This adventurous gentleman was William Henry Clipperton son of John and Amelia (Dennis Bayne) Clipperton and grandson of John and Elizabeth (Houghton Russell) Clipperton. He was British born in 1836, lived in Canada during the early 1860's. William married  Sarah Bennett a widow with children and they had a son also Wm H . Sarah and son Wm. H. Jr. remained in Chatham, Ontario both teaching school there. Wm Jr. married Ida Madden and they had children, Otto and  Wm. H. who was killed in France during WWI. Today there are several  from this line living around Toronto and eastern Canada including CBC radio host Rob Clipperton.  William served with the Union Calvary forces during the U.S. Civil War.  He served in the 7th CAV. in Company L, Michigan Regiment from 3/24/1863 to 3/10/1866. According to a N.Y. Times article of that period Captain Clipperton's horse was once shot out from under him. His courage and skills were regularly recognized and written about.

 In 1869 and early 1870 Wm was editor of the Shermantown, Nevada Reporter newspaper. Shermantown was a rough and tumble gold rush town that was short lived and is now a ghost town. He shows up in the California 1870 census as a lawyer, divorced. He is listed in the 1880 California census. His last Residence was  Lee's Boarding House, Salinas California ,he died of Heart failure on Nov.11,1881 and was buried
in the Garden of Memories ,IOOF cemetery in Salinas.

This is John Clipperton ,  husband of Amelia Dennis Bayne and the father of Wm. H..  John and Amelia had nine children Amelia Sedgwick, Sibyl Hurlock, John Russell, Agnes Anne, Robert Charles, Elizabeth Russell, Isabella Angell, George and William Henry. Son George went to Australia and started that line, sisters Isabella,  Amelia and Sibyl went to Australia also and were followed there by the parents John and Amelia. John Russell remained in England and was a witness in England's weak claim for Clipperton Island in 1897. Robert Charles and later his son Charles Bell Child were in the British consulate office, stationed in many parts of the world including  the U.S.  Robert Charles is listed in both Who's Who  of America and England during the mid 1920's issue's. This interesting family seems to have aspired and achieved beyond that of most Clipperton's of that time.