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Biographies of Scott County, 1888 John W. Clemson John W. Clemson, station agent and notary public of Oran, Mo., was born in Dresden, Weakley Co., Tenn., July 12, 1848. He is a son of Jonathan S. and Lumega (Fowler) Clemson. Jonathan S. Clemson was born in North Carolina in 1818, and removed to Tennessee in 1844. Lumega (Fowler ) Clemson was born in Granville County, N.C., in 1821, and is a daughter of John and Nancy (Henrick) Fowler, natives of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. When seven years of age, Lumega Fowler, with her parents, left her native State and located on a farm near Dresden, Tenn., where the parents died - John Fowler in 1855, aged eighty-seven years; and his wife in 1835, aged forty-six years. To them were born seven children. Those living are Sarah H. (aged seventy-three years), Charles E. (of Texas), John T. (of Fulton, Ky., with whom Sarah H. resides) and Mrs. Clemson (now living in Commerce, Mo). Lumega (Fowler) Clemson remained with her parents until she was married in 1846. She and her husband remained in Tennessee until 1856. When they came to Missouri and located in Ripley County, but the next year removed to Commerce, where Mr. Clemson died on March 28, 1868. They were the parents of five children: Magarie A.M. (wife of ex-county judge S.R. Jones, of Commerce), Nancy L. (widow of Virgil Porterfiled), John W., Georgiana (wife of Raymond Dodge, of Kansas City) and Charles E. (deceased). John W. remained with his parents until about twenty years of age, after which he was employed at various occupations until 1874, when he was elected constable of Sylvania Township and served four years. In March 1879, he entered the railroad office at Oran, Mo., as agent, and remained till 1880, when he went to Commerce and worked in a mill until May 21, 1881, when he came back to Oran and took his present position in the railroad office. He first married Louisa Pugh, of Commerce, who died November 9, 1876. On July 4, 1877, he wedded Jennie Friend, who died on January 7, 1885, leaving two children: Georgia R. and Jennie W. She lost two children in infancy; Thomas F. and John S. Mr. Clemson married his present wife Ella J. Harris, on February 24, 1886. She is a member of the Baptist Church. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., and of the A.O.U.W. This site is a AHGP Project which is a volunteer genealogical organization dedicated to the free access of genealogical information. NOTE: If you run across a site thats charges a fee to view these pages, please let me know This is a free site. There is not a charge to view these pages. Return To -C- Biographies 
 
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