Since the Benners, Clappers, Ettlemans, Forneys, and Studys are so interrelated, it is difficult to separate the exact settlements where the families were living.

Dwelling #124
Jacob Clapper (age 49) (farmer) (Pennsylvania) (born 1807)
Barbara Clapper (age 38) (Pennsylvania) (Barbara B. Forney Clapper) (born 1811)
Henry W. Clapper (age 17) (farmer) (Ohio) (born 1833)

Jacob and Barbara were married in about 1832. They had one child, Henry W., who was born in Stark County, Ohio. They moved to an area northeast of Plum Hollow in Dutch Hollow which became known as Clapperville. They built a humble house where they spent the remainder of their days.

Dwelling #404
Christian Clapper (age 45) (laborer) (Pennsylvania) (born 1805)
Margaret Clapper (age 50) (Germany) (Margaret Smith Ettleman Clapper) (born 1800)
Joseph Clapper (age 17) (laborer) (Ohio) (born 1832) (son of Christian Clapper and Catherine Miller)
Mary Clapper (age 15) (Ohio) (Mary Ann Clapper) (born 1834) (daughter of Christian Clapper and Catherine Miller)
Elizabeth Clapper (age 13) (Ohio) (born 1837) (daughter of Christian Clapper and Catherine Miller)
Susannah Clapper (age 9) (Illinois) (Susann Clapper) (born 1841) (daughter of Christian Clapper and Catherine Miller)

Christian Clapper and Jacob Clapper were brothers. Christian married Catherine Miller in 1828. She died in Mills County in 1848. He then married Margaret Smith. She was the widow of Jacob Ettleman, Sr. Christian married a third time to Susan Ettleman in 1856 while living in Box Elder County, Utah. Susan was the daughter of Jacob Frederick Ettleman and Margaret Smith.

Dwelling #405
George Ettleman (age 17) (Laborer) (Ohio) (born 1833) (son of Jacob Frederick Ettleman and Margaret Smith)
Susannah Ettleman (age 14) (Ohio) (Susan Ettleman) (born 1836) (daughter of Jacob Frederick Ettleman and Margaret Smith)
Mary Ettleman (age 9) (Ohio) (Mary Ellen Ettleman) (born 1840) (daughter of Jacob Frederick Ettleman and Margaret Smith)

These are the children of Jacob Frederick Ettleman and Margaret Smith. Jacob died in 1843 probably in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.

Dwelling #406
Henry Clapper (age 20) (laborer) (Ohio) (Henry Christian Clapper) (born 1830) (son of Christian Clapper and Catherine Miller)
Sarah Clapper (age 18) (Ohio) (Sara Ann Ettleman Clapper) (born 1832) (daughter of Jacob Frederick Ettleman and Margaret Smith)

Henry C. Clapper married Sara Ann Ettleman and they had two daughters while living in Mills County. In 1853, he left for the Salt Lake Valley with the Henry Ettleman Company.
They resided, along with other families, in Box Elder County, Utah. Two sons were born there. By 1860, the family had moved back to Fremont County and Clapperville where their remaining children were born. In the 1860’s, he started west to seek his fortune in the gold mines of Idaho. He became part-owner in The Hell’s Gate Avalanche Ditch Company. The mine had piped water so that it could be used in washing down banks in search of precious metal. There he met his death in a violent manner in 1873.

Dwelling #207
Henry W. Clapper (age 27) (farmer) (Ohio) (born 1833) (see Dwelling #124 above)
Margaret E. Clapper (age 19) (Illinois) (Margaret Emma Forney Clapper) (born 1841) (daughter of George Forney and Catherine Study)
Barbara E. Clapper (age 2) (Iowa) (Barbara Emeline Clapper) (born 1857)
Geo. Clapper (age 1 month) (Iowa) (George Jacob Clapper) (born 1860)

Henry married in 1856 to Margaret Emma Forney, the daughter of George Forney and Catherine Study. He was a farmer and lived on a farm most of his life. Henry was a fine violinist. Both are buried in the Thurman Cemetery.

Dwelling #215
Christian Clapper (age 50) (farmer) (Pennsylvania) (see Dwelling #404 in 1850 Census)
Margaret Clapper (age 54) (Hanover, Germany)

Dwelling #216
Susan Clapper (age 20) (Illinois) (Susan Ettleman Clapper) (daughter of Jacob Frederick Ettleman and Margaret Smith) (born 1836) (see Dwelling #405 in 1850 Census)
Henry C. Clapper (age 1) (Utah) (Christian William Clapper) (born 1849) (son of Christian Clapper and Susan Ettleman)

Dwelling #196
Jacob Clapper (age 53) (farmer) (Pennsylvania) (born 1807) (see Dwelling #124 in 1850 Census)
Barbara Clapper (age 49) (Pennsylvania) (Barbara B. Forney Clapper) (born 1811)

Dwelling #197
Henry Clapper (age 30) (Ohio) (Henry Christian Clapper) (born 1830) (see Dwelling #406 in 1850 Census)
Sarah A. Clapper (age 28) (Ohio) (Sara Ann Ettleman Clapper) (born 1832)
Lucy A. Clapper (age 9) (Iowa) (Lucy Ann Clapper) (born 1850)
Mary E. Clapper (age 7) (Iowa) (Mary Ellen Clapper) (born 1852)
Henry J. Clapper (age 5) (Utah) (Henry Jacob Clapper) (born 1855)
Christian E. Clapper (age 3) (Utah) (Christian Eli Clapper) (born 1857)