Clemons Family, Papers, 1922-1937, 1962-1967(C488)

.2 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

The papers of the Clemons family of Harviell, Butler County, Missouri, consist of correspondence, including a postcard, photographs, and a few miscellaneous items.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Clemons Family Papers were donated to the University of Missouri by the Minnesota Historical Society on 12 June 1984 (Accession No. 4583).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

The Clemons family lived and farmed in Harviell, Butler County, in southeast Missouri. A.L. Clemons, the patriarch of the family, had daughters Pearl, Eleanor, Delila, Cassie, Katie, and Marie, and two sons, Harvey and Charles.

Charles and his wife Suzanna lived in Minneapolis while Charles was stationed in Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Suzanna died in the early 1930's and Charles then married a woman named Margaret or Minnie (1886-1965). They later moved back to Harviell. Pearl married a farmer named Joe Cochran and lived in Poplar Bluff. Eleanor and her husband, a barber, moved to Detroit. And Delila and Cassie married and moved to Wood River, Illinois.

The Clemons raised cotton and corn on their farm and enjoyed hunting squirrels and rabbits in their spare time. A.L. Clemons died on 3 August 1933.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Clemons Family Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous items. They document farming and family life in Harviell and its environs. The papers are arranged chronologically.

Most of the letters are addressed to Suzanna and Charles Clemons and are from Charles' father, A.L. Clemons, and sister and brother-in-law, Pearl and Joe Cochran. The remaining letters are from Charles's other sisters and extended family.

FOLDER LIST

f. 11922-1924
f. 21925-1926
f. 31927-1928
f. 41929-1936, 1962-1967
f. 5n.d.

INDEX TERMS

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