Harvey Gordon Clopton of Georgia

The youngest child of William Henry Harrison Clopton and Martha Isabel "Mattie" Lancaster Clopton, Harvey Gordon Clopton was born in Putnam County (Eatonton) Georgia August 9, 1886. He is a direct descendant of the first William Clopton, Gentleman, and his wife, Ann (Booth) Dennett Clopton. He married Mildred Lucille Chandler on May 2, 1916. Mildred was the daughter of William H. Chandler and Eudora G. Brand Chandler. Harvey died January 27, 1952, and Mildred died March 11, 1983. Both are buried in Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery in Putnam County. They had four children: Wallace Chandler Clopton, James Stanley Clopton, Isabel Lancaster Clopton Steiner, Marcia Anne Clopton Holloman, and Helena Clopton Dodson.

The devastating hurricane that raked the Carolinas recently caused us to remember that Charleston has suffered other disasters in the past. In 1887 a horrendous earthquake jarred the city, sending shockwaves throughout the South. In Putnam County, Georgia, Harvey Gordon Clopton, a newborn baby, was snatched from his cradle by his mother, Isabel Lancaster Clopton, when their home began to shake. She fled outside and as she stood in the yard with the baby waiting for the tremors to abate, the chimney crumbled. As the bricks began to fall, one actually grazed the baby's head.

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Contributed by :

Isabel Lancaster (Clopton) Steiner
and Suellen Clopton Blanton, bblanton@fast.net
from The Clopton Family Newsletter, December 1989