Image of John W. Clampitt

[John E.]

Hello all,

For those interested, here is an image of John W. Clampitt. I think there are only 1 or 2 other images of him available. This one came from Genealogy.com.

[BettyO]

Wow -

He's a whale of a guy! Thanks, John - never seen this before!

[RJNorton]

I second Betty; thanks, John!

[John E.]

I think this is the only other one I had seen before:



Does anyone else have a different version?

[L Verge]

A relative of Mr. Clampitt was at the dedication of Frederick Aiken's tombstone a few years back and said that he would send some papers that he had. That was the last we heard from him. I have never seen either of these photos of Clampitt.

As an aside, I found it ironic that a Clampitt relative should come to the Aiken dedication since Mr. Clampitt forged checks against their law firm...

[John E.]

Here's the only SUPPOSED image we have of Aiken. Could it have been mistakenly attributed to him instead of Clampitt? There is a slight resemblance.

[L Verge]

I remember questioning that several years ago. For some reason, I thought it too old for Aiken in 1865.

[RJNorton]

Many thanks to Jim Garrett for sending this image of Clampitt. It's from When Lincoln Died by Ralph Borreson. Credit to Lloyd Ostendorf.