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     Lydia Richmond was born on 4 November 1719.¹ She married John Allen.¹

     John Allen married Lydia Richmond, daughter of Cyrus Richmond and Jane Crandall.¹

     Elizabeth Richmond was born on 30 July 1722.¹

     John Richmond was born on 19 July 1724.¹

     Ann Richmond was born on 21 September 1726.¹

     Cyrus Richmond was born on 8 December 1730.¹

     Edwin Perry Clements was born on 15 September 1858 in Allegan Co., Michigan.^1,2 He married Lulu Luzetta Johnson, daughter of Stafford Hiram Johnson and Martha B. Burlingham, on 18 December 1880 (Edwin's obituary erroneously says 19 December) in Watson Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.^3,4,1 He died on 26 January 1944 (the California Death Index says 27 January) in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California, at age 85 from a stroke.^1,5 He was buried at Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California.⁶
     From 1877 to 1888 he taught school in Allegan Co., Michigan, in the winter, and worked as a carpenter in the summer, learning fine cabinetry work from his father.^1,2
     About 1888 he and his wife Lulu moved to Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska, where according to family tradition they lived for a time in a sod house.^1,2,7 They are listed in Ord in the censuses from 1900 to 1940, on their own from 1900 to 1930, and with their daughter Dorothy's family in 1940.^8,9,10,11,12
     After moving to Nebraska he served as deputy clerk in Valley Co. for about a year², then in 1889 began studying law with his brother Elliot.^2,1 He was admitted to the bar in 1890, and he and Elliott practiced law together until 1903. After a year working alone, he and another brother, Arthur, formed the law firm Clements Brothers. In 1911 he again went into independent practice.²
     In 1920 he was elected district judge in Nebraska's 11th District. He took the oath of office on 18 June 1920, and sold his law practice to attorney E. L. Vogletanz the following day. He continued to serve in that office until his retirement in 1940.^2,1,13 His obituary describes him as "one of Nebraska's most outstanding district judges, having far the fewest cases reversed of any judge. ... His cases were not allowed to drag along on technicalities, for [he] would see the point and chop through fancy arguments straight to it, reaching decisions quickly, but justly."¹
     Soon after his retirement, he and Lulu moved to Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California,^1,14 where in 1935 he and his sons Alan and Edwin had purchased a lumber yard that was being managed by Alan.¹⁵
     His hobbies and interests included football, baseball, golf, bridge, reading, gardening, and fishing.^2,1

     Edwin Perry Clements was born on 14 May 1896 in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.^1,5 He was married first, by Morton L. Rose, D.D., to Catherine U. Blessing, daughter of Alvin Blessing and Clemmie J. Hull, on 30 August 1919 in Grand Island, Hall Co., Nebraska.⁶ He married second Janet Daugherty, daughter of William H. Daugherty and Catherine M. Morgan, on 27 December 1966 in San Diego, San Diego Co., California.⁷ They were divorced in June 1967 in San Bernardino Co., California,⁸, then remarried on 27 December 1973 in Riverside Co., California.⁹ He died on 19 June 1977 at the Bella Vista Convalescent Hospital in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California, at age 81.^10,11 He was interred at Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California.¹²
     He attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, Boulder Co.¹³, and worked for a time for the Nebraska Department of Engineering.¹³
     In his World War I draft registration he claimed exemption under civil service regulations, since he was then working as a postal clerk. He also stated he had served for one year, three months, as a sergeant in the Nebraska Infantry, from 1916 to 1917.¹ He nonetheless later enlisted, on 15 July 1917, and was discharged on 30 June 1919.¹⁴
     After their marriage he and his first wife Catherine lived in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.^15,16 He served as postmaster there^16,17 until about June of 1936 when they moved to California¹⁷, where they are listed in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., in the 1940 census.¹⁸ In California he was a lumberman, and eventually owner of the Clements Lumber Company in Ontario, and later worked as a construction supervisor.^18,5,19,11
     He was a Mason, a member of Lodge No. 815 in Mt. Baldy, California, and Past Master of the lodge in Ord, Nebraska.¹¹

     Dorothy Clements was born on 7 March 1901 in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.³ She married Harry James McBeth, son of Marion McBeth and Margaret Snell, about 1923.^1,4 She died on 8 January 1976 at San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland, San Bernardino Co., California, at age 74 after suddenly falling ill.^3,5 She was interred at Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California.⁶
     She and her husband Harry lived in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska, until about 1940. In 1930 they had a servant and three lodgers living with them, and in 1940 Dorothy's parents and sister Lena were living with them.^4,7,3 About 1940 they moved to Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California, presumably with Dorothy's parents.^3,8,2
     She was working as a music teacher in 1940.⁷

     Zella Clements was born on 24 February 1889.³ She died on 10 November 1897 at age 8.³ She was buried at Ord Cemetery in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.³

     Lena A. Clements was born on 20 February 1894 in Nebraska.⁵ She died on 5 February 1976 in San Bernardino Co., California, at age 81.⁵ She was buried at Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California.⁶
     She was living with her parents in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska, in 1920, and listed in the census as a student.⁷ She lived with her sister Bess Stacy in Calexico, Imperial Co., California, for several years, and is listed there in the 1930 census.^8,9 She is listed in the 1940 census back in Ord, living with her sister Dorothy's family.¹⁰ She soon afterwards moved to Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California, into her parents' home, and cared for them until their deaths in 1944.^2,4

     Bessie Lee Clements was born on 2 August 1882 in Michigan.⁵ She married Milford Caius Stacy, son of Samuel A. Stacy and Alice E. (?), on 19 August 1910 at the bride's parents' home in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.^6,1 She died on 7 April 1968 in Riverside Co., California, at age 85.⁵ She was buried at Ord Cemetery (First Addition, Lot 76) in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.⁷
     After their marriage she and her husband Milford lived in Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska,¹ until July 1918, when they moved to Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska.¹ In 1920, after her husband's death a year earlier, she and her children were back in Ord living with her parents.⁸
     In late February 1927 she moved to California⁹, where she is listed in Calexico, Imperial Co., in the 1930 and 1940 censuses. Bess's sister-in-law Edna Clements, wife of her brother Alan, was living with her in 1930.^10,11
     She was a bookkeeper, first in an office in Nebraska, then for a newspaper in California.^8,10 By 1940 she had become newspaper manager.¹¹
     In 1939 she and her sister-in-law Edna became part owners of The Desert Magazine, first published in November 1937.¹² The November 1940 issue lists her as associate publisher. She later became the magazine's business manager, a position she held from 1942 to 1958.¹³

     Wayne Garfield Clements was born on 30 October 1884 in Michigan.^4,5,6 He married Margaret Ethel Adams on 1 July 1909 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.⁷ He died on 9 January 1973 in Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado, at age 88.^8,9 He was buried at Mountain View Memorial Park in Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado.¹⁰
     He moved to Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas, to work in a basket factory owned by his uncle Fay V. Johnson, and initially boarded with the Adams family, where he met his future wife Margaret.⁸
     He and Margaret were living in Jonesboro in 1910¹¹, and he was working as a bookkeeper for his uncle's company.¹¹ They moved to Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado, in 1914, when they thought Margaret had contracted tuberculosis, hoping the move might improve her health. It turned out to be malaria, however, and she fully recovered.⁸ They are listed in Boulder in the censuses from 1920 to 1940. In 1920 Margaret's brother Birl Adams was living with them.^12,13,14
     Wayne was manager and later owner of Builder's Supply Co., a lumber yard in Boulder.^8,12,13,14

     Alan A. Clements was born on 15 April 1887 (Social Security records and the California Death Index both say 15 April 1886) in Allegan Co., Michigan.^4,5,6,7 He married first Edna Marian Baker, daughter of Flora Jane Sparks, about 1911 (based on Alan's age at marriage of 24) in Nebraska.^8,9 They later separated, apparently between 1920, when they were listed together in the census, and 1930, when they were listed apart but still married, and were divorced before 1932, when Alan remarried.^{10,11,12,13,14} He married second Ann Louise Abbott about May 1932.^15,13 He probably married third Irma L. Petry about April 1942 in Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada.^16,4,17 He died on 7 August 1953 in San Bernardino Co., California.^7,6 He was buried at Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California.¹⁸
     While young he lived and worked off and on in Mexico for a few years. In September 1908 he was working there as a bookkeeper for the Maine and Nebraska Mining Co.¹⁹, and on 12 September 1909 the Ord Quiz reported that he had gone to El Oro, Mexico, for a job with "a large mining concern."²⁰ In February 1911 he was in Guanajato, Mexico, where he had purchased the only American hotel in the city, was playing baseball, and had reportedly become engaged to "a beautiful senorita."²¹ By May 1911, however, he had fled Guanajato due to the Mexican Revolution. He sold his hotel, and left the city the day before rebels blew up the local railroad station. He played baseball for a time in the Texas League, then returned home to Ord, Valley Co., Nebraska.^22,23
     Very soon after returning to Ord in 1911 he decided to begin studying law in his father's law office.²⁴ His studies were apparently interrupted by military service, however. The Ord Quiz reported in November 1916 that his wife (Edna) had left for Laino Grande, Texas, where he was serving as a captain in Co. I, stationed on the Mexican border.²⁵ Shortly after his death, a columnist described him as "one of the most outstanding commanding officers in the 5th Nebraska." It noted that he was a brilliant student in the class of 1904, but often didn't study and almost failed. It also described a fist fight over an old feud with a former subordinate from Co. I, after which they were "pretty good friends."²⁶
     In 1920, after his military service, he and his first wife Edna were listed in the census in Ord¹⁰, and his occupation was given as law student.¹⁰ He apparently gave up the idea of becoming a lawyer, however, and went into the lumber business. In 1925 he was managing the Hammond Lumber Co. facility in Van Nuys, Los Angeles Co., California, and left that position in September of that year for a similar position in Imperial Valley²⁷, where he was manager of a lumber yard in 1932.²⁸ In 1942 he was managing a lumber business in Fort Bragg, Mendocino Co., California.⁴
     In August 1932 he was nearby when Tommy Lion, age 6, drowned after falling from his father's boat off Newport Beach, Orange Co., California. The father, Lewis Lion, tried to save him, nearly losing his own life, and was rescued by Alan from another boat.²⁹
     In 1930 he was living in an apartment in Los Angeles⁹, and in 1940 he and his second wife Ann were living in Ontario, San Bernardino Co., California. Their house at 421 W. Sixth St. was designated a local historic landmark on 19 February 2002.^15,30

     Margaret Ethel Adams was born on 7 April 1888 in Arkansas.^3,4 She married Wayne Garfield Clements, son of Edwin Perry Clements and Lulu Luzetta Johnson, on 1 July 1909 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas.¹ She died in April 1982 in Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado.^3,5 She was buried at Mountain View Memorial Park in Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado.⁶
     She and her husband Wayne were living in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., Arkansas, in 1910.⁴ They moved to Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado, in 1914, when they thought Margaret had contracted tuberculosis, hoping the move might improve her health. It turned out to be malaria, however, and she fully recovered.² They are listed in Boulder in the censuses from 1920 to 1940. In 1920 Margaret's brother Birl Adams was living with them.^7,8,9

     Glenora Luella Mayo was born on 4 August 1871 (her death certificate says 4 August 1872) in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan.^3,4,1,2 She was married by A. E. Ketchum, Minister, to Julian Deyoe Johnson, son of Stafford Hiram Johnson and Martha B. Burlingham, on 1 January 1892 in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan.¹ She died on 26 January 1941 at home in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, at age 69 from a heart attack.² She was buried on 29 January 1941 at Perry Mount Park Cemetery in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.²
     After their marriage, she and her husband Julian lived in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan.^4,5 They later moved to Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, probably between 1910, when they were listed in South Haven in the census, and 1912, when their daughter Florence was married and listed her residence as Pontiac.^5,6 They are listed there in the censuses from 1920 to 1940. Their sons Leo and Archie were living with them in 1920 and 1930 (Leo was apparently separated from his first wife in 1920, and from his second wife in 1930, and Archie was single). In 1940 Leo was again (still?) with them, as was their widowed daughter Florence Weber.^7,8,9

     Leo Levern Johnson was born in South Haven, Van Buren Co., Michigan, on 15 November 1892 (the 1900 census says November 1891, which was before his parents' marriage, and his death record says 15 November 1893).^1,2,4 He married first Pauline C. Timerson, daughter of Charles Timerson and Ellen Ross, on 19 March 1918 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.⁵ Pauline filed for divorce on 22 November 1920. The case was contested, but granted on 2 December 1921 in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁶ He was married second, by Rev. G. H. Sims, to Mildred Juanita Foote, daughter of Lewis Foote and Laura E. (?), on 4 September 1926 in Lima, Allen Co., Ohio.^7,8 Mildred filed for divorce on 22 October 1930. The case was not contested, and was granted on 23 May 1931 in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁸ He married third Helen Mae Starr, daughter of Hiram Starr and Jessie Spayde, on 5 May 1941 in Napoleon, Henry Co., Ohio.^3,9 They were divorced on 18 January 1950 in Oakland Co., Michigan.⁹ He died on 23 March 1971 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.⁴
     In September 1925 Leo filed a complaint in court in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan, claiming that his ex-wife Pauline was violating the terms of their divorce agreement by moving with their daughter Margaret to Miami, Florida, thus preventing him from seeing her. Pauline responded with a petition asking the court to approve their move, stating that Margaret was in the custody of Pauline's mother, with whom they were living. The outcome of the case is unknown.^10,11
     He is listed with his parents in Pontiac in the censuses from 1920 to 1940, and with his father in 1950 after his mother's death. He's listed as married in 1920 and 1930, but without his wife Pauline in 1920, or Mildred in 1930. He's listed as single in 1940, and divorced in 1950.^12,13,14,15 He was a druggist there (for Keyser Drug Co. in 1917), and owned his own store by 1930.^1,12,13 By 1940 he had changed occupations, and was working as an automotive motor inspector.^14,3,15