James Henry MCCLIMONS

1843 - 1930  (87 years)

• Name	James Henry MCCLIMONS  [1]
  Birth	23 Sep 1843	Greenville, South Carolina   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	23 Sep 1846	Greenville County, SC   [1]
  Military	Between 1861 and 1865  [3]
  	CSA - South Carolina 13TH Infantry, Company B, 2nd Sgt.
  Burial	1930	Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX   [4]
  Death	24 Dec 1930	Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX   [4]
  Person ID	I1100	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Hugh Porter MCCLIMONS, Jr.,   b. 17 Jul 1815, Spartanburg, SC d. 11 Jul 1879 (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Hargrove WOOD,   b. 7 May 1814   d. 25 Mar 1887, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	14 Feb 1839	Greenville County, SC   [1]
  Family ID	F375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Jane LEONARD,   b. 1846   d. 1918, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	28 Jan 1864	Spartanburg County, SC   [5]
  Married	Bef 1868  [4]
  Children	1. Edward MCCLIMONS  [Father: natural]   2. Nancy Elizabeth MCCLIMONS,   b. 3 Feb 1866   d. 5 Nov 1881 (Age 15 years)  [Father: natural]   3. John Thomas MCCLIMONS,   b. 30 Nov 1867  [Father: natural] + 4. Mary Lou MCCLIMONS,   b. 1 Jul 1870, Clarksville, Texas  [Father: natural] + 5. Emma Lamira MCCLIMONS,   b. 26 Apr 1873, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX  [Father: natural]   6. Oliver Porter MCCLIMONS,   b. 5 Apr 1875, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX  [Father: natural]   7. Martha Laura MCCLIMONS,   b. 28 Apr 1878   d. 25 May 1881 (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]   8. James MCCLIMONS,   b. 11 Jun 1880   d. 3 Jun 1881 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]   9. Edna Lenora MCCLIMONS,   b. 22 Aug 1882, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX  [Father: natural]   10. Frances MCCLIMONS,   b. 23 Sep 1885, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F4336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Histories » Slide Show		James Henry McClimons (1843-1930) Letter EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY: A Confederate Soldier Writes Home From the Front
  		James Henry McClimons (1843-1930) Obituary
  		J H McClimmon's Recollections on the Organization and Early History of Wood's Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South. Below is a letter written by J. H. McCLIMMON (AAAFAA) of Sulphur Springs, Texas on March 30, 1923. The letter and accompanying text was in reply to a request by MRS. LULA L. WOOD, his ousin, for homecoming at WOOD'S CHAPEL on Thanksgiving Day 1923.
  		Recollections of James Henry McClimons during the War Between the States. by James Henry McClimons This was written a few years before his death.

  
  

• Notes

  The following information provided by Kathy Ritter: From the Company B roll: Sgt. McClimons, James H. - enlisted age 18, survived the war. He served the entire span of the war... and he surrendered at Appomatox. His name is on the Surrender at Appomatox Roll: 2nd Sgt. J.H. McClinons (that's a typo). The information was at this link, http://www.13thscvi.org/aproll.htm#coc

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 191A.txt. [S133] B & J jparks@neto.com, Hopkins Co Tx - J. H. McClimons, obit and Civil War Service, (Name: Name:Location:http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/hopkins/history/mcclimons.txt;;;), Provided by Kathy Ritter. http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/hopkins/history/mcclimons.txt [S246] Research of Kathy Ritter, Great-Granddaughter to Mary Lou McClimons. Provided by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, ThirteenthRegimentCompany G, South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Company H, Palmetto Battalion's weg site: http://www.13thscvi.org/bylaws.htm [S73] Compilation by James Suddath Paget, Jr, (Name: Name: Name: Genealogy Publishing Service - 2000; Location: PersonalLibraryof Robert Darious Wood, Jr.;;;), Page 296. [S133] B & J jparks@neto.com, Hopkins Co Tx - J. H. McClimons, obit and Civil War Service, (Name: Name:Location:http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/hopkins/history/mcclimons.txt;;;). http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/hopkins/history/mcclimons.txt