Clemens, William Otis

1826 - 1881  (54 years)

• Name	Clemens, William Otis
  Birth	Oct 1826	Arkansas
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Apr 1881	Calhoun County, Arkansas
  Person ID	I449	Hastings-A
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Clemens, Benjamin,   b. 1799, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, United States d. 20 Oct 1860, Columbia, Arkansas, United States (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Bland, Naomi,   b. 1808, Cumberland County, Kentucky d. 27 Apr 1833, Little Rock, Arkansas Territory (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Private—Enlisted in Co. A, 10th Arkansas Cavalry, at Camden, Arkansas, February 23, 1863; present, February 29, 1864; captured at Longview, Arkansas, March 29, 1864; confined at U.S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois; exchanged at Red River Landing, Louisiana, March 4, 1865; Company A was organized at Camden, Arkansas, on January 12, 1863, by Captain John Wesley Walker. The company was composed primarily of men from Ouachita county, and operated as an independent cavalry company throughout 1863. On December 30, 1863, upon the organization of Crawford’s Regiment, the company was assigned as Company A, and Captain Walker was elected major. He was succeeded as captain by John C. Peoples. Although this obituary is dated 4-3-1881, the tombstone shows that W.O. died 4-24-1881. The inscription shows 54 years, 6 months and 7 days.