James Monroe Clendennen was born April 1831 in Missouri, and died Abt. 1904 in Robertson County, TX. He married Lucy Ann Cave April 1857 in Bastrop County, Texas, daughter of Henry Cave and Nancy Bass. She was born April 1842 in Mississippi, and died Abt. 1904 in Robertson County, TX.
Notes: Was referred to as James M. or J. M. Clendennen on legal documents. Was known as Monroe to family and friends. Buried with Lucy at Holly Cemetery in Robertson County, Texas, near Ridge.Sources: 1848 Texas land grant, Mercer Colony. Bastrop County, Texas, marriages. 1880 and 1900 Texas Census records. Milam County property tax rolls at the Dallas Central Library. Robertson County Courthouse records. Milam County Courthouse records. Milam County cemetery records. Book: Milam County Texas in the Civil War. Recollections of family members.
Sources for Lucy Ann Cave: 1850 Census, Clarke Co., Mississippi. 1880 and 1900 Texas Census records. Buried with J. M. in Holly Cemetery in Robertson County, Texas, near Ridge.
Children:
1. William W. Clendennen was born September 2, 1859 in Milam Co., Texas; died April 22, 1884 in Milam Co., Texas. He married Amanda M. Cotton September 18, 1879 in Texas. She was born 1864 in Texas, and died 1945 in Mills Co., Texas.Notes: J. M. Clendennen gave William and Amanda land as a wedding present. After he died, Amanda stayed on the land. She remarried a school teacher and had children. He died and she married again, a Bud McDonald. He eventually sold his land and hers, and moved his family to Mills County to get away from the typhoid and diphtheria that were common killers then.Sources: 1880 Texas Census records. Milam County cemetery records. Milam County courthouse records. Milam County property tax rolls at the Dallas Central Library. Recollections of grandsons.
Child:
Thomas Jefferson Clendennen, b. February 1883, Milam Co., Texas; d. 1961, Mills Co., Texas. Married Ann McDonald. She was born 1885 in Milam Co., Texas, and died 1968 in Mills Co., Texas.Sources: 1910 and 1920 Texas Census records. Recollections by sons.Children:
Ewell W. ClendenenIna A. Clendenen
Lloyd Clendenen
Lena Jewel Clendenen
Donald Clendenen
E. Orell Clendenen
Wayne Robert Clendenen
Jack Harold Clendenen
Terry Clendenen
2. John Berry Clendennen,was born March 1862 in Milam Co., Texas; died 1938 in Limestone Co., Texas. He married Mary Ella Cotton December 11, 1881 in Milam Co., Texas. She was born November 1869 in Texas, and died 1935 in Limestone Co., Texas.
Sources: Texas Census records, 1880,1900,1910,1920. Milam County Courhouse records. Milam County property tax rolls at the Dallas Central Library. Limestone County cemetery records.Children:
George Washington Clendennen, b. August 4, 1884, Texas; d. May 16, 1947, Houston, Harris Co., Texas.Children:
Susie Bell ClendennenJ. G. Clendennen
Emmett Burel Clendennen
Etta Clendennen, b. March 16, 1887.
Notes: Census RecordsEular Belle Clendennen, b. February 22, 1889, Texas.
Children:
Rosa ThompsonJohnnie B. Thompson
Edgar Herman Clendennen, b. January 18, 1891, Texas; d. October 2, 1950, Texas.
Child:
Euell ClendennenOllie Clendennen
Woodrow Wilson Clendennen
James Monroe Clendennen
John I. Clendennen
Ben Arnold Clendennen, b. September 10, 1894; d. April 1982.
Children:
J. B. ClendennenAndrew Jackson Clendennen
Walter Elbert Clendennen
Lois Belle Clendennen
Johnnie L. Clendennen, b. 1901.
Children:
Linda ClendennenGlen Wayne Clendennen
Pearl Clendennen
3. Thomas Jefferson Clendennen, b. December 13, 1869, Milam Co., Texas; d. April 15, 1872, Milam Co., Texas.
Sources: Milam County cemetery records.
4. Nancy Elizabeth Clendennen, was born November 18, 1874 in Milam Co, Texas, and died September 9, 1956 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas. She married Henry B. Brown December 21, 1893 in Cameron, Milam Co., Texas. He was born December 17, 1874 in Texas, and died February 18, 1961 in Houston, Harris Co., Texas.
Notes: Lived around Airline Drive, Houston, before selling land for housing development.Sources: Texas Census records. Marriage certificate, Milam County Courthouse. Recollections of family members.
Children:
Lily Maud Brown, b. November 17, 1894, Texas; d. April 27, 1979, Houston, Harris Co., Texas.Children:
Lester ShannonBetty Shannon
Jean Shannon
Nell Sue Shannon
James Bryan Shannon
Kitty Lee Shannon
Jessie Herman Brown, b. January 21, 1902, Franklin, Robertson Co., Texas; d. June 1965, Houston, Harris Co., Texas.
Children:
Jimmie DeWain BrownJessie Leon Brown
Donald Ray Brown
Gussie Faye Brown, b. November 5, 1911, TX; d. July 17, 1988, Humble, Harris Co., Texas.
Children:
Newell Steven PruittKitty Dale Pruitt
Judy Beth Pruitt
5. James W. Clendennen, b. June 1876, Milam Co, Texas.
Sources: 1880 and 1900 Texas Census records. Milam County courthouse records. Milam County property tax rolls at the Dallas Central library. Robertson County courthouse records.
6. Missouri Jane Clendennen was born December 22, 1877 in Milano, Milam Co., Texas, and died September 13, 1953 in Thornton, Limestone Co., Texas. She married (1) Laine. She married (2) James Lazarus Dryman October 9, 1896 in Franklin, Robertson Co., Texas. He was born 1870 in Alabama, and died in TX.
Notes: Met her husband when her father and mother moved across the road from the Drymans at Ridge.Sources: Texas Census records. Birth certificate. Limestone County cemetery records. Family recollections.
Children:
Isaac Newton Dryman, b. October 11, 1902, Texas; d. October 1983, Golden Acres, Harris Co., Texas.Child:
Ruth Pauline DrymanOllie Birdie Dryman, b. February 13, 1904, TX; d. August 12, 1965, Terrell, TX.
Children:
Fleta Mae BatesBetty June Bates
Sharon Kay Bates
7. Marion Franklin Clendennen was born March 22, 1881 in Sand Grove, Milam Co., Texas, and died December 6, 1939 in Val Verde, Milam Co., Texas. He married Ruth Lena Hodges November 19, 1901 in Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, daughter of Edmond Hodges and Alice Johnson. She was born September 11, 1882 in Prairie Hill, Limestone Co., Texas, and died March 27, 1974 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas.
Sources: Texas Census records. Death records. Social Security death records. Milam County cemetery records. Recollections of family members.Children:
Herman Monroe Clendennen, b. February 2, 1902, Franklin, Robertson County, Texas; d. June 13, 1980, Hempstead, Waller County, Texas.Children:
Barney Lynn ClendennenLinnie Ruth Clendennen
Mavanelle Clendennen
Donna Luene Clendennen
Hillis Preston Clendennen, b. April 12, 1905, Franklin, Robertson Co., TX; d. November 17, 1912, Val Verde, Milam Co., TX.
Sources: Milam County cemetery records. Recollections of family members.Earley Jewel Clendennen, b. December 26, 1908, Highbanks, Falls Co., TX; d. July 17, 1977, Houston, Harris Co., TX.
Child:
Valton Brian ClendennenLucille Clendennen, b. December 7, 1913, Val Verde, Milam Co., TX/Milam Co., TX; d. May 19, 1936.
Child:
Shirley Nan Barton
8. Andrew Jackson Clendennen was born July 1885 in Milam Co., Texas, and died 1946 in Madisonville, Texas. He married (1) Laurel David Wheatly February 22, 1910 in Milam Co., Texas. She was born 1888 in Alabama, and died April 1, 1911 in Milam Co., Texas. He married (2) Beulah Walls February 1912 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. She died 1968.
Sources: Texas Census records. Limestone County courthouse records. Recollections of family members.Notes: Laura and baby girl died of diphtheria.
Sources for Laurel Wheatly: 1910 Texas Census. Marriage certificate, Milam County courthouse. Milam County cemetery records. Recollections of family members.
Child:
Baby girl Clendennen, b. 1911, Milam Co., Texas; d. 1911, Milam Co., Texas.Sources for Beulah Walls: Texas Census records. Recollections of family members.
Children:
Andrew Jackson Clendennen Jr.Children:
Jerry Paul ClendennenDavid Andrew Clendennen
Jimmy Lynn Clendennen
Opal Maud Clendennen
Children:
Larry Coy CrawfordBetty Jewel Crawford
Alton Len Clendennen
Children:
Jack Allen ClendennenDorothy Ann Clendennen
Ivey Lynn Clendennen
Linda Belle Clendennen
George Brian Clendennen
Children:
Tim ClendennenGary Clendennen