Henry M. Claton
Henry N. Claton was born in Jackson Township, Shelby County, March 20, 1838. He is a son of Reuben and Elizabeth Claton, who came from Green County, Ohio, to Shelby County in 1835. entered, made improvements. and settled on a part of section 26, Jackson Township, on which they lived many years. Mrs. Claton died March 4,1851. Mr. Claton remained on the farm until 1875, when he moved to Port Jetferson, where he died in 1879. He reared a family of ten children, viz., William, Anna, Jesse, John, Susan, David, George, Henry N., Lewis, and Mary, three of whom are now dead, viz., William, David, and Lewis. David died in the war of 1861. Henry N. served about three months in the late war.
Henry N. Claton, subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm, and has made farming his principal vocation. On the 4th of May, 1862, he married Miss Lucy Stewart, then of Salem Township, this county, daughter of Thomas Stewart, born in Logan County, Ohio, July 4, 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Claton settled on the farm in section 27, Jackson Township, where they have since resided. They have a family of four children, viz., Carrillie I., Francis M., Reuben N., and Minnice E. In March, 1865, he enlisted in Company D, 191st O. V. I., and was discharged June 6, 1865.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883