Clement, John

CLEMENT, WASSONGIST

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CLEMENT, John
Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Newton, born in Butler Co., Ohio, May 5, 1830; lived there till 1846, when he moved to Cambridge, Indiana. Came to this county in the Fall of 1855, and has since made it his home. Married Martha WASSON May 9, 1851; they have had nine children, eight of whom are living. Mrs. C. died March 15, 1872. Mr. C.'s present wife was Mrs. Harriet J. GIST, whom he married August 4, 1872. Mr. C. and wife are members of the M. E. Church; in politics he is a Democrat. He has been quite unfortunate for the past two years, being confined to the bed in sickness most of the time. Owns a farm of forty-five acres, valued at $25 per acre, upon which there is a coal mine that is yielding about 2,000 bushels of coal per month. ~ "Sherman Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)