Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1875, AUG. 608 THE CLEMENTS FAMILY. I. ELIZA J. COOPER, married John Wilson II. MARY E. COOPER. married Chas. Evans. III. JULIA A. COOPER. married William Montgomery IV. NANCY COOPER. married July 2. 1865, Rev. J. J. Daniel. V. JOHN T. COOPER. Aug. 20 - Nancy Clements having died, her son, John R. Clements administered. THE CLEMENTS LINEAGE. I. JOHN R. CLEMENTS (i), married Elizabeth Thompson, in Ireland. and emigrated to Virginia. Their son, II. ROGER CLEMENTS, was born January 1, 1762, on the James River, Virginia; died July 31, 1835; married January 25, 1787. Hannah Heathaway, born February 1768; died July 7, 1846. Their children were: 1, John; 2, Philip; 3, Elizabeth, mar- ried Aaron Masterson; 4, David; 5. Keturah. married John Hance; 6. James; 7, Zachariah; 8. William; 9. Gustavus; 10. Han- nah. married Jos. Ambrose; 11, Lewis; 12. Polly, married David Cassity; 13, Permelia, married M. D. Scrivener; 14, Nancy, mar- ried James West; 15, Jonathan. III. JOHNATHAN CLEMENTS, son of Roger, was born May 30, 1808; died by accidental drowning in 1850; married February 8, 1831, Nancy Williams. They lived in Montgomery County, Ky., until 1857, when the widow and children came West, and settled near Linkville. Children: I. JOHN R. CLEMENTS, b, June 9. 1834, in Montgomery Co., KY; came with his mother to Platte in 1857 entered the Union army under Col. Morgan, at the battle of Shiloh was taken prisoner, exchanged in 1863, reentered the army, and was with Sherman on his mare-h to the sea; returned to Platte in 1865. and is now living on his splendid farm of 340 acres on Todd's Creek. He is a Republican and a favorite with his party, as well as with his neighbors. He married March 9. 1859, Eliza J. Moore, b. May 16, 1839, dr. of James B. Children: 1. Jas. J. Clements, b. Feb. 22, 1860; married Feb. 22, 1887, Lena Searcy, dr. of Henderson; 2 children. 2. Benj. M. Clements, b. April 5, 1862; married Feb. 16, 1886, Mollie Russell, dr. of Mrs. Anna Russell. 3. William T. Clements, b. Sept. 15, 1867 4. Walter Clements, b. Dec. 13, 1869, married Susan Edwards 5. Madison Clements, b. March 3, 1872 6. Simeon Clements, b. May 8, 1874 7. Andrew F. Clements, b. Oct. 22, 1876 8. Claude Clements, b. May 28, 1880 9. Carrie J. Clements, b. July 20, 1882 II. MICHAEL CLEMENTS, a dwarf III. ELIZABETH A. CLEMENTS, married in 1854 Solomon D. Park