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Clement, the sixth child of Jesse A. and Malinda
Clement, was born in Mocksville. During the Civil War, Clement
served as Captain of Company M, North Carolina 7th Regiment,
Confederate Cavalry. After the war, Clement apprenticed with his
brother Dr. William Clement and later attended the University of
Louisiana for further medical training. He practiced medicine with
his brother in Arkansas before returning to Rowan County, North
Carolina in 1880. Around 1883, he married Lina Barber and moved back
to Mocksville where he lived until his death. (Courtesy of Carol and
Lisa LeGrand.)