CLEMENTS, Bazil

Bazil Clements who is buried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Barr Twp, Daviess Co, IN was born in Kentucky in 1819, a son of Bazil and Mary Morgan Clements. His father, Bazil, Sr., was a great-grandson of William and Mary Hanson Clements of early Charles Co, MD Mary Hanson Clements was a cousin of John Hanson, patriot, soldier and first President of the Continental Congress of the United States. Bennett Hanson Clements II, grandfather of Bazil, Jr. signed the Oath of Fidelity and Support to Charles Co, MD pledging his faith to our new country. Bazil's father donated the land for the old St. Joseph Church and Cemetery. Bazil, Jr. was a veteran of the Civil War, having served as a First Lieutenant of Company B, 80th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. His second wife was Cealia Ann Kidwell, and his third, Mary A. Mattingly. He was the father of nine children. Both Bazil and Cealia are buried at St. Mary's.

Submitted by: Shirley H. Platt Copied from: St. Mary's Catholic Church Sesquicentennial Book 1834-1984