From another entry:
William Getter Clatterbuck forth with identified himself vigorously with the activities of the pioneer community and eventually developed one of the excellent farms of this section of the state, the area of his landed estate having been nearly three hundred acres and the place having been given over to diversified agriculture and stock growing , through the medium of which he gained definite success. he owned a number of slaves prior to the Civil War and was a man of strong individuality, marked thrift and industry and of sterling character, so that he naturally wielded no little influence in the community which long represented his home and was the stage of his well ordered endevors. He originally affiliated with the Whig party but finally became an ardent supporter of the cause of the Democratic party. He died in 1874, at the age of sixty one years and hsi loved and devoted wife survived him by several years, and the names of both meriting enduring place on the roster of the honored peioneers of Northwestern Missouri.

They became the parent sof eight childrenm all of whom are living and the names of whom are here entered in respective order of birth: John L., Elizabeth, William S., Benjamin F., Waller, James H., Robert Thomas and Caroline. Together they had eight children and developed an excellent farm of nearly three hundrend acres consisting of diversified agriculture and stock raising. He owned a number of slaves prior to the Civil war and was a man of strong individuality and marked thrift. He was orginally affiliated witht he Whig party, but finally beame an ardent support of the cause of the Democratic Party.