John Henry Clemons was born 2 Mar 1920 in Granville, Jackson, Tennessee. He did not appear in the 1920 census which was enumerated earlier than usual on 1 Jan 1920. He was the first born child of Walter B Clemons and Flossie Henrietta Ramsey, who married on 25 Dec 1918 in Jackson County, Tennessee.
John was living at home in Jackson County, Tennessee, with his parents in the 1930 and 1940 census. By 1940 he was an unpaid family worker, farming with his father. He had four siblings at that time, a brother, Walace Haile Clemons, having died in 1927 at age 1.
John enlisted in the Navy on 18 Sep 1941 at Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee and served during WWII until his honorable discharge on 3 Oct 1945. His first ship was the U.S.S. Albemarle AV-S, sailing from Norfolk, Virginia, in Dec 1841. He served on several ships during his service; his last as Coxswain aboard the U.S.S. Sproston DD-577.
After the war, John went to Detroit marrying Virgie Rhea Harris in Wayne County, Michigan on 22 Jan 1947. Virgie was born 12 Oct 1924 in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee. The 1950 census shows they left Wayne County, Michigan in 1949, settling in John's native Jackson County, Tennessee. They must have divorced, as Virgie had married _____ Holden by 1972.
John was living at home in Jackson County, Tennessee, with his parents in the 1930 and 1940 census. By 1940 he was an unpaid family worker, farming with his father. He had four siblings at that time, a brother, Walace Haile Clemons, having died in 1927 at age 1.
John enlisted in the Navy on 18 Sep 1941 at Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee and served during WWII until his honorable discharge on 3 Oct 1945. His first ship was the U.S.S. Albemarle AV-S, sailing from Norfolk, Virginia, in Dec 1841. He served on several ships during his service; his last as Coxswain aboard the U.S.S. Sproston DD-577.
After the war, John went to Detroit marrying Virgie Rhea Harris in Wayne County, Michigan on 22 Jan 1947. Virgie was born 12 Oct 1924 in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee. The 1950 census shows they left Wayne County, Michigan in 1949, settling in John's native Jackson County, Tennessee. They must have divorced, as Virgie had married _____ Holden by 1972.
John Henry Clemons was born 2 Mar 1920 in Granville, Jackson, Tennessee. He did not appear in the 1920 census which was enumerated earlier than usual on 1 Jan 1920. He was the first born child of Walter B Clemons and Flossie Henrietta Ramsey, who married on 25 Dec 1918 in Jackson County, Tennessee.
John was living at home in Jackson County, Tennessee, with his parents in the 1930 and 1940 census. By 1940 he was an unpaid family worker, farming with his father. He had four siblings at that time, a brother, Walace Haile Clemons, having died in 1927 at age 1.
John enlisted in the Navy on 18 Sep 1941 at Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee and served during WWII until his honorable discharge on 3 Oct 1945. His first ship was the U.S.S. Albemarle AV-S, sailing from Norfolk, Virginia, in Dec 1841. He served on several ships during his service; his last as Coxswain aboard the U.S.S. Sproston DD-577.
After the war, John went to Detroit marrying Virgie Rhea Harris in Wayne County, Michigan on 22 Jan 1947. Virgie was born 12 Oct 1924 in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee. The 1950 census shows they left Wayne County, Michigan in 1949, settling in John's native Jackson County, Tennessee. They must have divorced, as Virgie had married _____ Holden by 1972.
John was living at home in Jackson County, Tennessee, with his parents in the 1930 and 1940 census. By 1940 he was an unpaid family worker, farming with his father. He had four siblings at that time, a brother, Walace Haile Clemons, having died in 1927 at age 1.
John enlisted in the Navy on 18 Sep 1941 at Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee and served during WWII until his honorable discharge on 3 Oct 1945. His first ship was the U.S.S. Albemarle AV-S, sailing from Norfolk, Virginia, in Dec 1841. He served on several ships during his service; his last as Coxswain aboard the U.S.S. Sproston DD-577.
After the war, John went to Detroit marrying Virgie Rhea Harris in Wayne County, Michigan on 22 Jan 1947. Virgie was born 12 Oct 1924 in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee. The 1950 census shows they left Wayne County, Michigan in 1949, settling in John's native Jackson County, Tennessee. They must have divorced, as Virgie had married _____ Holden by 1972.
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