Son of Sherrard Clemens and Catherine Elizabeth "Betty" Dawson, his death certificate indicates he was widowed, cotton man lived in Memphis 25 years.H. D. Clemens informant.
He was married to Roberta G. Hilliard, and they appear on the 1900 census, Yazoo, Mississippi where he is a cotton buyer. His wife Birdie 26 born Mississippi and his widowed mother Catherine E. Clemens born August 1832 Miss. and had 6 children 2 living. Also in household is his widowed sister Catherine E McDonald 40 born Louisiana and her children.
Sherrard and Roberta/Birdie had children Sherrard C and Hilliard Dawson.
More info on his father Sherrard:
a Representative from Virginia; born in Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), on April 28, 1820; appointed a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point, but resigned after six months; was graduated in law from Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Washington, Pa.; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Wheeling; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Thompson and served from December 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853; elected to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860; member, State convention, 1861; resumed the practice of law in Wheeling, W.Va.; moved to St. Louis, Mo., and continued the practice of law; died in St. Louis, Mo., June 30, 1881; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
There is a death record for Dawson Clemens Nov 20, 1865, age 6 years 6 mons, son of Sharrard and Betty Clemens. Died of typhoid fever, Wheeling Creek.
His brother James Wolfe Clemens 22 born Wheeling enlisted in Army, Nov 3 1879, Columbus, Ohio, but desertedJuly 3 1880.
He was married to Roberta G. Hilliard, and they appear on the 1900 census, Yazoo, Mississippi where he is a cotton buyer. His wife Birdie 26 born Mississippi and his widowed mother Catherine E. Clemens born August 1832 Miss. and had 6 children 2 living. Also in household is his widowed sister Catherine E McDonald 40 born Louisiana and her children.
Sherrard and Roberta/Birdie had children Sherrard C and Hilliard Dawson.
More info on his father Sherrard:
a Representative from Virginia; born in Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), on April 28, 1820; appointed a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point, but resigned after six months; was graduated in law from Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Washington, Pa.; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Wheeling; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Thompson and served from December 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853; elected to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860; member, State convention, 1861; resumed the practice of law in Wheeling, W.Va.; moved to St. Louis, Mo., and continued the practice of law; died in St. Louis, Mo., June 30, 1881; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
There is a death record for Dawson Clemens Nov 20, 1865, age 6 years 6 mons, son of Sharrard and Betty Clemens. Died of typhoid fever, Wheeling Creek.
His brother James Wolfe Clemens 22 born Wheeling enlisted in Army, Nov 3 1879, Columbus, Ohio, but desertedJuly 3 1880.
Son of Sherrard Clemens and Catherine Elizabeth "Betty" Dawson, his death certificate indicates he was widowed, cotton man lived in Memphis 25 years.H. D. Clemens informant.
He was married to Roberta G. Hilliard, and they appear on the 1900 census, Yazoo, Mississippi where he is a cotton buyer. His wife Birdie 26 born Mississippi and his widowed mother Catherine E. Clemens born August 1832 Miss. and had 6 children 2 living. Also in household is his widowed sister Catherine E McDonald 40 born Louisiana and her children.
Sherrard and Roberta/Birdie had children Sherrard C and Hilliard Dawson.
More info on his father Sherrard:
a Representative from Virginia; born in Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), on April 28, 1820; appointed a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point, but resigned after six months; was graduated in law from Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Washington, Pa.; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Wheeling; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Thompson and served from December 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853; elected to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860; member, State convention, 1861; resumed the practice of law in Wheeling, W.Va.; moved to St. Louis, Mo., and continued the practice of law; died in St. Louis, Mo., June 30, 1881; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
There is a death record for Dawson Clemens Nov 20, 1865, age 6 years 6 mons, son of Sharrard and Betty Clemens. Died of typhoid fever, Wheeling Creek.
His brother James Wolfe Clemens 22 born Wheeling enlisted in Army, Nov 3 1879, Columbus, Ohio, but desertedJuly 3 1880.
He was married to Roberta G. Hilliard, and they appear on the 1900 census, Yazoo, Mississippi where he is a cotton buyer. His wife Birdie 26 born Mississippi and his widowed mother Catherine E. Clemens born August 1832 Miss. and had 6 children 2 living. Also in household is his widowed sister Catherine E McDonald 40 born Louisiana and her children.
Sherrard and Roberta/Birdie had children Sherrard C and Hilliard Dawson.
More info on his father Sherrard:
a Representative from Virginia; born in Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), on April 28, 1820; appointed a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point, but resigned after six months; was graduated in law from Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Washington, Pa.; was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Wheeling; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Thompson and served from December 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853; elected to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860; member, State convention, 1861; resumed the practice of law in Wheeling, W.Va.; moved to St. Louis, Mo., and continued the practice of law; died in St. Louis, Mo., June 30, 1881; interment in Calvary Cemetery.
There is a death record for Dawson Clemens Nov 20, 1865, age 6 years 6 mons, son of Sharrard and Betty Clemens. Died of typhoid fever, Wheeling Creek.
His brother James Wolfe Clemens 22 born Wheeling enlisted in Army, Nov 3 1879, Columbus, Ohio, but desertedJuly 3 1880.
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