JAMES W. CLEMENTS, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Platteville; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., April 24, 1831, and came to Wisconsin in 1879; he now owns 160 acres of land nicely improved. He enlisted in Company E, 154th N. Y. V. I., was wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Fredricksburg, Va., and taken to Richmond, afterward exchanged and was with Sherman on the march to the sea. His wife, Amanda Francis, was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., June 6, 1837; married in the year 1854; they have five children - Ella J., born Sept. 18, 1855; Hattie, born Sept. 16, 1857; Alma, born Aug. 21, died Sept. 17, 1876; Lida, born July 9, 1866; Neal, born May 22, 1877. In politics, Republican; in religion, liberal believer.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.