1850 Living Randolph County, Township 7 S Range 5 W, Illinois, age 62.316

DAR National # 388618
From E. J. Sprague's sketches of Randolph County Pubblished 1856 pg 94.

James Clendenin married Margaret Herd, who died leaving three sons, William Sympson, John Herd, and James. James died when 18 years old. Sympson married a Miss Oliver, who died, leaving two children, Emaline and Calvin
Clendenin.
After the death of his wife Oliver, Sympson married a widow
Mann, to them was born a family. They went to Stockton, California, where
Sympson died. His descendents live in California. Emaline married. She is
now dead. John Herd Clendenin married Mary Elizabeth Vickers. Their
children who lived to maturity were William Harvey, Mose Walter, Margaret
Ann, Sarah Jane, Content Elizabeth, Joseph H, Benjamin H. and Lettie.
William Harvey was a merchant, married Emily Jones, died at Kansas City,
leaving two sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Herd, resides at
Chicago, Illinois, the second, Roscoe Turner resides at Atchison, Kansas,
is a dealer in (woolen) wear; the daughter Daisey is the wife of Power[6]
in Kansas City. Mose Walter Clendenin was a physician graduated from
Jefferson Medical College, married Lydia Wagoner. They were the parents of
two sons and two daughters. Ernest the oldest is R. R. man, his home is now
in St. Louis, Missouri.

State of Illinois
County of Jackson
Before me appeared Mildred B. Midjaas who being duly sworn, states that the
above Clendenin Family History was written, as copied, by her grandmother,
Nancy Clendenin Mann, that the unfinished original of the same was found in
the Clendenin Bible, and that the Bible and original family papers are now
in the possession of Sarah Clendenin Mann, of Rockwood, Illinois.[7] Sworn
to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of March A.D. 1950.

(signed) J. L. Burnett, Notary Public

State of Illinois
County of Jackson
I, J. L. Burnett a notary public in and for said County and State do
certify that the foregoing instrument of writing was this day found by me
to be an exact copy of the original.

Given under my hand and seal of office, this 2nd day of May A.D., 1950.

(signed) J. L. Burnett, notary public

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[1] This should be "seventeen hundreds" or "eighteenth century". -MAB
[2] 1808 -MBM
[3] Incorrect as they are listed in 1810 Census. Date of arrival was 1808. -MBM
[4] Incorrect -- brown stones in cemetery on farm of Singers. -MBM
[5] There is a letter dated 1836 from Geo. Gaddis supporting this. & I have
it. -MBM
[6] Daisy married DeWitt Clinton Bower, not Power. -MAB
[7] The phrase "possession of Sarah Clendenin Mann, of Rockwood, Illinois"
has been crossed out and the name "Mildred Midjaas" written above it.