 powell clayton (august 7, 1833august 25, 1914) was an engineer, a union army general in the american civil war and the first reconstruction republican governor of arkansas. he was appointed as united states ambassador to mexico during the administrations of u.s. presidents william mckinley and theodore roosevelt. ==early life== thumb|left|clayton as a young man clayton was born in bethel in delaware county in pennsylvania, to john and ann glover clayton. he was a direct descendent of william clayton, originally from chichester, england.[http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/heartland/6630/claytonfam.html&date=2009-10-25+07:29:51 clayton, thomas j., rambles and reflections, chester pa. (1899), pp. 399-400 clayton the immigrant was a close friend of george fox, founder of the quakers, and william penn, founder of pennsylvania. john clayton was an orchard keeper and carpenter. john and ann clayton had ten children in all; six died in infancy. the young clayton attended a private military academy in bristol, pennsylvania, north of philadelphia. he later attended engineering school at wilmington, delaware. he moved to kansas in 1855 and served as an engineer at leavenworth, kansas. on april 29, 1861, he is recorded as having a company of militia at fort leavenworth. his brothers william and 
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