I- _____ Clemons (a daughter)
II- _____ Clemons (a son)
III- Hamilton J.Clemons was born in Virginia and died in Cedarville, Greene
County, Ohio. He married Mary Myers on 14 November 1839 in Greene County,
Ohio.
IV- John Clemons was born in Virginia and may have died in Ohio. He married Mary Dalby (sister of Elizabeth Dalby who married John's brother William in 1833) on
12 April 1827 in Greene County, Ohio. The mother of these two girls was an older
sister of Seth Smith, married to Johns and Williams sister Nancy Clemons, below.
They may have had childen, but details are not known at this time.
V- Nancy Clemons was born 8 December 1808 in Loudoun County, VA and died after
1882 in White County, IN when she is known to have signed an autograph book for
her great-Granddaughter. She married Seth Smith on 12 April 1827 in Greene
County, OH. He was one of 13 children of Jacob Smith and Patience Ballenger and
was born 9 February 1798 in Hopewell, Frederick County, VA and died 16 August
1849 in Madison County, OH of cholera. They had six children:
A. Martha Smith was born 27 May 1828 in Greene County, OH and died 12 April
1908 in Chalmers, White County, IN. She married (1) Moses Ervin on 28
September 1848. Moses was born 29 March 1823 in Ohio and died 25 April
1870 in White County, IN. They had 10 children:
1. Samuel Ervin (b. abt 1849, d. ?)
2. Nancy Jane Ervin (b. 23 May 1851 - d. 1 August 1889) married Walter A.
Carr on 26 December 1867. They had four children:
a. Charles Francis Carr (b. 22 December 1868, d. 24 September 1870)
b. William Edward Carr (b. 11 January 1872, d. 24 January 1872)
c. Gertrude Bell Carr (b. 11 February 1875, d. 27 November 1967) married
(1)Robert M. Delzell in 1899 and (2) Francis E. Lister in 1905
d. Clay Whitley Carr (b. 5 April 1880, d. 7 August 1919) married Clara B. Day.
They had eight children:
i. Hazel Gladys Carr
ii. Helen Marguerite Carr
iii. Elma Elizabeth Carr
iv. Cecil Albert Carr
v. Russell Clay Carr
vi. Ervin Day Carr
vii. Bernard Glenn Carr
viii. Samuel Gerald Carr
3. Isadora B. Ervin (b. 6 March 1853, d. 4 August 1918) married John P.
Carr, brother of Walter Carr above. They had three children:
a. Franklin M. Carr (b. 20 August 1872, d. 1939) married Lovada
E. Wesner. They had four children:
i. Donald E. Carr
ii. Dale W. Carr
iii. Agnes Mildred Carr
iv. Ruth Catherine Carr
b. Martha L. Carr (b. 29 May 1874, d. 23 September 1960) married (1)
Charles W. Burbage, (2) John Kellenberger and (3) Edgar Alltop.
Marriage (1) resulted in four children:
i. William Thorpe Burbage
ii. Florence M. Burbage
iii. Roy Dean Burbage
iv. Stephen Carr Burbage
c. Dora Belle Carr (b. 15 November 1876, d. 3 July 1966) married (1) to
James Benjamin Albertson and (2) to Albert Boaz. Marriage 91) resulted
in five children:
i. Eva Bell Albertson
ii. Hazel Marie Albertson
iii. Gladys May Albertson
iv. Lucille Albertson
v. Jessie Arminta Albertson
4. Malissa Belle Ervin (b. abt 1854, d. 9 November 1882) married
Theodore W. Hollenback
5. Cheney Ervin (b. 1 August 1856, d. 16 September 1880)
6. Isaac Luther Ervin (b. July 1857, d. 15 November 1926) married Edith
Katherine Beam. They had six children:
a. Ethel Edith Ervin (b. 17 March 1883, d. May 1953) married William
Gilmore. They had five children:
i. Donald Vestal Gilmore
ii. Sophia Vonita Gilmore
iii. Beulah M. Gilmore
iv. Bernardine Carol Gilmore
v. Esther Glendoline Gilmore
b. Mabel Ruth Ervin (b. 27 November 1885, d. 19 August 1946) married
Lewis Harris Tatman. They had nine children
i. Dorrance Ervin Tatman
ii. Marcellus Alvin Tatman
iii. Clifford Delbert Tatman
iv. Ernestine Elizabeth Tatman
v. Paul Harris Tatman
vi. Edith Josephine Tatman
vii. Robert Amos Tatman
viii. Richard Chester Tatman
ix. Lorraine Hope Tatman
c. Lillian Maude Ervin (b. 22 June 1888, d. August 1983) married Charles R.
Baker. They had three children:
i. John C. Baker
ii. Katherine L. Baker
iii. Charles William Baker
d. Clarence Beam Ervin (b. 18 April 1891, d. January 1972) married Emma
Eleanor Martens. They had eight children:
i. Clarence Lorraine Ervin
ii. Eleanor Mae Ervin
iii. Virginia Rose Ervin
iv. Adeline Eleanor Ervin
v. Lucia Ann Ervin
vi. Donald Dean Ervin
vii. Robert William Ervin
viii. Lawrence Richard Ervin
e. Vintin Ervin (b. abt. 1893, d. 1893)
f. Robert Verne Ervin (b. 28 November 1895, d. 29 April 1970) married
Mary ____. They had two children:
i. Robert Verne Ervin, Jr.
ii. William F. Ervin
7. Harriet Josephine Ervin (b. 1853, d. 13 November 1933) married Lewis
Anderson Davisson on 29 November 1881. They had three children:
a. Unnamed Davisson (b. abt 1883, d. bef 1900)
b. Nellie E. Davisson (b. 20December 1884, d. 5 January 1964) married John
Mortimer Dyer. They had five children
i. Gordon A. Dyer
ii. Sherrille M. Dyer
iii. Morris D. Dyer
iv. Lowell Webb Dyer
v. Verna Mae Dyer
c. Robert Amazie Davisson (b. 26 July 1889, d. 3 January 1940) married
(1) Anna Bell Sterner and (2) Merle Beach. Marriage 91) resulted in three
children:
i. Robert Lawrence Davisson
ii. Harriett Rogene Davisson
iii. Sterner A. Davisson
8. John Lincoln Ervin (b. 17 March 1861, d. 13 July 1933) married (1) Blanche E.
Gruber (died shortly after marriage) and (2)Jennie May Francisco on 28
June 1893. They had five children:
a. Verne Lyman Ervin (b. 29 July 1895, d. ?) married Mary Beulah Fair.
They had five children:
i. Ruth L. Ervin
ii. Gerald V. Ervin
iii. Betty M. Ervin
iv. John Ervin
v. Thomas Ervin
b. Don M. Ervin (b. 25 October 1897, d. 29 July 1979) married
(1) Nellie S.
Janse and (2) Irene N. Gage
c. John Merle Ervin (b. 12 December 1902, d. 4 August
1976) married (1)
Lillian E. Talvensaari and (2) Maxine I. Trestain.
Marriage (1) resulted in one child:
i. Joanne Paula Ervin
Marriage (2) resulted in two children:
ii. Malcolm C. Ervin
iii. Mayland J. Ervin
d. Grant Devalson Ervin (b. 1 February 1905, d. 25 February 1970) married
Queene L. Munger. They had five children:
i. Richard G. Ervin
ii. Theodore Robert Ervin
iii. Gary D. Ervin
iv. Joseph Ervin
v. Sandra I. Ervin
e. DeVere Francisco Ervin (b. 4 February 1909, d. 18 March 1987) married
(1)Cecile Sawin, (2)Emma Amanda Fiedler and (3) Doris E. Barker.
Marriage (1) resulted in one child:
i. Barbara Ervin
Marriage (2) resulted in three children:
ii. Miriam Diane Ervin
iii. Janis Joy Ervin
iv. Douglas Edwin Ervin
9. Willie S. Ervin (b. 25 February 1863, d. 24 October 1863)
10. Walter Ervin (b. abt 1867, d. 17 November 1893)
Martha married (2)Stephen Bunnell on 7 September 1871 in White County,
Indiana. Stephen was born 9 February 1803 in Ross County, OH and died 25
April 1880 in White County, IN. They had no children.
B. Isaac J. Smith was born 21 April 1830 in Greene County, OH and died 2 August
1886 in White County, IN. He married Nancy Correll on 24 November 1853.
Nancy was born 16 December 1835 in Ohio and died 6 December 1898 in White
County, IN. They had ten children:
1. John Hurshell Smith (b. abt 1854, d. bef 1870)
2. Margaret Estella Smith (b. abt 1857, d. bef 1870)
3. Charles W. Smith (b. abt 1859, d. bef 1870)
4. Amanda B. Smith (b. 22 December 1861, d. 16 February 1951) married
Freeland F. Harmon. They had four children:
a. Everette Martin Harmon (b. 24 October 1882, d. 12 December 1960)
married Elizabeth Marjorie Decker. They had threee children:
i. Russell H. Harmon
ii. Edna Harriet Harmon
iii. Herbert F. Harmon
b. William Harmon (d. abt 1885, d. bef 1900)
c. Francis Edward (Frank) Harmon (b. 25 May 1887, d. 30 October 1959
married to Opal North
d. Blanche Harmon (b. 8 July 1901, d. 10 May 1906)
5. Maria May Smith (b. abt 1864, d. ?) married to ? Meyers
6. Virginia "Jennie" Smith (b. abt 1867, d. bef 1880)
7. Emma Smith (b. September 1869, d. bef 1880)
8. Cora B. Smith (b. 3 July 1871, d. 12 February 1962) married David F. Yost.
They had one child:
a. Erma N. Yost (b. 17 June 1899, d. January 1979) married George H.
Stinson. They had one child:
i. David Ray Stinson
9. Francis Malon Smith (b. May 1876, d. 1943) married Daisy B. Knox abt 1898.
They had one child:
a. Cecil Raymond Smith (b. 30 June 1899, d. February 1947) married Lois E.
Taylor. They had one child:
i. Raymond E. Smith
10. Isaac Luther Smith (b. 7 November 1879, d. 5 February 1891)
C. John Ballenger Smith was born 11 January 1835 in Greene County, OH and died
13 December 1903 in Argos, Marshall County, IN. He married Rebecca Ann
Mahin on 5 July 1855. Rebecca was born 1 April 1836 in Greene County, OH and
died 28 February 1925 in La Porte, La Porte County, IN. They had four children:
1. Luella B. "Martha" Smith (b. 6 April 1856, d. 31 January 1926) married (1)
Matthew Stephenson before 1880. They had no known children. She married
(2) Christian Siple on 22 April 1883 and had two children:
a. Luanna Blanche Siple (b. 25 December 1884, d. 19 June 1915) married
Solomon J. Shadel. They had four children:
i. Frances Siple Shadel
ii. Ruth Luella Shadel
iii. Henry Karl Shadel
iv. John Franklin Dale Shadel
b. John Dale Siple (b. 16 May 1891, d. 13 March 1946)married Elsie Marie
Zimmerman. They had one child:
i. John Dale Siple
2. Milton S. Smith (b. 17 November 1861, d. 3 July 1935) married (1) Alice L.
Preston on 19 May 1887. She died 25 May 1897. They had one child:
a. Vera A. Smith (b. October 1888, d. ?)
He then married (2) Lydia Hoover on 19 October 1899. They had two
children:
b. Earl G. Smith (b. abt 1902, d. ?)
c. Milton Hoover Smith (b. 8 April 1906, d. 15 August 1983) married Fairy ?
3. Grant Simpson Smith (b. 20 November 1863, d. 18 April 1949) married L. E.
____.
4. Laura Louise Smith (b. abt 1866, d. February 1962) married William Bryant
Blackstone. They had one known child:
a. Lillian Bell Blackstone (b. 1898, d. 1955)
D. Isabelle Smith was born 9 October 1839 in Madison County, OH and died ?. She
first married Burroughs Chaffin who was born about 1836 and died before 1899
and they had two children:
1. Rosetta Chaffin (b. 8 January 1863, d. ?) married to Milton A. Thomas. They
had one child:
a. Olie M. Thomas (b. November 1892,d. ?)
2. Albert M. Chaffin (b. abt 1864, d. bef 1920) married Victoria Stanbaugh.
They had three children:
a. Warren R. Chaffin (b. July 1894, d.?)
b. Florence V. Chaffin (b. October 1896, d. ?)
c. Paul P. Chaffin (b. April 1900, d. ?)
She next married Enoch Preston, father of Alice L. Preston who married John
Ballinger Smith's son Milton S. Smith, above. He was born 13 February 1827 in
Union County, IN and died 18 December 1906 in La Porte, La Porte County, IN.
E. William Hamilton Smith was born 23 August 1844 in Madison County, OH and
died 12 January 1845 in Madison County, OH.
F. Melvin Smith was born 2 December 1846 in Madison County, OH and died 15
August 1849 in South Solon, Madison County, OH.
VI- William Templer Clemons was born 11 March 1811 in Loudoun County, Virginia and
died 6 May 1894 in Van Wert County, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Dalby on 6
September 1833. Elizabeth was born 5 February 1815 and died 22 October 1891.
They are both buried in Woodland Cemetery in Van Wert, OH. They had nine
known children.
A. Francis Marion Clemans (b. 28 June 1835, d. 14 January 1916) married (1) Sarah
Isabella Chaffin and (2) Clara B. Chaffin, a cousin of his first wife. He had four
children in the first marriage.
1. Lilllie Viola Clemans (b. 28 July 1863, d. 2 October 1863)
2. William Leroy Clemans (b. 7 July 1865, d. 16 April 1939) married Retta Belle
Turnbull and they had one child:
a. Fred Leroy Clemans (b. 22 April 1892, d. 3 October 1952) married
Gertrude E. Reynolds. They had three children:
i. Dorothy Geneva Clemans
ii. Kent Leroy Clemans
iii. Joyce H. Clemans
3. Frederick Marion Clemans (b. March 1867, d. 25 January 1952) married
Anna S. Sceva
and they had five children;
a. John Francis Clemans (b. 1892, d. 1894)
b. Ella V. Clemens (b. 29 January 1895, d. 16 January 1994)
c. Florence Clemens (b. 28 December 1896, d. 11 July 1996)
d. Robert Duvall Clemans (b. 18 September 1898, d. 9 March 1975) married
Audrey M. Claar. They had two children:
i. Nancy Ann Clemans
ii. Margaret Louise Clemans
e. Frederick MCArthur Clemans (b. 25 April 1902, d.April 1985) married
Marian E. Miller. They had one child:
i. Marianna Clemens
4. Nellie Grace Clemans (b. 13 March 1876, d. 25 April 1879)
B. Sarah Emily Clemons (b. abt 1837, d. bef 1895) married Elza Sheely on 14
August 1855 in Greene County, OH. They had nine children:
1. Luella Jane Sheely (b. abt 1856, d. ?)
2. Margaret Elizabeth Sheely (b. 8 May 1860, d. 18 December 1944) married
John Vosburg Aitken and they had three children:
a. Ella Aitken (b. abt 1883, d. ?)
b. Janet Aitken (b. 7 January 1887, d, 21 August 1980) married John W.
Wagner. They had two children:
i. Margaret Elizabeth Wagner
ii. David John Wagner
c. Charles Elza Aitken (b. abt 1891, d. ?)
3. William L. Sheely (b. abt 1861, d.?)
4. James W. Sheely (b. December 1866, d. ?)
5. Lida J. Sheely (b. November 1868, d. 1914?) married ____ Edwards and they
had three children:
a. Samuel Edwards (b. November 1899, d. ?)
b. Lillian A. Edwards (b. November 1893, d. ?)
c. Blanche I. Edwards (b. February 1895, d. ?)
6. Marion Jefferson Sheely (b. 1870, d. 1948) married Lilly M. __ and
they had three children:
a. Edward W. Sheely (b. 20 August 1896, d. 8 March 1981)
b. Lois A. Sheely (b. October 1898, d. ?)
c. Harry L. Sheely (b. 3 January 1902, d. 1 July 1973) married (1) Lora __ and
(2) E. Grace Simones
7. Frederick Richard Sheely (b. 21 September 1873, d. 26 July 1951) married
Nellie Reid Clark. They had four children:
a. Mildred Lorene Sheely (b.12 January 1906, d. 1 June 1994) married
Clarence Alva Parkinson and they had two children.
i. Jean M. Parkinson
ii. Terry Parkinson
b. Charles Marcus Sheely (b. 21 September 1909, d. 6 July 1970) married
Mildred G. Schultz. They had no children.
c. Madge Irene Sheely (b. 31 August 1911, d. 27 June 1983) married (10
Donald Arthur Winans and had three children, then married (2) William
Daniels.
i. Jack Winans
ii. Betty Jo Winans
iii. Lu Ann Winans
d. Marian E. Sheely (b.29 May 1915, d. February 1992) married Gontron V.
Bedel. They had four children:
i. Anthony Bedel
ii. ? Bedel
iii. ? Bedel
iv. ? Bedel
8. Christopher Leroy Sheely (b. 8 January 1875, d. 10 April 1957) married Anna
Belle Hoagland and they had one child:
a. Helen Ida Sheely (b. 17 March 1901, d. 24 October 1982) married Frank
Leslie Mestrezatt Garard. They had three children:
i. Frank Leslie Garard
ii. Colleen Avarra Garard
iii. Harriett Garard
9. Charles E. Sheely (b. February 1877, d. ?)
C. Martha Clemons (b. 21 November 1837, d. 2 November 1873) married Matthew
S. Moorman and they had five children:
1. Rosetta Harriett Moorman (b. 1 February 1857, d.29 September 1937)
married James T. Heath and they had one known child:
a. Edna Heath (b. 1879, d 10 April 1933) married Jesse W. Brown. They had
one child:
i. Dorris H. Brown
2. Charles William Moorman (b. 26 February 1859, d. 7 June 1957) married
Nettie E. Turner and they had three children:
a. Leroy James Moorman (b. 28 October 1886, d. March 1958) married Edith
M. _____. They had two children:
i. Robert C. Moorman
ii. Ralph K. Moorman
b. Frank B. Moorman (b. 15 September 1889, d. 24 November 1972) married
Marguerite A. Owens. They had six children:
i. Marjorie L. Moorman
ii. Elizabeth L. Moorman
iii. James R. Moorman
iv. Kenneth Allen Moorman
v. Frank B. Moorman, Jr.
vi. Alfred A. Moorman
c. Howard Charles Moorman (b. 25 October 1895, d. June 1981) married
Flossie ____. They had two children:
i. Patricia Moorman
ii. Howard Charles Moorman, Jr.
3. Alice Matilda Moorman (b. 12 September 1862, d. 3 March 1941) married
Edward Peters.
4. Harry Leroy Moorman (b. 15 November 1863, d. 14 March 1950) married
Esther F. Bradds
and they had three children:
a. Clarence T. Moorman (b. July 1889, d. 20 March 1917)
b. Mary Bernice Moorman (b. 1 June 1891, d. 18 January 1946) married James
Earl Ford. They had nine children:
i. Harry Ernest Ford
ii. James Matthew Ford
iii. Helen L. Ford
iv. Marguerite R. Ford
v. Mary L. Ford
vi. Martha A. Ford
vii. Joan Ford
viii. Madeline Ford
ix. Harold L. Ford
c. Martha Rebecca Moorman (b. 6 May 1895, d. 3 January 1965) married
(1)Ernest T. Ellis. They had four children and then she married (2) Raymond
William Babb.
i. Earl L. Ellis
ii. Esther G. Ellis
iii. Robert M. Ellis
iv. Mary Jane Ellis
5. William Moorman (b. abt 1867, d. bef 1900) believed to have died in Oklahoma
Territory.
D. Angeline Clemons (b. abt 1841, d.bef 1897) married Josiah (or Joseph) Keys and
they had two children:
1. Elmer LeRoy Keys (b. 9 January 1866, d. 5 April 1931) married Clara Viola
Barton. They had eight children:
a. DeFord Albert Keys (b. 5 September 1898, d. April 1965) married Susie
R. _____
b. Ethel Beatrice Keys (b. 3 December 1901. d. 9 March 1909)
c. Vera D. Keys (b. 24 June l900, d. 25 January 1975) married William Joseph
Scheurich. They had two children:
i. William J. Scheurich
ii. Norman C. Scheurich
d. Ward O. Keys (b. 18 September 1903, d. 26 October 1921)
e. LeRoy Eldorse Keys (b. abt 1905, d. ?) married Mary E. _____
f. Norman C. Keys (b. abt 1908, d.?)
g. Donna June Keys (b. 2 July 1917, d. 7 January 1918)
h. Donald B. Keys (b. abt 1918, d.?)
2. William E. Keys (b. abt 1868, d. ?) married Cora Snyder
E. Laura Jane Clemons (b. 6 May 1844, d. 9 March 1938) married (1) to Addison
Sellars and (2) Salathiel Blaine Johnson
F. Leroy Sunderlaine Clemens (b. 29 June 1845, d. 23 March 1913 ) married (1)
Mary Druzilla __ who died young and (2) to Maryellen Murhpy. We know of no
children at this time.
G. Orange Scott Clemans (b. 24 October 1848, d. 21 May 1880) married Maria
(surname unknown) and they had two children:
1. Effie Clemans (b. abt 1872, d. bef 1880)
2. Blanche Clemans (b. abt 1875, d. bef 1880)
H. Charlotte F. Clemons (b. September 1850, d. 15 February 1942) married
Daniel Grove and they had five children:
1. Charles Grove (b. abt 1871, d. ?)
2.Arta (or Arthur) Grove (b. 1872, d. ?)
3.Thomas Gale Grove (b. 13 May 1881, d. 26 February 1968) married Oma Glen
Burchard and they had five children:
a. Helene Omah Grove (b. 17 June 1907, d. 22 January 1986) married Alfred
W. Smith. They had two children:
i. Richard W. Smith
ii. Arthur Smith
b. Dorothy Elizabeth Grove (6 June 1909, d. 23 March 1999) married Thord
Yahn. They had two children:
i. David W. Yahn
ii. Philip Daniel Yahn
c. Bessie R. Grove (b. abt 1911, d. bef 1965)
d. Arthur G. Grove (b. 8 September 1913, d. 9 February 1976) married Mary
A. Bentz. They had three children:
i. Donald Grove
ii. Richard H. Grove
iii. Robert Gale Grove
e. Mary Isabelle Grove (b. abt 1918, d. 29 December 1965) married Orville
Dean Wright. They had five children:
i. James Wright
ii. Carole Ann Wright
iii. Thomas Wright
iv. Jack Dennis Wright
v. Nancy Wright
4. Dora Grove (b. June 1885, d. 9 August 1924)
5. Elizabeth Grove (b. February 1890, d. ?)
I. John Clemons (b. abt 1855, d. bef 1897) married to __ __ and they had one
child:
1. Ethel Clemons (b. abt 1876, d. ?)