James Augustus Clemmer, son of Jacob Henry and Jane (Clement) Clemmer, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 27, 1848. His father was the son of John Clemmer, a tobacco manufacturer of Philadelphia, and Elizabeth (Hague) Clemmer. He was born in Philadelphia, but at the age of ten went to Cincinnati, where he subsequently practiced law and held many positions of trust. The family was of Dutch origin, descended from Theodore Clemmer, who came from Holland to New Amsterdam and later settled in Philadelphia. Jane Clement Clemmer was the daughter of James Clement, a native of Ulster, Ireland, as was his wife Phebe McGee. James Clement served in the War of 1812. An ancestor was Robert Clement, who came from the north of Ireland to New Jersey in 1795.
He attended the Hughes High School in Cincinnati for several years, and received his final preparation for college under a private tutor in that city. He was given a Junior dissertation and a Senior second dispute appointment.
He studied law in his father's office after graduation, and was admitted to the bar at Cincinnati in April, 1874, when he became a partner with his father, under the firm name of J H & J A Clemmer. Just as a promising career was opening to him his health failed and he left Cincinnati for Boulder, Colo, in 1885. At first he was engaged in managing his father's mining interests and carrying on a cattle ranch of his own. Later he was occupied in mercantile pursuits. He performed the duties of dairy commissioner of Colorado from 1896 to 1898, and for about twenty years was chief office deputy in the sheriff's office, resigning this position on March 1, 1920. About 1890 he declined an appointment to the chair of mathematics in the University of Colorado, on account of his health.
He died in Boulder, April 16, 1920, after a lingering illness. His death was attributed to nervous complications resulting from a spinal injury received while rowing during his college days. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
He was married August 4, 1874, in South Norwalk, Conn., to Anne Delight, daughter of William L. And Delight (Gage) Wood, who survives him. They had one child, who died in infancy. Besides his wife he leaves a brother, Charles H Clemmer, ex-'71, of Medford, Mass., and a sister, Miss Carrie M Clemmer, of Cincinnati.
Source: Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year End
ing July 1, 1920.
He attended the Hughes High School in Cincinnati for several years, and received his final preparation for college under a private tutor in that city. He was given a Junior dissertation and a Senior second dispute appointment.
He studied law in his father's office after graduation, and was admitted to the bar at Cincinnati in April, 1874, when he became a partner with his father, under the firm name of J H & J A Clemmer. Just as a promising career was opening to him his health failed and he left Cincinnati for Boulder, Colo, in 1885. At first he was engaged in managing his father's mining interests and carrying on a cattle ranch of his own. Later he was occupied in mercantile pursuits. He performed the duties of dairy commissioner of Colorado from 1896 to 1898, and for about twenty years was chief office deputy in the sheriff's office, resigning this position on March 1, 1920. About 1890 he declined an appointment to the chair of mathematics in the University of Colorado, on account of his health.
He died in Boulder, April 16, 1920, after a lingering illness. His death was attributed to nervous complications resulting from a spinal injury received while rowing during his college days. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
He was married August 4, 1874, in South Norwalk, Conn., to Anne Delight, daughter of William L. And Delight (Gage) Wood, who survives him. They had one child, who died in infancy. Besides his wife he leaves a brother, Charles H Clemmer, ex-'71, of Medford, Mass., and a sister, Miss Carrie M Clemmer, of Cincinnati.
Source: Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year End
ing July 1, 1920.
James Augustus Clemmer, son of Jacob Henry and Jane (Clement) Clemmer, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 27, 1848. His father was the son of John Clemmer, a tobacco manufacturer of Philadelphia, and Elizabeth (Hague) Clemmer. He was born in Philadelphia, but at the age of ten went to Cincinnati, where he subsequently practiced law and held many positions of trust. The family was of Dutch origin, descended from Theodore Clemmer, who came from Holland to New Amsterdam and later settled in Philadelphia. Jane Clement Clemmer was the daughter of James Clement, a native of Ulster, Ireland, as was his wife Phebe McGee. James Clement served in the War of 1812. An ancestor was Robert Clement, who came from the north of Ireland to New Jersey in 1795.
He attended the Hughes High School in Cincinnati for several years, and received his final preparation for college under a private tutor in that city. He was given a Junior dissertation and a Senior second dispute appointment.
He studied law in his father's office after graduation, and was admitted to the bar at Cincinnati in April, 1874, when he became a partner with his father, under the firm name of J H & J A Clemmer. Just as a promising career was opening to him his health failed and he left Cincinnati for Boulder, Colo, in 1885. At first he was engaged in managing his father's mining interests and carrying on a cattle ranch of his own. Later he was occupied in mercantile pursuits. He performed the duties of dairy commissioner of Colorado from 1896 to 1898, and for about twenty years was chief office deputy in the sheriff's office, resigning this position on March 1, 1920. About 1890 he declined an appointment to the chair of mathematics in the University of Colorado, on account of his health.
He died in Boulder, April 16, 1920, after a lingering illness. His death was attributed to nervous complications resulting from a spinal injury received while rowing during his college days. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
He was married August 4, 1874, in South Norwalk, Conn., to Anne Delight, daughter of William L. And Delight (Gage) Wood, who survives him. They had one child, who died in infancy. Besides his wife he leaves a brother, Charles H Clemmer, ex-'71, of Medford, Mass., and a sister, Miss Carrie M Clemmer, of Cincinnati.
Source: Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year End
ing July 1, 1920.
He attended the Hughes High School in Cincinnati for several years, and received his final preparation for college under a private tutor in that city. He was given a Junior dissertation and a Senior second dispute appointment.
He studied law in his father's office after graduation, and was admitted to the bar at Cincinnati in April, 1874, when he became a partner with his father, under the firm name of J H & J A Clemmer. Just as a promising career was opening to him his health failed and he left Cincinnati for Boulder, Colo, in 1885. At first he was engaged in managing his father's mining interests and carrying on a cattle ranch of his own. Later he was occupied in mercantile pursuits. He performed the duties of dairy commissioner of Colorado from 1896 to 1898, and for about twenty years was chief office deputy in the sheriff's office, resigning this position on March 1, 1920. About 1890 he declined an appointment to the chair of mathematics in the University of Colorado, on account of his health.
He died in Boulder, April 16, 1920, after a lingering illness. His death was attributed to nervous complications resulting from a spinal injury received while rowing during his college days. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
He was married August 4, 1874, in South Norwalk, Conn., to Anne Delight, daughter of William L. And Delight (Gage) Wood, who survives him. They had one child, who died in infancy. Besides his wife he leaves a brother, Charles H Clemmer, ex-'71, of Medford, Mass., and a sister, Miss Carrie M Clemmer, of Cincinnati.
Source: Yale University Obituary Record of Graduates Deceased During the Year End
ing July 1, 1920.
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