William Hickman Clopton, Esq., C.S.A. was born August 9, 1847 at Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, and died Apr. 18, 1913/1912 . He married Belle Bryan 1873, daughter of John Bryan and Eveline McIllvaine. She was born 1848, and died 1893. Mr. Clopton was educated at La Grange (Alabama) Military Academy, 1860-61, Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1861-1862, and received his LL.B. from the University of Virginia at 1868. He entered the C.S.A. in 1864 and served under General Dan Adams as a member of his escort and later with scouts for the Department of Alabama. He also served as escort to General Buford. He was admitted to the Missouri bar and practiced at St. Louis. He was appointed U.S. Attorney by President Cleveland for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1894. He was an active member of the Democratic State Central Committee.
William Hickman Clopton, Esq., C.S.A. was born August 9, 1847 at Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, and died Apr. 18, 1913/1912 . He married Belle Bryan 1873, daughter of John Bryan and Eveline McIllvaine. She was born 1848, and died 1893. Mr. Clopton was educated at La Grange (Alabama) Military Academy, 1860-61, Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1861-1862, and received his LL.B. from the University of Virginia at 1868. He entered the C.S.A. in 1864 and served under General Dan Adams as a member of his escort and later with scouts for the Department of Alabama. He also served as escort to General Buford. He was admitted to the Missouri bar and practiced at St. Louis. He was appointed U.S. Attorney by President Cleveland for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1894. He was an active member of the Democratic State Central Committee.
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