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S. H. CLAYCOMB, of Claycomb & Staples, law and real estate, Joplin, was born in Waverly, Lafayette county, Mo., Aug. 11, 1847. His parents, George and Elizabeth J. (Winning) Claycomb, were natives of West Virginia. During infancy he moved with his parents to Saline county, Mo., locating near Cambridge. While there he engaged in agricultural pursuits and attended the common schools. When about eleven years of age the family moved to Cambridge where he attended the city schools. At fifteen he went to Jacksonville, Ill., and entered the Illinois College where he pursued his studies for a time and then entered the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, but owing to the unsettled condition of affairs in consequence of the war, failed to complete a course; he then went to Detroit, Mich., and completed a course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College at that place; then returned home and engaged in teaching. In the fall of 1866 he went to Virginia and entered the law department Virginia State University, at Charlottsville, graduating from that institution in the spring of 1868, when he returned to Saline county and was admitted to the bar. One year thereafter he came to Vernon county and locating at Nevada engaged in the practice of his profession. He came to Joplin in February, 1874, and mined for several years and then resumed the practice of law with W. B. McAntire of this city, with whom he remained about eighteen mouths, after which he practiced alone for a time. In Jan., 1881, he entered into the law and real estate with his present partner under the firm name of Claycomb & Staples. Mr. Claycomb was married in Nevada, Vernon county, Mo., Dec. 24, 1874, to Miss Sallie E., daughter of Joseph Headen of Pleasant Hill, Mo. Mrs. C. was born Dec. 14, 1854, in Shelby county, Mo. They have two children; Hugh, born Sept. 25, 1878, and an infant, born April 1, 1883. Mrs. Claycomb is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mr. Claycomb is a member of the order of Knights of Honor. They reside on the corner of Fifth Street and Jackson Avenue.