John D. Clements
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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 6 July 2004

Sources:
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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