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The Family of James Clemens of Buffalo Township, Washington County, Pa. |
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James8 Clemens was an eighth generation descendant of Richard1 Clements
of Croft, Leicestershire, England. James was a great-great-greatuncle
of Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twain).
Family of
James8 Clemens b 1734 N J d Oct 1795 Buffalo Twp, Washington Co, Pa
m c1762 Hannah Walton b c1742 d 1817 - to Washington Co 1774
1. Jeremiah Clemens b Sep 16-1763 Loudoun Co, Va d Jun 8-1826 Danville, Ky
m c1788 Jane Cochran b 1764 d Apr 7-1821 - to Ky 1787 - operated
"The Big Black Horse" tavern in Danville
a. Thomas b Feb 27-1790 d Jul 30-1826
b. James "Jr" b Oct 29-1791 d Jan 12-1878 St Louis, Mo m Jan 10-1833
Elizabeth Brown Mullanphy b 1812 d 1853 - engaged in merchantile
business with his uncle, James "Sr", at Huntsville, Ala - to Mo
1816 - successful storekeeper - active in banking - did much to
help the family of Mark Twain
i. John Mullanphy b Nov 11-1833 d Jul 30-1834
ii. Elizabeth M(ullanphy) b Jan 9-1835 d Jan 12-1835
iii. James Biddle b Jan 18-1836 d Feb 27-1878 m May 1868 Elizabeth
(von Schrader
iv. Richard Graham b May 11-1837 d Aug 22-1854
v. Bryan Mullanphy b Jan 11-1839 d Dec 28-1916 m Mar 17-1864
Mary Ross Warfield d 1870
Ch: Eliza Brown b 1865 (Couts-Shrader), James Ross b 1866
vi. Catherine Jane b Sep 13-1840 d Aug 3-1900 m1 Apr 16-1863
Joseph Bryan Cates d 1877, m2 Sep 8-1880 Daniel Marsh Frost
vii. Helen Isabel b Apr 27-1843 d Sep 17-1904 m Apr 4-1866
James Wolfe Clemens (see 3.a.iv. below) Ch: Thomas Breckinridge
viii. Emma C b Apr 28-1846 d Jul 13-1847 1867-99, Elizabeth Frances
ix. Jeremiah T b Jul 19-1847 d Aug 3-1849 1870-1927, Mary
x. Alice B b May 13-1850 d Aug 20-1912 m May 16-1871 Mazimilian
Von Versen d Oct 9-1893
xi. Frances M b May 12-1850 d Feb 2-1853
xii. Jeremiah William b Jan 4-1852 d Apr 24-1894
c. Elizabeth b 1802, living 1878, m Charles Caldwell
d. Isabella m 1833 Thomas Reed
2. Christina Clemens b Jan 21-1765, narrow escape from Indians as a girl
m c1786 Leven Williams d 1804
3. William Clemens b Jan 30-1767 d Jan 17-1849 Buffalo Twp m 1794
Mary Wolf b 1776 d 1832
a. James Walton (MD) b May 26-1795 d Nov 21-1846 Wheeling W Va -
Washington College 1818 m Jun 7-1819 Eleanor Sherrard (dau of Wm)
i. Sherrard b Apr 28-1820 d Jun 30-1881 St Louis, Mo - Washington
College 1841, member Congress 1852-53 1857-- 61, author of
Clemens history m ---
Ch: Sherrard b 1862, and others
ii. Mary Cornelia
iii. Ellen Eliza
iv. James Wolf b Jan 23-1829 d Aug 1-1873 St Louis, see above
v. Jacob Breckinridge
b. Jacob b Nov 6-1796, freeman Buffalo Twp 1818-21, dead 1849
c. Abraham b Sep 7-1798 d Oct 21-1885 Wheeling, W Va m Oct 26- 1819
Catharine Mullin (dau of John) d Dec 12-1859
i. John Mullin b Sep 16-1820 d Nov 16-1886 Pittsburgh, Pa
m Nov 14-1844 Elizabeth Hamilton b Oct 18-1821 d Jan 8-1889
Ch: William Alexander 1845-1920, John Hamilton b 1847, Robert
Armstrong 1849-1924, Abraham W 1852-1900, George Hamilton
1854-1936, James Kerr 1856-1884, Margaret Kerr 1858-1861,
Edward D b 1862
ii. William b Sep 13-1825, missionary to Africa, d at sea Jun 24-
1862 - Washington College 1850 m Martha E Jackson
iii. Martha J b 1827
iv. Sarah E b 1829
v. Ann E b 1833
d. Elizabeth b Feb 1-1800 (an Elizabeth age 69 living with Abraham
Wolf, Buffalo Twp 1870)
e. William b Apr 25-1803 d Jun 20-1834 buried East Buffalo
m Aug 6-1823 Elizabeth Henderson
i. William b Jun 6 1824 d Mar 10-1913 Hopewell Twp m c1857 Mary Sears
b 1832, living 1915
Ch: Sarah E (Hand) b 1858, Margaret b 1861, William E b 1865,
Helen V b 1867, Sabina b 1869, John b 1871
ii. Rebecca b Feb 10-1828 d Nov 10-1837 buried East Buffalo
iii. Sabina b 1830, living 1905 m c1853 William Ross b 1814 d Feb 7-
1890 East Finley Twp
Ch: William H b 1854, John E b 1861, Daniel S b 1863, Alice B
b 1864, Ulysses Grant b 1866, Shuman C b 1868, Elizabeth
Catherine b 1869
iv. Hester b 1833 d Jan 18-1905 Taylorstown, Pa m Jul 8-1852 Edward
R Grimes (son of John b Ireland 1793) b 1823 d Mar 5-1885
Ch: John N b 1853, Elizabeth Jane b 1854 d Oct 3-1937 m William
Clemens (see below), Susanna (Jolly) b 1857, Harriet
(Jolly) b 1859, William T b 1861, Dorenda (Potter) b 1865,
Margaret (Armstrong) b 1866, Samuel b 1868, Nora (Hindman)
b 1871, Edith (Grimm) b 1873
f. John C b Dec 28-1804 d Jul 6-1873 buried at Washington, Pa - marker
at entrance to cemetery m c1836 Louisa Hupp (dau of John)
b Jul 10-1815 d Nov 30-1875
i. James C(ox) b c1837 d yg
ii. John Hupp b 1839 d Jun 17-1864 Civil War
iii. Isaac W(olf) b 1842, Wellsburg, W Va 1910 m ---
Sons: John H (Columbia, Mo), Jesse P (Cherryvale, Kans), Archie
iv. Veturia b Aug 24-1845 d Oct 25-1873
v. Louisa b c1848 m Jan 1-1885 William M Horn
b Apr 18-1839 d May 18-1932, no issue
vi. William M b May 27-1851 d Nov 15-1938 m Elizabeth Jane Grimes - see above
Ch: William Alonzo (Yonkers, NY), Hester Grimes (Renz) 1878-
1949, Mary Belle (Allison) 1881-1965, Louisa Hupp (Sanders)
Veturia 1885-1956, Ida Mae (Smith), Juanita Maude (Tilley) El Paso, Tex
vii. Alonzo Walton b 1857 d Feb 3-1933, single
g. Hannah b Oct 30-1806 m1 Feb 22-1827 Jacob Horn ?m2 Joseph Coleman living 1893
h. Sabina b Nov 6-1808
(Note: A Jeremiah Clemens 1799-1865 lived in Wheeling, West Virginia
Sons: Samuel B, James W, Jeremiah - relationship not known)
i. Amos W b Aug 14-1810 d 1899 Jamestown, Colo m2 Aug 20-1836
Christiana Boyd b 1812 d 1882
i. Theodore b Feb 2-1832 d 1883 Jamestown m 1861 Susan Caroline
Murray b Mar 6-1843 d Mar 1-1922
Ch: Walton Boyd 1861-1933, Clara Van Voorhees (Webster) 1863-
1946, Ewing 1865-1870, William Murray 1872-1955
ii. Aszhath b May 8-1839 d Feb 3-1841
iii. Elizabeth E S b Aug 4-1841 d May 4-1843
iv. Clara b 1846 m Ewing Atkinson
v. Asenith V b 1848
vi. Virginia b 1850 d Mar 5-1925 m Thomas B Hamilton b 1848 d 1878
vii. William b Dec 20-1853 West Union W Va
j. Jeremiah b May 10-1812 d Aug 25-1828
k. Delilah b Feb 6-1815 m? Nov 10-1829 James Cisco
l. Hester b Jul 2-1818 m Oct 3-1844 Samuel Marshall
4. Abraham Clemens b Oct 3-1769 d Jul 4-1841 m Elizabeth Wolf - no issue
had tavern at Taylorstown
5. Ann Clemens b Oct 5-1771 m Thomas Craig
6. Ruth Clemens b Mar 26-1773 m Garard Williams
7. John Clemens b Sep 12-1775 d Dec 1814 m Jul 15-1813 Mary Flack
(she m2 John Steel My 17-21
a. Jane b 1814 m Aug 23-1831 Abraham Riddle
8. Parmelia Clemens b Apr 10-1777 m Charles Williams
9. James Clemens "Sr" b Mar 4-1779 d 1861 Huntsville, Ala m --- Mills
went to Kentucky, then Huntsville - in business with nephew, James
"Jr" - during the War of 1812 they made a lot of money by making
saltpetre and selling it to the government for gunpowder
a. Jeremiah b Dec 28-1814 d May 21-1865 m Dec 4-1834 Mary L 29. Read -
noted as author, lawyer, United States Senator (1849- 53) -
wrote four historical novels
Ch: Mary R
b. Archibald M
c. Isabella m Robert S Branden
10. Hannah Clemens b Mar 5-1781 dead 1803 m William Hawkins - to Ky
a. James C - Ky
11. Ezekiel Clemens b Jul 18-1783, in Pa 1812, sold land, no further record
12 Hester Clemens b Jun 18-1785 m James Clelland
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There was another Clemens family in Donegal Township which was
not related. It was of German origin. Adam Clemens c1754-1824
had sons: John, Nicholas, George, David and likely Philip and
Abraham. They have numerous descendants in Washington County.
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This article was transcribed by Liz DuBois of Bremerton, WA in February 1998.
| Raymond M. Bell Anthology Genealogy in Washington Co., PA |
Published with permission of Raymond M. Bell.