Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Clayton, Abraham Theophilus January 15, 1862 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

  ABRAHAM THEOPHILUS CLAYTON, the leading pharmacist of 
Cheltenham township, in Montgomery county, his place of 
business being located in Ogontz, is a native of Bucks 
county, Pennsylvania, where he was born January 15, 1862, 
being the son of Jehu (deceased) and Christianna (Harris) 
Clayton.
  The Clayton family are among the oldest in Bucks county. 
Jonathan Clayton was the earliest of the family to settle in 
that locality. He married Elizabeth Evans, their son Richard 
Evans Clayton being the grandfather of Abraham T. Clayton. 
Richard E. Clayton, grandfather, married Elizabeth Delve, 
daughter of Elias Delve, of Philadelphia, the family being 
of Drench ancestry. The children of Richard H. and Elizabeth 
(Delve) Clayton were: Rosanna, married Benjamin Hillborn 
(deceased); George S., married Annie Wipert; Richard E., 
married Emma Bayley; Jehu; Frank, who died in defense of his 
country during the war for the Union, while he was confined 
in Andersonville prison; Joel, died in 1868, unmarried; 
Elizabeth, wife of Andrew Roberts; Levin, married Mary 
Fetters; Mary Ann, deceased. Richard Clayton died in 18__. 
His widow, Elizabeth Delve Clayton, died June 16, 1893, at 
the advanced age of eighty-five years.
  The children of Jehu and Christianna Harris Clayton: 
Abraham T., subject of this sketch, Ella Lizzie, wife of 
Maurice P. Horner, they having four daughters, Anna, Edith, 
Laura, Mildred, and one son who died in infancy: Anna Mary, 
died in infancy. By a previous marriage of Mrs. Clayton with 
Mr. Town, she had one daughter, Mrs. Levina Prince.
  Abraham T. Clayton acquired his elementary education in 
the public schools of Buck, county, Pennsylvania, and 
completed it in the public schools of Philadelphia. He 
studied pharmacy in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 
graduating March 15, 1884. He soon afterwards engaged in 
business in Ogontz, and has ever since efficiently conducted 
the only drug store in the town. Mr. Clayton married at 
Frankford, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1887, Anna F. 
Shallcross. They have had the following children: Ella May, 
born January 12, 1889; Abraham T., Jr., born October 1, 
1890; Lottie Christine, born July 10, 1894.
  Mr. Clayton is a member of the school board of Cheltenham 
township. Fraternally he affiliates with Friendship Lodge 
No. 400, of Jenkintown, Free and Accepted Masons; Abington 
Chapter, No. 245, Royal Arch Masons, of Jenkintown; 
Philadelphia Consistory, thirty-second degree, A. A. S. R.; 
St. John's Commandery, No. 4, Knights Templar; Abington 
Lodge, No. 388, Knights of Pythias, Ogontz; Shekinah Castle 
No. 26, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Ogontz; Martha 
Washington Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, 
and Jenkintown Council, Royal Arcanum.
  In politics Mr. Clayton is an active worker in the ranks 
of the Republican party, and he has been a delegate on 
frequent occasions to party conventions. Mr. Clayton and his 
family attend St. Paul's Episcopal church at Ogontz.
  The Harris family, maternal ancestors of Mr. Clayton, are 
old settlers of Bustleton, above Frankford, in Philadelphia. 
The grandparents were Theophilus and Eleanor, who passed 
their entire lives in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. The 
great-great-grandfather, also named Theophilus, was an 
eminent Baptist minister, and presented the Baptist church 
to the congregation in Bustleton. The Harris family owned 
large tract; of land in the vicinity, and gave the land used 
for the burial ground. The Harris family are supposed to be 
of Welsh ancestry, and settled in Bustleton at a very early 
date. The children of Theophilus and Eleanor Harris: Mary, 
wife of John H.  Heritage; Theophilusus, married Miss 
Fletcher, now deceased; Christianna, (Mrs. Clayton); Ellen 
and Thomas, twins, Ellen being the wife of George W. 
Heritage.
  Benjamin Shallcross, father of Mrs. Clayton, is a member 
of an old family in Frankford and vicinity. He was the son 
of Leonard and Eliza (Langcake) Shallcross, natives of 
Frankford, Pennsylvania. Benjamin Shallcross married Frances 
Corson, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Scull) Corson. 
Benjamin and Mary Shallcross' children: John, married Lacy 
W. Cottman, and have one child, John Burton; Leonard 
Chapman, married Annie Cripps, and they have three children, 
Howard, Ethel and Elizabeth; Lizzie May, married Charles 
Ford; Mrs. Clayton; Anna F.; Sarah Chapman, wife of Clarence 
E. Hammond, their children being Clarence and Helen (died in 
infancy); Lettie M., wife of Lincoln Cartledge, their 
children being Lincoln, Jr., and Charlotte; Catharine Finn, 
wife of Paul Craig, their children being Helen and 
Catharine.

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