Catherine "Ethemy" Buchanan

Stephen Clement

CLEMENT-BUCHANAN GRAHAM
Stephen Clement was the fifth son of Daniel and Wilmouth Irby Clement. He was born ca 1818 in Pittsylvania County, VA. His parents migrated here, settling in the area of Big Sandy, TN before 1824. Little is known of him until he married Nancy Buchanan, daughter of Daniel Patrick and Catherine Ethemy Buchanan Sep. 19, 1844. They became the parent of Ethemy (Effie) ca 1845 who married John Andrews in 1867. Jesse ca 1847, John S. ca 1849 who married, Mary Ann Greer, 1869. Isaac, ca 1852, Nancy Ann Elizabeth ca 1855, who married George W. Andrews, brother to John Andrews, in 1871. Rachel Louella, ca 1857 and Robert, ca 1859 who apparently died young.

Stephen's wife Nancy died between 1859 and 1860, the assumption is from childbirth. Stephen then married Margaret Graham, daughter of Daniel and Christian Graham, on Oct. 8, 1862. Margaret was born ca 1830. Jan. 24, 1867 she and Stephen became the parents of Christopher David, their only child.

Little else is known of this Stephen Clement except that he purchased 75 acres of land in 1846 in Benton County for $9.37 1/2 and 345 1/2 acres in 1847. He is listed in the 1860 Benton County with his new wife, Margaret, his daughters Nancy Ann and Rachel Louella, his son Christopher David and two other children. These other children were probably a nephew (J.F. Clement ca 1864) and niece (J.C. Clement ca 1859). Stephen and Margaret were both dead before 1880. David is shown living with his cousin Daniel Jackson Clement and his mothers' sisters and grandmother Graham, in the 1880 Benton County Census. David never knew his parents, proving that they died when he was a very young boy.

There is a tombstone for Stephen and Margaret Graham Clement in the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery, Big Sandy.

John and Effie (Ethemy) Clement Andrews apparently had no children. George and Nancy Ann Clement Andrews had a son named Jesse and one named Harrison. David married fierst Nancy Lou Cooper and had three children: Calalla, 11/10/1893, Herman Stephen 5/12/1895, and Stacie Evaline 12/27/1898. Nancy died and David married Evie Bell Lee Cooper 11/7/1936, there were no children and the marriage ended on divorce. John S. and Mary Ann Greer had children: Florence, Mattie, Ella, and Nannie.

Information Taken from Benton County Genealogical Society Families and Histories Vol. 1
Submitted by Norma Lewis

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