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↑ Source: #S167 Page: Number: 320-07-3471; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Birth date: 16 Mar 1896Birth place: Death date: Jan 1969Death place: Providence, Webster, Kentucky, United States of America NOTEhttp://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ssdi&h=11160366&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt CONT
↑ Source: #S188 Page: Roll: WW2_2240511; Local board: Lake , Indiana. Data: Text: Birth date: 16 Mar 1896Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: Residence place: Lake, Indiana NOTEhttp://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=wwiidraft&h=1890794&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt CONT
↑ Source: #S167 Page: Number: 320-07-3471; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Birth date: 16 Mar 1896Birth place: Death date: Jan 1969Death place: Providence, Webster, Kentucky, United States of America NOTEhttp://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ssdi&h=11160366&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt CONT
↑ Source: #S188 Page: Roll: WW2_2240511; Local board: Lake , Indiana. Data: Text: Birth date: 16 Mar 1896Birth place: KentuckyResidence date: Residence place: Lake, Indiana NOTEhttp://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=wwiidraft&h=1890794&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt CONT
↑ Source: #S218 Page: Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 421; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 1094.0. Data: Text: Record for William Clayton
↑ Source: #S658 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Clayton
↑ Source: #S167 Page: Number: 320-07-3471; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951. Data: Text: Birth date: 16 Mar 1896Birth place: Death date: Jan 1969Death place: Providence, Webster, Kentucky, United States of America NOTEhttp://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ssdi&h=11160366&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt CONT
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