Brief Life History of Zachary Taylor
When Zachary Taylor Clements was born in June 1846, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Johnathan Clements, was 38 and his mother, Nancy Williams, was 37. He married Sarah Elizabeth Breckenridge on 9 December 1869, in Platte, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Platte Township, Clay, Missouri, United States in 1880 and White Cloud Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 19 June 1908, in Maryville, Missouri, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Salem Cemetery, White Cloud Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States.
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- Zachary Clemens in household of Nancy Clemens, "United States Census, 1860"
- Zack T. Clements, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Zackery T Clements in entry for Maude E Clements, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English, Irish (Tyrone and Antrim), and Dutch: variant of Clement , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. German Clementz and Slovenian patronymic Klemenc (see Klements ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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