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John Burnham Clemens

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John Burnham Clemens Veteran

Birth
Saline County, Arkansas, USA
Death
10 Jun 1924 (aged 81)
Calhoun County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Calhoun County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Historical information provided by G.L.(Hopper) Blackley #47372956
Clemens, John Burnham--Private--Enlisted in Company B, 19th(Dockerys) Arkansas Infantry in Columbia county, Arkansas on 2-26-1862; Discharge on 6-16-1862; Conscripted into Company I 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Camden Arkansas on 3-26 1863; Wounded in the face, mouth, knee and thigh by an exploding shell(literally blown to strings) and captured at Gettysburg,Pennsyvania on 7-2-1863; Confined at
Davids Island, New York; Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, on 9-27-1863; Captured and released on his way home;Arrived in Arkansas on 12-23-1863; Listed as Absent without leave in Arkansas on 1-7-1864; Born in Arkansas on 7-13-1842; Died in Arkansas on 6-10-1924; Buried in Double Springs Cemetery in Calhoun county, Arkansas; Married Mary Adeline Tidwell in Calhoun county 5-5-1861; He filed Arkansas pension application #1182 from Calhoun county; Approved 8-3-1893; Listed in 1860 Calhoun county census as a farmer; Attended Confederate reunion in 1908 at Leola,Arkansas; His name was erroneously entered as James B Clemens when he enlisted in the 3rd Arkansas Infantry.

John's middle name is known to many of his family to be "Burris"
Historical information provided by G.L.(Hopper) Blackley #47372956
Clemens, John Burnham--Private--Enlisted in Company B, 19th(Dockerys) Arkansas Infantry in Columbia county, Arkansas on 2-26-1862; Discharge on 6-16-1862; Conscripted into Company I 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Camden Arkansas on 3-26 1863; Wounded in the face, mouth, knee and thigh by an exploding shell(literally blown to strings) and captured at Gettysburg,Pennsyvania on 7-2-1863; Confined at
Davids Island, New York; Exchanged at City Point, Virginia, on 9-27-1863; Captured and released on his way home;Arrived in Arkansas on 12-23-1863; Listed as Absent without leave in Arkansas on 1-7-1864; Born in Arkansas on 7-13-1842; Died in Arkansas on 6-10-1924; Buried in Double Springs Cemetery in Calhoun county, Arkansas; Married Mary Adeline Tidwell in Calhoun county 5-5-1861; He filed Arkansas pension application #1182 from Calhoun county; Approved 8-3-1893; Listed in 1860 Calhoun county census as a farmer; Attended Confederate reunion in 1908 at Leola,Arkansas; His name was erroneously entered as James B Clemens when he enlisted in the 3rd Arkansas Infantry.

John's middle name is known to many of his family to be "Burris"


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