Jacob Osiah Clemens^[1]

1870 - 1925  (55 years)

• Name	Jacob Osiah Clemens
  Born	4 Jun 1870	Campbell, Ionia, Michigan   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	00023-1798.9
  Died	12 Oct 1925	Freeport Cemetery, Freeport, Barry, Michigan, USA   [3]
  Buried	Mennonite Cemetery, Alto, Kent, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I17143	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob S. Clemens,   b. 27 Jun 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Oct 1894  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Leah Hallman,   b. 23 Aug 1839, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1919  (Age 79 years)
  Married	30 Aug 1857	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  Family ID	F4491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gospel Herald, July 2, 1936 - Vol. XXIX, No.14 - page 302, 303, 304: "Clemens- Matilda Miller Clemens, daughter of Jacob Y and Anna Miller, was born in Boune Twp. Kent Co., Mich., Jan 27, 1881; departed this life May 19, 1936; aged 55y. 3m. 22d. She had been in poor health for a number of years but her death was very sudden and unexpected. On May 19 she was called to the bedside of her son Rollo, who was injured in an automobile accident near Hastings. Soon after entering his room in the hospiltal she suffered a heart attack and passed away almost instantly. She was united in marriage to Jacob O. Clemens on March 27, 1903, at Freeport, Mich. and her husband preceded her in death in 1925. Those who are left to mourn their loss are 6 sons: Albert J. of Waterloo, Iowa; Floyd B. of Ionia; L.D. of Battle Creek; Chair [Clair?] , Rollo, and Alvin of Saranac, and one daughter, Mrs Celia Courser, of Breckenbridge, Mich.; 2 stepsons, Orval B of Waterloo, Iowa, and Clayton M. of Prescott, Mich.; also 20 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Venus and Jonnie Miller, Mrs John Winton, Mrs. Otis Bontrager of Fairview, Milo, Harry, and Charlie of Iomia, Ransom of Flint, Lester of Grand Rapids and Mrs Harve Stutzman of Goshen, Ind., and many other relatives and friends who loved her because of her meek and quiet disposition. Funeral services were held at the Free Methodist Church Friday afternoon, May 22, conducted by __ Parsons of Sparta. The remains were laid to rest in a cemetery close by."

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 426. [S142] Census - Michigan - 1880, Campbell, Ionia, Michigan Film 1254584 Page Number 308A. [S3231] Find A Grave, Mennonite Cemetery Alto Kent County Michigan, USA. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 4 Jun 1870 - Campbell, Ionia, Michigan Buried - - Mennonite Cemetery, Alto, Kent, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth