When Lawrence Whitaker Clem was born on 1 February 1889, in La Plata, Macon, Missouri, United States, his father, Joseph Elijah Clem, was 24 and his mother, Mary Frances Mikel, was 19. He married Jennie Nial Wilson on 20 September 1909. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Bowling Green, Pike, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Windsor, Henry, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died on 11 August 1942, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in La Plata Cemetery, La Plata, Macon, Missouri, United States.
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English (Somerset): from a short form of the personal name Clement or of the female form, Clemence.
Americanized form of German Klemm and German or Dutch Klem: from a short form of the personal name Klemens .
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