About Andrew Job Means, the 8th child
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Andrew Job Means, born 15 June 1837, Overton County, Tennessee, died in 1916 "BURIED IN Old Cemetery in Wilson, Carter County, Oklahoma." *** He married 4 October 1857, Nacogdoches County, Texas, MARTHA A EVANS, died 2 October 1883, Texas.

Their children:
1 - Delia Jane, b 23 January 1859; d 1 Feb 1859
2 - Mary M, b 1 Feb 1860; d 1940; married Ben Brantly
3 - Andrew Dorman, b 4 Feb 1862
4 - Eleanora, b 6 March 1865; d 22 Oct 1883
5 - Nancy, b 1866; d 19 September 1866
6 - John, b 24 March 1867; d 24 July 1949
7 - William Wallace, b 1 October 1869; d 1934, married Mary Ann Skaggs
(they are buried in the Bomar Point Cemetery)
8 - Robert Lee, b 18 February 1871; d 1955; married Nora E Sexton
9 - Martha A, b 16 Feb 1873; d 20 August 1940
10-Sarah Amner, b 17 May 1876; d 1961
11-Susan Jane,b 10 Jun 1878; d 1878
12-Joseph, b 29 December 1879; d 3 April 1883
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"The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong. Page 525

Clemmons Means, born 26 January 1800, Randolph County, North Carolina; died 27 December 1879, Nacogdoches County, Texas.

1st Married in 1820, Overton Co, TN: NANCY CARLOCK, born 10 May 1801, North Carolina; died in 1865, Nacogdoches, County, Texas.

Nancy was the daughter of Job and Nancy (McDonald) Carlock.

"Clem" was a noted Cumberland Presbyterian Minister. He came to Overton County, Tennessee with his father and was there in 1820. In 1826 and 1830 he was in Clay County, Missouri. By 1835 he returned to Overton County, Tennessee and remained there until 1850 when he moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas where he helped establish the first Presbyterian Church and was its first minister. He also assisted in founding the first Masonic Lodge in Nacogdoches County. An autobiography of Clemmons is contained in a book entitled "Old Men of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church." Following is the issue of Clemmons and Nancy:

1 - Susan, b 22 August 1821; d 1906
2 - James Monroe, b ca 1823 (d young)
3 - Martha M, b 1 Jun 1825; married Samuel Tate
4 - Elizabeth, b 1828
5 - Lafayette M, b 15 May 1830
6 - Nancy Caroline, b ca 1832 (she married John W Damron)
7 - Lavina M, b 23 March 1835; d 27 Dec 1879
8 - Andrew Job, b 15 Jun 1837; d 1916
9 - Mary S, b ca 1840; married 10 March 1859, Thomas J Damron
10-Robertson Smith, b 10 January 1842; d 10 May 1897