Biographies:  John A. CLEMONS, Stanley Township, Barron Co., WI 

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John A. Clemons,  Section 21, Stanley Township, is one of the solid, sub-
stantial men of the vicinity, and is taking his share in everything which 
is giving to Barron County the excellent reputation which it enjoys as a
prosperous  section of the state. He was born in Henry County, Virginia,
Oct.  20,  1857,  the  son  of  Thomas  and Salina (Davis) Clemons, both
descended  from  early  American  Colonists. The family was a large one,
John  A. was the fourth of eight children, and he early had to shift for
himself. He started doing farm work for neighbors at the age of fifteen,
and  so  continued  for  a  number  of  years. In 1888 he came to Barron
County, and settled in Stanley Township, For some years he was variously
employed, in grist mills, on farms, and els.ewhere. In 1896 he purchased
his  present  place of 20 acres in Section 21. He erected buildings, and
has  now  a nice little place where he is successfully raising crops for
the  market.  He  is  interested in all public affairs and has done good
service as a member of he school board. Mr. Clemons was married Jan. 10,
1887,  to  Mollie Bray, who was born in Henry County, Virginia, June 16,
1861,  daughter  of Ambrose and Ann (Parsons) Bray. Her father, like his
own,  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Clemons have six
children: Mabel, Thomas, Mary, Paul, Harry and Della. Mabel is the widow
of  George  Severson,  and has one child, George Jr. Mary is the wife of
Roy Smothers, of Rice Lake, and has three children: Archie, Beatrice and
Mearl.  Thomas  was  with  the United States army for several months and
trained  in this country and in England. The other children are at home.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pp. 756