Clements was a civil war veteran, died at his home at 5162 San Francisco avenue. He suffered from heart disease and chronic bronchitis. He was one of the 225 veterans who attended the Gettsburg seventh-fifth anniversary of that battle in June of 1939.
He was born in New Orleans. As a youth he earned a living by traveling with the wagon trains from Atchison, Kansas to Denver to Billings, Montana and there to the West Coast.
Clement moved to St. Louis with his family as a boy. At the age of 16 he enlisted in the Missouri Division of the Union Army but his mother returned his uniform and said she wanted to keep her youngest son at home due to the fact she had 3 other sons already enlisted.
Clement left home again and enlisted under the assumed name of "John Wonder". He fought for 3 1/2 years under General Grant and was in the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Chattanooga. Serving in Company B of the 16th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer.
Clement was a widower. His wife Elizabeth Richter died in 1928.
Surviving daughters, Elizabeth Foster Kronsberg, Gertrude Foster Faller Voirol and Mabel Foster Brandt.
Surviving sons, Clements Foster, Jr. and William Foster.
Surviving step-son, Daniel Kelly Foster.
He was born in New Orleans. As a youth he earned a living by traveling with the wagon trains from Atchison, Kansas to Denver to Billings, Montana and there to the West Coast.
Clement moved to St. Louis with his family as a boy. At the age of 16 he enlisted in the Missouri Division of the Union Army but his mother returned his uniform and said she wanted to keep her youngest son at home due to the fact she had 3 other sons already enlisted.
Clement left home again and enlisted under the assumed name of "John Wonder". He fought for 3 1/2 years under General Grant and was in the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Chattanooga. Serving in Company B of the 16th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer.
Clement was a widower. His wife Elizabeth Richter died in 1928.
Surviving daughters, Elizabeth Foster Kronsberg, Gertrude Foster Faller Voirol and Mabel Foster Brandt.
Surviving sons, Clements Foster, Jr. and William Foster.
Surviving step-son, Daniel Kelly Foster.
Clements was a civil war veteran, died at his home at 5162 San Francisco avenue. He suffered from heart disease and chronic bronchitis. He was one of the 225 veterans who attended the Gettsburg seventh-fifth anniversary of that battle in June of 1939.
He was born in New Orleans. As a youth he earned a living by traveling with the wagon trains from Atchison, Kansas to Denver to Billings, Montana and there to the West Coast.
Clement moved to St. Louis with his family as a boy. At the age of 16 he enlisted in the Missouri Division of the Union Army but his mother returned his uniform and said she wanted to keep her youngest son at home due to the fact she had 3 other sons already enlisted.
Clement left home again and enlisted under the assumed name of "John Wonder". He fought for 3 1/2 years under General Grant and was in the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Chattanooga. Serving in Company B of the 16th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer.
Clement was a widower. His wife Elizabeth Richter died in 1928.
Surviving daughters, Elizabeth Foster Kronsberg, Gertrude Foster Faller Voirol and Mabel Foster Brandt.
Surviving sons, Clements Foster, Jr. and William Foster.
Surviving step-son, Daniel Kelly Foster.
He was born in New Orleans. As a youth he earned a living by traveling with the wagon trains from Atchison, Kansas to Denver to Billings, Montana and there to the West Coast.
Clement moved to St. Louis with his family as a boy. At the age of 16 he enlisted in the Missouri Division of the Union Army but his mother returned his uniform and said she wanted to keep her youngest son at home due to the fact she had 3 other sons already enlisted.
Clement left home again and enlisted under the assumed name of "John Wonder". He fought for 3 1/2 years under General Grant and was in the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Chattanooga. Serving in Company B of the 16th Regiment, Kansas Volunteer.
Clement was a widower. His wife Elizabeth Richter died in 1928.
Surviving daughters, Elizabeth Foster Kronsberg, Gertrude Foster Faller Voirol and Mabel Foster Brandt.
Surviving sons, Clements Foster, Jr. and William Foster.
Surviving step-son, Daniel Kelly Foster.
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