DR. PHINEAS HARRISON CLEMONS was born in Sandusky, Ohio, 16 Feb 1832. He graduated in the first class of Antioch College in 1857. He also graduated from Cincinnati Eclectic College of Medicine. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted as an assistant surgeon in 1862 (99th Ohio Volunteers). Three months after enlistment he was promoted to chief surgeon, ranking as major. On 17 Nov 1862 he was married to Frances Eunice Ransom, who served with her husband and did nurse's duty. She died 16 Mar 1867. On 11 Jan 1872 he married Alice Eugenia Douglas, b. 14 Aug 1851 at Sandusky, Ohio, daughter of Rev. Russell E. Douglas and Temperance Ellis. He established a practice at Sandusky, but later was called to Government service in 1882 and served as a medical expert in the U.S. Pension Office at Washington, D.C., until his death on 2 Nov 1899. Alice Clemons died 28 Oct 1895 at Washington, D.C.
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DR. PHINEAS HARRISON CLEMONS was born in Sandusky, Ohio, 16 Feb 1832. He graduated in the first class of Antioch College in 1857. He also graduated from Cincinnati Eclectic College of Medicine. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted as an assistant surgeon in 1862 (99th Ohio Volunteers). Three months after enlistment he was promoted to chief surgeon, ranking as major. On 17 Nov 1862 he was married to Frances Eunice Ransom, who served with her husband and did nurse's duty. She died 16 Mar 1867. On 11 Jan 1872 he married Alice Eugenia Douglas, b. 14 Aug 1851 at Sandusky, Ohio, daughter of Rev. Russell E. Douglas and Temperance Ellis. He established a practice at Sandusky, but later was called to Government service in 1882 and served as a medical expert in the U.S. Pension Office at Washington, D.C., until his death on 2 Nov 1899. Alice Clemons died 28 Oct 1895 at Washington, D.C.
This is a cenotaph. View Actual burial here
This is a cenotaph. View Actual burial here
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