Claypool, Solomon

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State Representative 1856, Indiana.

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Born August 17, 1829 to Wilson Claypool and Sarah Evans, Fountain County IN. A.B. 1851, Wabash College. Admitted in Terre Haute to practice law. Married Hannah M. Osborn, September 1855 in Terre Haute. State representative 1856, Indiana. Circuit court judge, Vigo County in late 1850s and early 1860s. Later an attorney in Greencastle. Initiated June 1866 as a graduate. Began law practice in Indianapolis, 1873. US District Attorney for Indianapolis, 1889-93 (1895 catalogue). Probably related to Marcus Claypool (DePauw 1872). Married Hannah M. Died March 19, 1898. Source: Dunn, Indiana and Indianians, v.III (1916) pp.1233-4.
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