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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 6 July 2004 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part VI. Biographical Sketches Wayne Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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Biographical sketch of Isaac Clements on page 1044 |
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JOHN
D. CLEMENTS, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born in Wayne Township Aug.
11, 1825; is a son of John and Catharine (Dutterow)
Clements. The paternal ancestors were of Irish descent, the original
ancestors coming from Ireland, emigrating to America prior to the Revolutionary
war, locating first in Pennsylvania. The grandfather Clements, who, it
is believed, was named Greer, became a resident of Ohio,
near Cincinnati, in an early day, where he was shot by the Indians. The
maternal ancestors were from Germany. John, the father
of our subject, was raised and grew to manhood near Cincinnati; was married
and located in Warren County; he, with his family and mother, settled
in Wayne Township, it is believed, about 1804; here they lived an died;
they had six sons and four daughters – Henry, Jesse,
Samuel, Cynthia, Margaret,
Forgus, John, Isaac,
Elizabeth and Mary C. John
was a farmer and a pioneer, and remained on the place where he first located
till his death. He was a soldier in the War
of 1812. Our subject remained with his father till after his majority.
In the spring of 1855, he went to Illinois, where he resided until the
winter of 1858, when he returned to Ohio. In August, 1862, he enlisted
in the war of the rebellion, in Company
H, 79th O. V. I., and served through the war; was with Sherman in
his great march through the South to the sea; was engaged in the battles
of Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Averysboro and others, but escaped without
a wound and was mustered out at Camp Dennison June 5, 1865. He entered
as First Duty Sergeant and was promoted to First Lieutenant. On Jan. 3,
1867, was celebrated his marriage with Elizabeth V.,
daughter of Hiram and Rachel Ann Taylor,
whose ancestral history will be found in the sketch of Hiram Taylor.
Mr. Clements and wife have two children – Charles
H., born Jan. 15, 1868, and John Howard, born
April 6, 1879. Mr. Clements after his marriage located
on the place where he still resides; this place he purchased of Newell
Brown’s heirs; it consisted of 105 acres of land, from
which he has sold 25 acres; it has good buildings and improvements and
is located two and a half miles southwest of Waynesville. |
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