters and  two brothers. The funeral and burial were at Ditney (now known as New Union) Church and cemetery  

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[1] Kentucky County Marriages 1783-1965, Crittenden County 1862, Ancestry.com

[2] 1870 Randolph County, Arkansas census, Current River, Roll M593_63, p. 427A, Ancestry.com

[3] Judy Foreman Lee & Carolyn Cromeenes Foss. Pope County, Illinois Marriage Register A-1  1888-1898, Vol III, (Evansville, IN: Evansville Bindery, 1992) 43.

[4] Kentucky County Marriages 1783-1965, Crittenden County 1898, Ancestry.com

[5] Missouri Marriage Records 18 05-2002, Mississippi County 1937-1940, Ancestry.com

[6] 1940 McCracken County, Kentucky census, Roll m-t0627_01334, p. 2A, E.D. 73-19, Ancestry.com

Published 18 July 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/