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J.W. Clampitt was a pioneer Texas cattleman and law officer. Reared in Denton County, he joined his brother-in-law in ranching from 1883 to 1886. They moved to the “Free Grass” county of Presidio and operated the Chalk Valley Ranch, sometimes driving cattle 50 miles to water and carrying their food on the range in a typical pioneer “greasy sack.” After losing the herd in the 1885–1886 drought, Clampitt entered the hardware business in Ballinger with R.A. Hall. He later served as the second county sheriff and tax collector from 1890 to 1896. By his first wife, Elizabeth McAuley, he had 5 children, and by his second wife, Callie Mansker, he had 3.
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