Clements, Luther Morgan, 1825-1903

Hardy Clements was born at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina on October 16, 1783, the son of Ruben and Elizabeth (Stuart) Clements. He and his brother Ruben came to the Mississippi Territory in 1796 or 1798. Hardy Clements’ first wife, whom he married on December 30, 1822, was Martha Hargrove of Virginia. Their children were Rufus Hargrove, Luther Morgan, and Early Coleman. On May 13, 1832, Hardy Clements married his second wife, Maria Ann Pegues. Their children were Anne Stuart, Egbert Rush, Asenith Rice, Collier Foster, and Newton Nash. He owned extensive landholdings in Tuscaloosa County.

Rufus Hargrove Clements was born in Tuscaloosa County, November 1, 1823. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1845 and received his LL.B. degree in 1847 from Harvard University. He married Martha Lavinia Bugbee on November 27, 1850. Their children were Francis Bugbee, Julia Morgan, and Clara Estelle. He died in Tuscaloosa on December 1, 1875.

Luther Morgan Clements was born in Tuscaloosa County on November 15, 1827.* He was a graduate of the University of Alabama (1844) and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1849). He served as both soldier and surgeon in the Confederate army.** He never married and died in Tuscaloosa on November 30, 1903. *Palmer says 1825 **Palmer says Capt., Co. F, 41st Ala.

Francis (Frank) Bugbee Clements was born in Tuscaloosa on May 23, 1864 and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1883. He served as president and director for the Demopolis Electric Power and Light Company and was also employed by the J. L. Yancey Real Estate & Insurance Company of Birmingham. He married Lorna Wynn Wilson on May 25, 1884. Their daughter was Martha Lavinia Clements, who married Charles Theodore Brasfield. Frank Clements died May 19, 1951.

Sources: Thomas M. 0wen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921, and Thomas Waverly Palmer, A Register of the Officers and Students of the University of Alabama, 1831-1901. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama, 1901.

From the guide to the Clements Family papers MSS. 0316., 1846-1948, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama)