From: History of Vernon County, Missouri. 1887, p. 793

Among other professional men in this county Dr. Claycomb is deserving of honorable mention, and it is but the statement of a plain truth to say that he is a physician of true merit and worth. His career here has extended over a number of years, and during all this time he has steadily added to his ability as a physician the reputation which these years of experience have given him. A native of this State, he was born in Saline county July 28, 1856, and is, therefore, but little past the age of thirty years. George W. Claycomb, his father, originally from Virginia, was a mechanic by trade, and about the year 1841 became located in Missouri. His wife, formerly Miss E. J. Winning, bore three children, two of which are now living, one of whom, Stephen H. Claycomb, of Joplin, is the present State Senator from this district. Adnie K. died May 6, 1855, aged six and one-half years; Fillmore P., the subject of this sketch, up to the age of fourteen, remained in Saline county, then coming to Nevada, Vernon county, where he resumed the business of druggist, to which he had been reared. It was while occupied in this calling that he formed a taste for the medical profession, and accordingly he entered under a regular course of reading, first under the preceptorship of W. P. King, M. D., of Sedalia, following which he attended medical lectures at the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis. After graduating from that well-known institution in 1877 Dr. Claycomb came to Moundville to enter at once upon a career that was destined to be both honorable and successful. A partnership was first formed with Dr. E. J. Atkinson, hut since 1885 Dr. C. has been engaged in practice with Dr. Wheeler. He is now well established professionally and keeps abreast of the progress of his adopted calling, gaining as best he can a still more thorough knowledge of the treatment of diseases. Personally he is no less esteemed than as a physician. In 1879 the doctor was married to Miss Mary A. Shoemaker, of Lafayette county, Mo., daughter of Philip Shoemaker, Esq. They have two children: Susan E. and Walter Sewell. One is deceased, Jenner Winning. He belongs to both the I. 0. 0. F. and A. 0. U. W. fraternities.