Person:Simeon Clement (1)

Watchers
Dr. Simon Erasmus Clement
m.
  1. Dr. Archibald H. Clement1814 - 1874
  2. Dr. Simon Erasmus Clement1820 - 1895
m. 24 Feb 1846
  1. Henry A. Clement1846 - 1930
  2. Richard Malcolm Clement1850 - 1935
  3. Lucy J. Clement1851 - 1932
  4. Mary E. Clement1857 - 1942
  5. Cynthia Elizabeth Clement1859 - 1880
  6. William Robbins Clement1869 - 1919
Facts and Events
Name[3][1] Dr. Simon Erasmus Clement
Alt Name[8] S. E. Clement
Gender Male
Birth[3][8] 28 Sep 1820 Granville County, North Carolina
Marriage 24 Feb 1846 Red River County, Texasto Rebecca C. Robbins
Census[4] 1850 Lamar County, Texas
Census[5] 1860 Lamar County, Texas
Property[2] 10 Oct 1862 Red River County, Texas
Census[6] 1870 Lamar County, Texas
Census[7] 1880 Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Death[3] 18 Oct 1895 Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Burial[3] Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas

Lamar County, Texas, 1850 census:[4]

Clement, S. E. 28 yrs Physician & Druggist (real estate = $1,500) b. North Carolina
      Rebecca C. 22 yrs b. Texas
      Henry A. 4 yrs b. Texas
      Malcum 6/12 yr b. Texas
Fuller, James F. 23 yrs Student b. Alabama
Humphries, Elizabeth 16 yrs b. Mississippi
      Mary Jane 11 yrs b. Mississippi

Lamar County, Texas, 1860 census:[5]

Clement, S. E. 39 yrs Merchant (real estate = $10,000; personal estate = $40,000) b. North Carolina
      Rebecca C. 32 yrs (personal estate = $5,000) b. Texas
      Henry A. 13 yrs b. Texas
      Richd. M. 11 yrs b. Texas
      Lucy J. 9 yrs b. Texas
      Mary E. 7 yrs b. Texas
      Elizabeth 2 yrs b. Texas
Clark, Amanda 17 yrs b. Arkansas

Lamar County, Texas, 1870 census:[6]

Clement, S. E. 49 yrs "D. G. [Dry Goods] Mercht." (real estate = $8,000; personal estate = $25,000) b. Tennessee
      R. C. 43 yrs "K. H." [Keeping House] b. Texas
      H. A. 23 yrs "D. G. Clerk" b. Texas
      E. C. 12 yrs b. Texas
      W. E. 1 yr b. Texas

Lamar County, Texas, 1880 census:[7]

Clement, Simon E. 58 yrs Banker b. North Carolina (parents, b. North Carolina)
      Rebecca C. 54 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Texas (parents, b. North Carolina/Georgia)
      Henry A. 30 yrs Son (single) Bank clerk b. Texas (parents, b. North Carolina/Texas)
      Richard M. 27 yrs Son (single) Bank clerk b. Texas (parents, b. North Carolina/Texas)
      Mary E. 24 yrs Dau (single) b. Texas (parents, b. North Carolina/Texas)
      Cynthia E. 20 yrs Dau (single) b. Texas (parents, b. North Carolina/Texas)
      William R. 11 yrs Son At school b. Texas (parents, b. North Carolina/Texas)
Robbins, Sarah D. 12 yrs Niece At school b. Texas (parents, b. North Carolina/Texas)
References
  1. Red River, Texas, United States. Marriages.
  2. Texas. General Land Office. Abstracts of All Original Texas Land Titles Comprising Grants and Locations. (Austin, Texas: Texas General Land Office)
    Patent #367 (Abstract #259).

    On 10 Oct 1862, he patented 3rd Class certificate #19 (originally granted to Lorenz O. Downing) for 320 acres, located north of Detroit.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Find A Grave.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lamar, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 291B, dwelling/family 341/341.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lamar, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 146, dwelling/family 365/369.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Lamar, Texas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 185B, dwelling/family 45/47.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Lamar, Texas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 81, p. 211D, dwelling/family 135/170 (So. Main St.).
  8. 8.0 8.1 Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
    pp. 208-11.

    Born "near Oxford Courthouse, Granville County," but the family moved to Virginia, then to east Tennessee, first in Rutherford County, then at Lexington, Henderson County. He began studying medicine in 1840, attended Louisville Medical College 1841-42, worked at Marine Hospital in Louisville 1842-43, and returned home to open a practice. Decided instead to moves to Texas in the fall of 1843 and set up a practice at Clarksville.