Samuel Beckett | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Samuel Johnson | Samuel Pepys | Samuel L. Jackson | Samuel R. Delany | Samuel Barber | Jeff Daniels | Samuel Goldwyn | Samuel | Samuel Alito | Samuel Butler | Charlie Daniels | Samuel Ramey | Samuel Morse | Samuel Gompers | Samuel de Champlain | Mitch Daniels | Samuel Sewall | Billy Daniels | Samuel Richardson | Samuel Hill | Samuel Fuller | Anthony Daniels | Samuel Purchas | Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood | Samuel Foote | Samuel Butler (novelist) | Gary Daniels | Samuel Sánchez |
Claflin was educated at Milford Academy, became a clerk in his father's store in Milford, and in 1831, with his brother Aaron and his brother-in-law Samuel Daniels, succeeded to his father's business.