Andrew Jackson Clements (1832 - 1913)

Born 23 Dec 1832 in Clementsville, Clay County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Died 7 Nov 1913 at age 80 in Lakeland, Jefferson County, Kentucky

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Biography

Andrew Clements is Notable.

Andrew Clements was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Andrew Clements was born on December 23, 1832 in Clementsville, Clay County, Tennessee, USA. His parents were Christopher Clements and Mary Fraim.

He married Matilda Ann Harlan (1849–1923)

Children:

Mollie Clements (1867–1914)

D Carlos Clements (1872–1918)

Carrie Clements (1879–Death unknown)

Fred H Clements (1881–1947)

He married Nancy Jones (1836–1858)

He died on November 07, 1913 in Lakeland, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Career and Accomplishments

Clements, the son of Christopher Clements and Polly Fraim and the grandson of John Clemans (a Revolutionary War veteran), was born in Clementsville, Tennessee's Clay County. He studied medicine at Spencer, Tennessee's Burritt College and a private school before starting his career there. He later married Matilda Harlan, with whom he had four children: Mollie, Carlos, Carolyn, and Fred. His first wife, Nancy Jones Clements, passed away in 1858.

Clements served as a doctor for the First Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Volunteer Infantry, during the American Civil War (Union).

Clements served in the Thirty-seventh Congress from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863, after being elected as a Unionist.

In 1866 and 1867, he served in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He began his professional career again and started a school on his property for the residents of that region of the Cumberland highlands. 

On November 7, 1913, Clements passed away from pneumonia while being treated for senility at Central State Hospital in Lakeland, Jefferson County, Kentucky (age 80 years, 319 days).

He is buried in Glasgow, Kentucky's, Municipal Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Andrew Jackson Clements From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 April 2020), memorial page for Andrew Jackson Clements (23 Dec 1832–7 Nov 1913), Find A Grave: Memorial #7181953, citing Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD4-BKW : 19 March 2020), Andrew J Clements, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQT-QJM : 15 July 2017), A J Clements, District 4, Clay, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 11, sheet 265B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,248.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDV-B62 : 29 February 2020), Andrew F Clements in household of Christopher Clements, Jackson county, Jackson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 941, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WC-1Z2 : accessed 3 April 2020), Andrew J Clements, Magisterial District 1, Glasgow, Precincts 1, 4 (excl. Glasgow city), Barren, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 9B, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,507.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M28W-J2G : accessed 3 April 2020), A J Clements, Magisterial District 1, Barren, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 463; FHL microfilm 1,374,476.