Clendenen family.

Dates:
Active 1855
Active 1972

Biographical notes:

The Clendenens were a farming family in Beverly, Ohio. In the mid 1850's, Hyram Clendenen, son of James Clendenden, moved to a Gold Rush town of Iowa Hill, Calif. In Aug. 1863, his brother Clemens L. Clendenen, an Ohio farmer, enlisted in the 4th West Virginia Cavalry, where he served as a cook and barber. Captured during the action at Williamsport, January 30, 1864, he died at the Andersonville prison in summer of 1864. William Lambden Clendenen was a farmer and laborer in Kansas in 1880's. Col. Clarence Clemens Clendenen, prominent military historian and grandson of Clemens L. Clendenen, was curator of special collections at Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace.

From the description of Clendenen family papers, 1855-1972. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122354174

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