Son of Aaron Granser Clements and Sarah Catherine Mize.
William Clements served as Postmaster at Blountsville, Tennessee before it became Alabama. James Edward Clements has a certificate issued from Washington Town before it was Washington, D.C.
Frank Hatton is the Postmaster General of the United States of America at the time. William was appointed October 6, 1884. Family stories say that he was offered a Postmaster's job in Georgia and his wife could not bear to leave Alabama; so they parted. He is said to have left with only the clothes on his back and was leading a cow. No one knows if he planned to walk the cow to Georgia or if he planned to sell her for his passage. He took the job in Georgia, divorced Sarah and married Elvie there. They had five children.
Marriage #1 Sarah C. Phillips b: 26 MAY 1842 in Alabama
Married: ABT 1861 in Alabama
Marriage Ending Status: Divorce
Children:
Nancy Elizabeth Clements b: 27 AUG 1862 in St Clair Co., Alabama
Sarah Catherine Clements b: 13 JUL 1864 in Alabama
William R. Clements b: 26 MAY 1866 in Alabama
David Frank Clements b: 9 APR 1869 in Alabama
Mary Lou Clements b: 14 NOV 1870 in Alabama
Peter Mason Clements b: 14 NOV 1871 in St Clair Co., Alabama
Emra A. Clements b: 29 DEC 1875 in Alabama
George Britton Clements b: 24 NOV 1877 in Alabama
Jerusha Viola Clements b: 24 JAN 1880 in St Clair Co., Alabama

Marriage #2 Elvie Higginbotham b: AUG 1858 in Florida
Married: in Georgia
Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
Children:
Nora Clements b: 30 JAN 1896 in Georgia
Cora Clements b: 17 MAY 1898 in Georgia
Pluma Clements b: 21 MAR 1900 in Georgia
Samantha Clements b: 23 MAY 1903 in Georgia
William McKinley Clements b: 12 JUL 1904 in Georgia

William M. "Bill" Clements


The dates in the bio don't match the memorial listing:

Born 25 Nov 1845 in St. Clair County, AL
Died 13 Dec 1904 in Georgia, USA

(I have no idea which is correct, but could you at least comment on the source of the dates, the fact that they don't match )

Both facts given to me - I post both until someone clearly knows truth

Per FAG # 47918989: William Clements couldn't have died in 1901. He had children that was born up
til 1904