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Dr James Brackenridge Clemens

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Dr James Brackenridge Clemens

Birth
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA
Death
11 Jan 1867 (aged 41)
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.6983639, Longitude: -75.2175611
Plot
D-82
Memorial ID
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Source: Wheeling Daily Register, January 18, 1867: excerpt from article reporting his death Easton, Pennsylvania by Typhoid Fever. It states " In July 1845, he graduated at Virginia Military Institute, Lexiington, VA. In the Spring of 1848, he graduated in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania.
He was married November 10, 1850, to Miss Susan B. Wagner, daughter of Hon. David D. Wagner of Easton. He came to Easton in 1851 and this has been his place of residence since. As a member of the Medical Faculty of Easton, he stood in the first rank and was active member of Medical Association of the Region."
"When Lee invaded the State in 1862, he acted as Drill Master of the McClellan Drill Corp, then Captain and afterwards, Lieutenent -Colonel of the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment." etc

Contributor: genieresearcher 47587598

James Brackenridge Clemens (31 January 1825, Wheeling, West Virginia – 11 January 1867, in Easton, Pennsylvania) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He described many new species. His collection of Microlepidoptera is in the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia.

Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wheeling Daily Register, January 18, 1867: excerpt from article reporting his death Easton, Pennsylvania by Typhoid Fever. It states " In July 1845, he graduated at Virginia Military Institute, Lexiington, VA. In the Spring of 1848, he graduated in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania.
He was married November 10, 1850, to Miss Susan B. Wagner, daughter of Hon. David D. Wagner of Easton. He came to Easton in 1851 and this has been his place of residence since. As a member of the Medical Faculty of Easton, he stood in the first rank and was active member of Medical Association of the Region."
"When Lee invaded the State in 1862, he acted as Drill Master of the McClellan Drill Corp, then Captain and afterwards, Lieutenent -Colonel of the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment." etc

Contributor: genieresearcher 47587598

James Brackenridge Clemens (31 January 1825, Wheeling, West Virginia – 11 January 1867, in Easton, Pennsylvania) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He described many new species. His collection of Microlepidoptera is in the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia.

Source: Wikipedia


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