A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=47168 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: July 25 1896 Article Description: John M. Clayton Memory Honored Article Text: Millsboro, Del., July 24, 1896: One of the most interesting events which have occured in lower Delaware for many years was the celebation today at Prince George's Chapel, a few miles from this town , of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of JOHN M. CLAYTON, one of Americas illustrious statesmen. Born at Dagsboro, Sussex County, on July 24, 1796, John Middleton Clayton, after a youth of struggling for a livelihood , was sent to Yale, where he graduated with distinction in 1815, completed a course at Litchfield Law School and in 1819 was admitted to the bar of this, his native State. His success was simuitaneaous wih his admission, and he immediately rose to distinction. This was achieved no less by his ability in the highest court, than by his skill before a jury. In 1837 he was appointed Chief Justice of Delaware. In 1829 , Mr Clayton represented his State in the United States Senate. He was re-elected twice and resigned in 1849 to accept a seat in President Taylors cabinet and was again elected to the United States Senate in 1851, continuing in the office until his death. Prince Georges Chapel, Dagsboro, lately renovated and put in repair by a number of patriotic men and women, is the identical parish church , or meeting house as they were then called, where Clayton was baptized a century ago. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com