Noah W. Clemens^[1]

1840 - 1936  (95 years)

• Name	Noah W. Clemens
  Born	29 Oct 1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Free Thinker
  Eby ID Number	00023-1813
  Died	18 Jan 1936	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
  Buried	Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I17186	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Amos M. Clemens,   b. 13 Feb 1819, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Aug 1887, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Wismer,   b. 21 Jun 1821, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Feb 1876, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 54 years)
  Married	6 Apr 1841	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F3960	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Magdalena "Maggie" Dodge,   b. 4 Apr 1850, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Nov 1923, , Kent Co., Michigan  (Age 73 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1873	Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan   [4]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F4505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Noah Clemens, "is married to Maggie Dodge. They reside in Grand Rapids, Michigan." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. _____________________ Noah B. Clemens - Noah B. Clemens, aged 86, passed away Saturday evening at the Butterworth Hospital. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Kennedy of New York City, Mrs Audie McDougal of Germfask, Mich., one son, Harry D. Clemens of Caledonia; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home of his son, Tues. at 1: 30 under the auspices of the R.C. Hathway Lodge, F & A. M. Interment in Caledonia Cemetery. Arrangements by C.E. Cross. Grand Rapids Herald, 20 Jan. 1936 ______________________ "Noah B. CLEMENS was born in Waterloo Co., Ontario, Can., Oct. 29, 1849. He is a son of Amos M. and Mary Wismer Clemens, the former a native of Bucks Co., Pa., born Feb. 13, 1819 and the latter of Canada, born June 21, 1821. They were married in 1841 and had seven children, six of whom are living. Henry, Abram, Mary A. (wife of Ed. Williams). Noah B., Rachel, Edwin W. C., and Lydia (Mrs. W. B. Bowman). Mr. Clemens was married April 8, 1873, to Mary M., daughter of Owen and Mary Levagood Dodge, born in Waterloo Co., Ca., April 4, 1850. They have two children: Vermellie, born Sept. 11, 1874, and Audie, born Feb. 26, 1878. Mr. Clemens came to this tp. with his parents in 1863, and now owns a farm of 120 acres on sec. 17. He is a Republican. Mrs. Clemens parents settled in Gaines in the pioneer days of 1855. Her brother, Samuel Dodge, enlisted in the late war November 1861, in Co. A., 3d Reg. Mich. Inf., and was killed at Fair Oaks. He sleeps with the heroic dead on the battlefield where he fell." History of Kent County, Michigan, Illustrated, Chicago. Chas C. Chapman & Co., 1881, Pg 739:

  
  

• 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..., 429. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 12. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 1 Page 6. [S670] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Name: Noah B. Clemens Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 8 Apr 1873 Event Place: Gaines, Kent, Michigan Gender: Male Age: 23y Birth Date: 1850 Birthplace: Waterloo, Ontario Residence Gaines, Kent Co - farmer Spouse's Name: Mary M. Dodge Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 23y Spouse's Birth Date: 1850 Spouse's Birthplace: Waterloo, Ontario Residence: Gaines, Kent Co. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Huettner, Jacob Rev. Minister of the Gospel of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, Preston. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 2 Apr 1841 pg 41. 30 Mar 1841 Pastor Huettner m. Amos CLEMENS to Maria WISSMER, both from Waterloo Tp.

  
  

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  Born - 29 Oct 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Free Thinker - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Apr 1873 - Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan Died - 18 Jan 1936 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States Buried - - Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth