Gravestone Records of Tama County, Iowa, p 31
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Suggested edit: A family researcher says Melvin killed Will Burghduff on 17 June 1901, because he had insulted his wife.
Melvin's sons Ralph and Harley were adopted and raised by his brother Barney Clemens.
Kent D. Myrick Find A Grave ID 46823561
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Muscatine News-Tribune - Muscatine, Iowa 05 Mar 1907, Tue • Page 7
WOULD DIVORCE MURDERER.
Six Years Since Melvin Clemens Killed Man Names Burghduff -- Husband in Penitentiary
Marshalltown, Iowa, March 2 -- Mrs. Minnie Clemens, formerly of Eldora, but now a domestic in a prominent family here, has filed a petition for divorce from her husband, Melvin Clemens, who is serving a twenty years sentence in Anamosa penitentiary for the murder of a man names Burghduff at Union about six years ago.
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Suggested edit: A family researcher says Melvin killed Will Burghduff on 17 June 1901, because he had insulted his wife.
Melvin's sons Ralph and Harley were adopted and raised by his brother Barney Clemens.
Kent D. Myrick Find A Grave ID 46823561
____________________
Muscatine News-Tribune - Muscatine, Iowa 05 Mar 1907, Tue • Page 7
WOULD DIVORCE MURDERER.
Six Years Since Melvin Clemens Killed Man Names Burghduff -- Husband in Penitentiary
Marshalltown, Iowa, March 2 -- Mrs. Minnie Clemens, formerly of Eldora, but now a domestic in a prominent family here, has filed a petition for divorce from her husband, Melvin Clemens, who is serving a twenty years sentence in Anamosa penitentiary for the murder of a man names Burghduff at Union about six years ago.
Gravestone Records of Tama County, Iowa, p 31
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Suggested edit: A family researcher says Melvin killed Will Burghduff on 17 June 1901, because he had insulted his wife.
Melvin's sons Ralph and Harley were adopted and raised by his brother Barney Clemens.
Kent D. Myrick Find A Grave ID 46823561
____________________
Muscatine News-Tribune - Muscatine, Iowa 05 Mar 1907, Tue • Page 7
WOULD DIVORCE MURDERER.
Six Years Since Melvin Clemens Killed Man Names Burghduff -- Husband in Penitentiary
Marshalltown, Iowa, March 2 -- Mrs. Minnie Clemens, formerly of Eldora, but now a domestic in a prominent family here, has filed a petition for divorce from her husband, Melvin Clemens, who is serving a twenty years sentence in Anamosa penitentiary for the murder of a man names Burghduff at Union about six years ago.
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Suggested edit: A family researcher says Melvin killed Will Burghduff on 17 June 1901, because he had insulted his wife.
Melvin's sons Ralph and Harley were adopted and raised by his brother Barney Clemens.
Kent D. Myrick Find A Grave ID 46823561
____________________
Muscatine News-Tribune - Muscatine, Iowa 05 Mar 1907, Tue • Page 7
WOULD DIVORCE MURDERER.
Six Years Since Melvin Clemens Killed Man Names Burghduff -- Husband in Penitentiary
Marshalltown, Iowa, March 2 -- Mrs. Minnie Clemens, formerly of Eldora, but now a domestic in a prominent family here, has filed a petition for divorce from her husband, Melvin Clemens, who is serving a twenty years sentence in Anamosa penitentiary for the murder of a man names Burghduff at Union about six years ago.
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