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Archibald (Archie) Clement or "Little Arch" was a Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War, known for his brutality towards Union soldiers and pro-Union civilians in Missouri. Archie Clement was born in Moniteau County, Missouri, on January 01, 1846. The family moved to Johnson County in 1853, then to Cass County, then to Kingsville, Johnson county about 1861. At age 15, Archie enlisted in the Confederate Army and served two months and nineteen days, then was discharged. He joined the guerillas under William T. Anderson, and became known as Bloody Bill's most trusted compatriot. At age 17, he was Bill Anderson's lieutenant. Archie was a small man, blonde and grey-eyed, with a perpetual smile. Standing just over five feet tall and weighing about 130 pounds, Clement's slight stature belied his ferocity, as he was known to be an expert pistol shot and fearless under fire. He was often referred to as "Little Archie Clement." William "Bloody Bill" Anderson, Confederate guerilla and outlaw, was born in Missouri and in 1861 was a resident of Council Groves, Kansas, where he and his father and brothers achieved a reputation as horse thieves and murderers. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was forced by his Unionist neighbors to flee to Clay County, Missouri, where he became a guerilla leader notorious for leading raids along the Kansas-Missouri border and infamous for scalping his victims. He often decorated the bridle of his horse with Yankee scalps. Especially heinous was his raid against the German settlers of Lafayette County, Missouri, in July 1863. Anderson's unit
was a part of Quantrill's Guerrillas. When, in August 1863 two of Bloody
Bill's sisters were killed and a third crippled for life in the collapse
of a makeshift jail in which they were being held by Union authorities,
the already ferocious Anderson redoubled his frenzy of killing. Prominent
in his band were Archie Clement, Frank James, and later Jesse James.
Archie Clement took a prominent role in all major operations of Anderson's unit in 1864, including the Centralia Massacre, looting and burning buildings and terrifying the local populace. They barricaded the tracks of the Northern Missouri Railroad, and forced a train to stop. They robbed the civilian passengers, and killed 21 Union soldiers who were returning home to Iowa and northwest Missouri on furlough. Anderson left one Union sergeant alive for a possible prisoner exchange; the rest he had stripped, shot, and scalped or otherwise mutilated. Upon Anderson's death on October 27, 1864, Archie Clement took command of his unit, continuing military action into the next year, even after the Civil War ended with the surrender at Lee's army in Virginia. Clement took over Anderson's command when Anderson was killed on October 26, 1864. While many of his comrades eventually surrendered, including the James brothers, Jesse and Frank, Archie never did. By the beginning of 1866, Clement steered himself and his friends into a new profession; bank robbery. On February 13, 1866, a group of gunmen carried out the first daylight, peacetime, armed bank robbery in U.S. history, when they held up the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri, stealing some $60,000 in cash and bonds. The state authorities suspected Archie Clement of leading the raid. The bank happened to be run by the leading Radicals of Clay County, who had just held a public meeting for their party. The Radical governor posted a reward for Clement, while he and his men conducted further robberies that year. On election day of 1866, Clement led his crew into Lexington, Missouri, where they intimidated Radical voters and secured the election of a Conservative slate of candidates. In later years, the list of suspects for the Clay County robbery would grow to include Frank James, Cole Younger, John Jarrette, Oliver Shepard, Bud and Donny Pence, Frank Gregg, Bill and James Wilkerson, Joab Perry, Ben Cooper, Red Monkus and Allen Parmer (who later married Susan James, Frank and Jesse's sister). The outlaws also killed George Wymore, a bystander on the street outside the bank. That crime began a string of robberies, many of which were linked to Clement's group of bushwhackers. The hold-up most clearly linked to the group was of Alexander Mitchell and Company in Lexington, Missouri, on October 30, 1866, which netted $2,011.50. On December 13, 1866, Clement led a group of his men into Lexington to visit old friends, including Dave Pool. Major Bacon Montgomery, Army commander of the town, was anxious to head off a confrontation, and ordered Clement and his pals to register for the local militia at the court house and be on their way, which they did. Later, Archie returned to town alone, to drink with an old friend at the bar of the City Hotel. Upon getting word that Clement was in town and alone, Montgomery acted. His men confronted Archie at the bar, demanding his surrender. A gun battle erupted. Clement dashed outside, got on his horse and tried to flee, only to be riddled with bullets by a company of soldiers as he passed the court house. Archie's pursuers walked up to him as he lay in the street, where he was still trying to cock a revolver with his teeth. One of them asked, "Arch, you are dying. What do you want me to do with you?" to which he replied, "I've done what I always said I would do...die before I'd surrender." He was 19 years old. After Archie Clement's death, his guerrilla band continued to rob and be pursued by government troops, until his old friend Jesse James took command and they became the beginning of the James-Younger gang.
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The Clement Family
Generation
No. 1 1. EDWARD
M.2
CLEMENT (JOHNSON1) was born
Abt. 1800 in Stokes County, North Carolina, and died Bet. 1855 - 1860 in
probably in Cass County, Missouri.
He married MARY
JANE
HIATT Abt. 1828
in North Carolina, daughter of MOSES
HIATT and
PATSEY
DONELLY. She was born April 13, 1812 in
Stokes County, North Carolina, and died Bet. 1870 - 1880 in probably in
Cass or Johnson County, Missouri. Notes for
EDWARD
M.
CLEMENT: The family
moved to Moniteau County, Missouri about 1844, then to Johnson County in
1853, to Cass, then back to Johnson after 1860.
Children of
EDWARD
CLEMENT and
MARY
HIATT
are: 2.
i.
EDWARD
J.3
CLEMENT,
b. February 23, 1829, Stokes County, North
Carolina. 3.
ii.
MARTHA
E.
CLEMENT,
b. March 23, 1830, Stokes County, North Carolina; d. March 29, 1919, Lone
Jack, Jackson County, Missouri.
iii.
JANE
E.
CLEMENT,
b. October 25, 1832, Stokes County, North Carolina; d. February 25, 1910,
Cass County, Missouri. Notes
for JANE
E.
CLEMENT: 1860
United States Federal Census > Missouri > Johnson >
Jackson Living
with Charles J. and Nancy Clement 1870
United States Federal Census > Missouri > Cass >
Polk Living
with Andrew and Juriah Miller. 4.
iv.
WASHINGTON
V.
CLEMENT,
b. April 10, 1834, Stokes County, North Carolina; d. March 10, 1864, Civil
War. 5.
v.
SARAH
ANN
CLEMENT,
b. January 30, 1836, Stokes County, North Carolina; d.
1940. 6.
vi.
CHARLES
J.
CLEMENT,
b. November 30, 1838, Stokes County, North Carolina; d. Sonoma County,
California.
vii.
WILLIAM
A.
CLEMENT,
b. March 15, 1841, Stokes County, North
Carolina. Notes
for WILLIAM
A.
CLEMENT: Listed
with the family in 1860 as age 20. No further record found. May have died
in the war. May
have been the brother of Archie called "Henry" who was with
Quantrill. 7.
viii.
JURIAH
A.
CLEMENT,
b. May 25, 1843, Stokes County, North Carolina.
ix.
ARCHIBALD
CLEMENT,
b. January 01, 1846, Missouri; d. December 13, 1866, Lexington,
Missouri. Notes
for ARCHIBALD
CLEMENT: Name:
Clements, Archibald Rank:
Private Conflict: Civil
War Side:
Confederate Type of
Unit: Cavalry Organization:
Missouri State Guard
Name of Unit: 2nd Missouri Cavalry Clements,
Archibald, Pvt. Co. E, 2nd Mo. Cav.
MSG--CSA Enlisted
Sept. 26, 1861
Discharged Dec. 10, 1861 Actual
Service 2 months, 19 days Paid $71.90 April 25,
1862. Muster
Roll on file, Adj. Office, Jefferson City, Mo.
x.
GABRIEL
H.
CLEMENT,
b. March 01, 1849, Missouri; d. Bef. 1860, probably Cass County,
Missouri. 8.
xi.
MARY
FRANCES
CLEMENT,
b. August 19, 1851, Missouri; d. March 28, 1942.
xii.
HANDY
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1853, Missouri. Notes
for HANDY
CLEMENT: Listed
as age 7 in 1860. Not with her mother in 1870. No further record
found.
xiii.
HENRY
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1855, Missouri; d. Bef. 1870, probably Johnson county,
Missouri. Notes
for HENRY
CLEMENT: Some
rosters list Henry Clement, brother of Archie, as a member of Quantrill's
Guerrillas. Obviously,
Henry was much too young. It's possible that the Clement listed as Henry
was actually another brother, William Clement. Generation
No. 2 2. EDWARD
J.3
CLEMENT
(EDWARD
M.2,
JOHNSON1) was born
February 23, 1829 in Stokes County, North Carolina. He married SUSAN
CRUM May 23,
1850 in Moniteau County, Missouri.
She was born Abt. 1830 in Virginia. Notes for
EDWARD
J.
CLEMENT: 1870 United
States Federal Census > California > Los Angeles > El
Monte
Children of
EDWARD
CLEMENT and
SUSAN
CRUM
are:
i.
WILLIAM4
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1851, Missouri. 9.
ii.
JOHNSON
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1854, Missouri.
iii.
GEORGE
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1856, Missouri; m. MOLLIE
E.
MORRELL;
b. Abt. 1859, Texas. Notes
for GEORGE
CLEMENT: 1880
United States Federal Census > California > Los Angeles >
Westminster > District 29
iv.
HENRY
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1864, California. 3. MARTHA
E.3
CLEMENT
(EDWARD
M.2,
JOHNSON1) was born
March 23, 1830 in Stokes County, North Carolina, and died March 29, 1919
in Lone Jack, Jackson County, Missouri. She married FLAVIOUS
JOSEPHUS
HOWARD December
27, 1849 in Moniteau county, Missouri, son of JOSEPH
HOWARD. He was born Abt. 1823 in North
Carolina, and died Bet. 1864 - 1870 in Missouri (Civil
War?). Notes for
MARTHA
E.
CLEMENT: 1870 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Johnson > Kingsville - same
page as her mother. 1880 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Cass > Polk > District
39 1900 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Cass > Polk > District
39 1910 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Jackson > Van Buren >
District 215 Notes for
FLAVIOUS
JOSEPHUS
HOWARD: 1850 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Johnson >
Jackson 1860 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Johnson > Jackson - same page
as Charles J. Clement 8th
Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Confederate Howard,
Clement Howard,
F.J. Howard, George
W. Howard,
J.A. Howard, Thomas
J.
Children of
MARTHA
CLEMENT and
FLAVIOUS
HOWARD
are:
i.
JOSEPH
E.4
HOWARD,
b. Abt. 1851.
ii.
ELIZABETH
HOWARD,
b. Abt. 1856, Missouri.
iii.
RUFUS
K.
HOWARD,
b. Abt. 1857, Johnson County, Missouri; d. Bef. 1870, Johnson County,
Missouri.
iv.
JEREMIAH
HOWARD,
b. November 1863, Missouri.
v.
JESSIE
HOWARD,
b. February 1869, Missouri. 4. WASHINGTON
V.3
CLEMENT
(EDWARD
M.2,
JOHNSON1) was born
April 10, 1834 in Stokes County, North Carolina, and died March 10, 1864
in Civil War. He married
MARY
FRANCIS
CUNNINGHAM October
28, 1852 in Johnson County, Missouri. She was born Abt. 1835 in
Tennessee. Notes for
WASHINGTON
V.
CLEMENT: 1860 United
States Federal Census > Kansas Territory > Linn >
Valley ---------- Name:
Washington Clemons ,
Residence:
Blooming Grove, Kansas
Enlistment
Date: 24 July 1861 Side
Served: Union
State
Served: Kansas
Service
Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 July 1861 Enlisted in
Company D, 10th Infantry Regiment Kansas on 11 February
1862. Died of
disease Company D, 10th Infantry Regiment Kansas on 10 March 1864 in
Alton, IL Name:
Washington V. Clement Service
Info.: PVT US ARMY CIVIL WAR
Death Date:
10 Mar 1864 Cemetery:
Alton National Cemetery
Cemetery
Address: 600 Pearl Street Alton, IL 62003 Buried At:
Section B Site 30
Notes for
MARY
FRANCIS
CUNNINGHAM: Remarried
to John Priddy after Washington's death. Lived in Henry Co., MO in 1870,
then in Cass Co. in 1880.
Children of
WASHINGTON
CLEMENT and
MARY
CUNNINGHAM
are:
i.
MARY4
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1854, Missouri.
ii.
SARAH
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1856, Missouri.
iii.
LOUISA
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1862, Kansas. 5. SARAH
ANN3
CLEMENT
(EDWARD
M.2,
JOHNSON1) was born
January 30, 1836 in Stokes County, North Carolina, and died 1940. She married ISAM
HELMS July 07,
1852 in Johnson County, Missouri, son of HOUSTON
HELMS and
ANNIE
GILLIAM. He was born Abt. 1830 in
Missouri.
Children of
SARAH
CLEMENT and
ISAM
HELMS
are:
i.
HENRY4
HELMS,
b. Abt. 1853.
ii.
SARAH
HELMS,
b. Abt. 1854.
iii.
HOUSTON
HELMS,
b. Abt. 1856.
iv.
MARY
HELMS,
b. Abt. 1859. 6. CHARLES
J.3
CLEMENT
(EDWARD
M.2,
JOHNSON1) was born
November 30, 1838 in Stokes County, North Carolina, and died in Sonoma
County, California. He
married NANCY
M.
HARRIS November
15, 1855 in Johnson County, missouri. She was born July 03, 1838 in
North Carolina, and died February 17, 1913 in Sonoma County,
California. Notes for
CHARLES
J.
CLEMENT: 1860 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Johnson >
Jackson 1880
Anderson, Mendocino, California
Children of
CHARLES
CLEMENT and
NANCY
HARRIS
are:
i.
ANNE
ELIZA4
CLEMENT,
b. October 11, 1863, Missouri.
ii.
PAMELA
BELLE
CLEMENT,
b. October 1865, Colorado.
iii.
AMANDA
ELLEN
CLEMENT,
b. November 25, 1868, Colorado.
iv.
JESSE
EDWARD
CLEMENT,
b. December 13, 1871, California; d. January 29, 1953, Mendocino County,
California.
v.
LAURIE
F.
CLEMENT,
b. Abt. 1879, California. 7. JURIAH
A.3
CLEMENT
(EDWARD
M.2,
JOHNSON1) was born
May 25, 1843 in Stokes County, North Carolina. She married ANDREW
J.
MILLER April 14,
1858 in Cass County, Missouri.
He was born Abt. 1833 in Tennessee. Notes for
ANDREW
J.
MILLER: 1870 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Cass >
Polk
Children of
JURIAH
CLEMENT and
ANDREW
MILLER
are:
i.
MARY4
MILLER,
b. Abt. 1859, Missouri; d. Bef. 1870, Missouri.
ii.
WILLIAM
MILLER,
b. Abt. 1865, Missouri.
iii.
ROSIE
MILLER,
b. Abt. 1867, Missouri.
iv.
JOSEPH
MILLER,
b. 1869, Missouri. 8. MARY
FRANCES3
CLEMENT
(EDWARD
M.2,
JOHNSON1) was born
August 19, 1851 in Missouri, and died March 28, 1942. She married ROBERT
ARCHIBALD
WOOLDRIDGE December
24, 1868 in Johnson County, Missouri, son of JOHN
WOOLDRIDGE and
SARAH
LACY. He was born January 08, 1851 in
Saline County, Missouri, and died March 06, 1936 in Cass County,
Missouri. Notes for
ROBERT
ARCHIBALD
WOOLDRIDGE: 1870 United
States Federal Census > Missouri > Johnson >
Kingsville
Children of
MARY
CLEMENT and
ROBERT
WOOLDRIDGE
are:
i.
SARAH
ANN4
WOOLDRIDGE,
b. 1870.
ii.
LILLIE
WOOLDRIDGE,
b. June 1877; m. DARRAH.
iii.
WILLIAM
WOOLDRIDGE,
b. July 1879.
iv.
GIRL
WOOLDRIDGE,
b. December 07, 1888, East Lynne, Johnson County, Missouri; d. January 09,
1899, East Lynne, Johnson County, Missouri.
v.
JESTIE?
WOOLDRIDGE,
b. December 1889.
vi.
LANA
WOOLDRIDGE,
b. June 15, 1890.
vii.
TWIN
WOOLDRIDGE,
b. June 15, 1890, East Lynne, Johnson County, Missouri; d. July 07, 1890,
East Lynne, Johnson County, Missouri. Generation
No. 3 9. JOHNSON4
CLEMENT
(EDWARD
J.3,
EDWARD
M.2,
JOHNSON1) was born
Abt. 1854 in Missouri. He
married CASSIE
MORRELL. She was born Abt. 1859 in
Texas. Notes for
JOHNSON
CLEMENT: 1880 United
States Federal Census > California > Los Angeles > Westminster
> District 29
Children of
JOHNSON
CLEMENT and
CASSIE
MORRELL
are:
i.
WILLIAM
E.5
CLEMENT,
b. December 05, 1876, California; d. April 13, 1946, Orange County,
California.
ii.
ALLIE
CLEMENT,
b. January 15, 1879, California; d. January 13, 1948, Los Angeles,
California; m. WINSLOW.
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