Robert E Clemens

Memoirs of Georgia, Volume II

Published by the Southern Historical Assn, 1895.   

Marion County Sketches

Pages 483-492 

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Robert E Clemens, merchant and farmer, Buena Vista, Marion County, GA, son of J A and S B (McGough)

Clemens, was born in Marion county in 1854.  His paternal grandparents were Thomas J and Sarah Clemens. 

He was a farmer and an early settler in Talbot County GA, where he reared his family and ended his days. 

He was a soldier in the war of 1812.  Mr. Clemens' father went to Talbot county when a young man, whence

later he moved to Marion county and reared his family.  he was a farmer, was a large land owner, and also

owned many slaves.  He was a justice of the inferior court for many years; was an uncompromising democrat,

and an active and exemplary member of the Methodist church, to the end of his life in 1865.  Mr. Clemens;

maternal grandparents were Robert L and (Cabaniss) McGough.  He was an early settler of Monroe County,

GA where he lived all his life, dying at the age of ninety-six, and having lived with his wife seventy years. 

He was a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, and also in the Indian war of 1836.  Mr. Clemens was

reared on the farm about seven miles from Buena Vista, and received a county school education.  He

confined himself to his farming interests exclusively until 1887, when he embarked in a general merchandise

business in Buena Vista under the firm name of Clemens & McCall, in which he has been successful. 

He is also a large cotton buyer and owns a large warehouse.  He is a large stockholder and a director in

the Buena Vista Loan and Savings bank; is one of the wealthiest citizens, and recognized as one of the

ablest financiers in the county.  Mr. Clemens was happily united in marriage in 1875 with Miss Mattie L

McCall, born in Marion county in 1855 - daughter of Charles H and Lucinda (Thorp) McCall.  Six

children have blessed this union: Charles, Emmett, Dovie, Felton, Hattie and Robert.

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