Born in Shelby, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Claton Jr
and Elizabeth (Laird) Claton
Brother of
James Claton, Eleanor (Claton) Clayton, Peter (Claton) Clayton, Mary (Claton) Stephens, Sarah Elizabeth (Claton) Van Benthuysen, Cynthia (Claton) Warble, Thomas Jefferson (Claton) Clayton, Elizabeth Claton, Louisa Claton, William Laird Claton, Benjamin Franklin Claton and Sanford Ballingal Claton
Husband of
Martha (Phelps) Clayton
— married
23 Apr 1850 in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States
Husband of
Eliza Jane (Van Benthuysen) Clayton
— married
30 Nov 1858 in Shelby Co., Indiana
Descendants 
Father of
Frances Jane (Clayton) Woodward, William T. Clayton, Julia Clayton, Mary Ellen (Clayton) Smythe, Henrietta Susan Clayton, Emma Katherine Clayton, George Sanford Clayton, Hallie Gertrude (Clayton) Deupree, Martha Lodema (Clayton) Noon, John Washington Clayton and Helen Agnes (Clayton) Conner
Died
at age 77
in Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Feb 2017
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Biography
Joseph Claton chaged his name to Clayton, He had three children with his first wife and eleven with his second wife. Joseph and Eliza are buried in Bloomfield, Iowa. In Feb. 1865 Joseph moved to Tazewell Co., Illinois, and in Feb. 1868 to Davis Co., Iowa, where he served as the Secretary of the Agricultural Society for three years. In 1873 and in 1875 he was elected Auditor for Davis County.
Sources
- "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBW-NZG : 12 January 2020), Joseph W. Clayton and Martha Phelps, 23 April 1850 in Gallatin, Kentucky
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- The Van Benthuysen Genealogy by Alvin Seaward Van Benthuysen and Edith M. McIntosh Hall, 1953, p 79, 127
- FindAGrave, Bloomfield IOOF Cemetery,Bloomfield, Iowa
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Marnie Hall 
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23andMe, GEDmatch T545794 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T545794 [compare], Ancestry member marniehall
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T545794 [compare], FTDNA kit #456997
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Claudia (Cade) Biddle :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Phillip Kordisch :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Walter Hansen :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~6.25%
David Pope :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member popemon04
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~0.78%
Ruth (Bell) Pickering :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A382991 [compare], Ancestry member LauraPickeringPolstra
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~0.78%
Jonna (Davis) Montgomery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A920054 [compare], Ancestry member jonnalee_montgomery
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