Mary 'Mollie' Eleanor Stotts, daughter of William Stotts and Mary Patterson, was born in Illinois in 1834.
16-year-old Mollie is with her family in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1950. [1]
She married Orion Clemens in 1854 in Lee County, Iowa. [2]
Mollie and Orion made their way to Nevada where he served as territory secretary for Nevada - second in command to the Governor (appointed by President Lincoln). Orion had moved to Iowa at the very end of 1853, he became active in anti-slavery politics, leading him ultimately to working for Lincoln's election in 1860. Orion served 1861 - 1865.
Orion Clemens was defeated in his attempts to be nominated as a candidate for Secretary of State in 1864, the year their daughter, Jennie, died. He and his wife, Mollie, moved from Carson City about one-and-a-half years later, never to return.
Mollie and Orion
Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, United States
See also:
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: Orion Clemens
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Dec 1854
Event Place: Lee County, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Ellen Stotts
Spouse's Gender: Female
Attached to: Mary Eleanor Stotts
1850 U.S. Census, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States
William Statts M 50 Merchant Kentucky
Mary Statts F 52 Virginia
Joseph P Statts M 26 Kentucky
John E Statts M 23 Kentucky
William T Statts M 21 Kentucky
Mary E Statts F 16 Illinois
Isabella Statts F 12 Illinois
Green Casey Statts M 9 Iowa
E Knight Statts M 23 Plasterer
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