Elizabeth Moore Clemens

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Moore

When Elizabeth Moore Clemens was born in 1805, in Bedford, Virginia, United States, her father, Samuel B Clemens, was 35 and her mother, Pamelia Goggin, was 30. She married John Pollard on 4 October 1820, in Bedford, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Liberty, Bedford, Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Buchanan, Botetourt, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 26 February 1890, in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

John Pollard
1798–1860
Elizabeth Moore Clemens
1805–1890
Marriage: 4 October 1820
Samuel Clemens Pollard
1821–1880
Elizabeth A. Pollard
1822–1890
Martha Ann Pollard
1827–
Pamela Jane Pollard
1829–
Catherine E. Pollard
1831–1903
William Jordan Pollard
1832–1902
James H Pollard
1835–1864
John Marshall Pollard
1837–1909
Mary Caroline Pollard
1839–1881
Ermine Clark Pollard
1842–1935
Sally Pleasant Pollard
1844–1881
Robert Alexander Pollard
1846–1917
Emma Mathews Pollard
1848–1922

Sources (19)

  • Elizabeth Pollard in household of Robert Pollard, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Elizabeth M Pollard, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Elizabeth M. Pollard, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1811 · Town established

Town of Buchanan established, 1811/1812.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Cornwall): variant of Clemence or Clement .

German, Dutch, and Danish: from the personal name Clemens (see Clement ).

In some cases also an Americanized form of Slovenian patronymics Klemenc (see Klements ) and Klemenčič or of Croatian Klemenčić (see Klemencic ). Compare Klemens .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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