- James Clemens, Jr.
Infobox Senator
name = James Clemens, Jr.
jr/sr =United States Senator
state=Missouri
party =
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date of birth = birth date|1791|10|29
place of birth = Danville, Boyle County,Kentucky
dead = dead
date of death = death date and age|1878|1|12|1791|10|29
place of death=St. Louis,Independent City ,Missouri
residence=
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profession=Businessman ,Banker ,Politician
religion=James Clemens, Jr. (Danville, Boyle County,
Kentucky ,October 29 ,1791 – St. Louis,Independent City ,Missouri ,January 12 ,1878 ) was an AmericanBusinessman ,Banker andSenator .Early life
He was the second son of four children of Jeremiah
Clemens (Loudoun County,Virginia ,September 16 ,1763 – Danville, Boyle County,Kentucky ,June 8 ,1826 ), and wife (m. ca 1788) JaneCochran (1764 –April 7 ,1821 ). They went toKentucky , thenKentucky County, Virginia , in 1787, where he operated "The Big Black Horse"tavern in Danville. His older brother Thomas Clemens (February 27 ,1790 –July 30 ,1826 ) died unmarried and without issue. His younger sisters were Elizabeth Clemens (1802 – living 1878) married with Charles Caldwell, and Isabella Clemens, married in 1833 with Thomas Reed.Career
He started his career engaged in
mercantile business with his uncle James Clemens, Sr. in Huntsville, Madison County,Alabama , then inMississippi Territory . He then moved toMissouri , then part ofMissouri Territory , in 1816, where he became a successfulstorekeeper . Later he became active inBanking . He did much to help the family ofMark Twain , of whom he was a relative. [http://chartiers.com/raybell/1981-clemens2.html] He then became aSenator in theUnited States Senate . ["Costados", Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 108]Marriage and children
He married on
January 10 ,1833 Elizabeth "Eliza" Brown Mullanphy (1812 – 1853) and had twelve children:
* John Mullanphy Clemens (November 11 ,1833 –July 30 ,1834 )
* Elizabeth M(ullanphy) Clemens (January 9 ,1835 –January 12 ,1835 )
* James Biddle Clemens (January 18 ,1836 –February 27 ,1878 ), married inMay , 1868 Elizabeth von Schrader, without issue
* Richard Graham Clemens (May 11 ,1837 –August 22 ,1854 )
* Bryan Mullanphy Clemens (January 11 ,1839 –December 28 ,1916 ), married onMarch 17 ,1864 Mary Ross Warfield (– 1870) and had two children:
** Eliza Brown Clemens (1865 –) (Couts-Shrader)
** James Ross Clemens (1866 –)
* Catherine Jane Clemens (September 13 ,1840 –August 3 ,1900 , married firstly onApril 16 ,1863 Joseph Bryan Cates (– 1877), and married secondly onSeptember 8 ,1880 Daniel Marsh Frost
* Helen Isabel Clemens (April 27 ,1843 –September 17 ,1904 ), married onApril 4 ,1866 her cousin James Wolfe Clemens (January 23 ,1829 – St. Louis,Independent City ,Missouri ,August 1 ,1873 ), and had a son:
** Thomas Breckinridge Clemens
** Elizabeth Frances Clemens (1867 – 1899), unmarried and without issue
** Mary Clemens (1870 – 1927), unmarried and without issue
* Emma C. Clemens (April 28 ,1846 –July 13 ,1847 )
* Jeremiah T. Clemens (July 19 ,1847 –August 3 ,1849 )
* Alice Bryan Clemens (St. Louis,Independent City ,Missouri ,May 12 ,1850 –Burzlaff ,August 19 ,1912 ,Lady ofBurzlaff andMandelatz , married inWiesbaden onMay 16 ,1871 Maximilian Felix Christoph Wilhelm Leopold Reinhold Albert Fürchtegott von Versen
* Frances M. Clemens (St. Louis,Independent City ,Missouri ,May 12 ,1850 –February 2 ,1853 )
* Jeremiah William Clemens (January 4 ,1852 –April 24 ,1894 ), unmarried and without issueReferences
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