Nancy J. Clements
b. 28 February 1845, d. 31 December 1928
- Father: Peyton C. Clements b. circa 1802
- Mother: Angeline Rencher b. circa 1818
- Nancy J. Clements was born on 28 February 1845 in Alabama.
- She was known as Nannie.
- Peyton C. Clements and Angeline Rencher appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Greene County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Nancy J. Clements, Quincy Edward Clements. Also in the household were children William (age 14), Wiley (13), Anna (10), Peyton (5), Angeline (2) and Eleanor (1), not yet recorded.
- Peyton C. Clements and Angeline Rencher appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Forkland, Greene County, Texas. Other members of the household included Nancy J. Clements. Also in the household were children P. C. (age 13), A. (12), E. W. (11), J. S. (9) and E. (5), and also R. M. Clements (age 30), not yet recorded.
- She married John Wesley Holcroft, son of Edward F. Holcroft and Rebecca R. Morecock, on 12 December 1867 in Greene County, Alabama. And John Wesley's sister Mildred married Nannie's brother Quincy Clements. John and Nannie raised Quincy and Mildred's son Lewis Arrington Clements..
- John Wesley Holcroft and Nancy J. Clements appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Greensboro PO, Hale County, Alabama, enumerated next to Nancy's brother Wiley Clements.
- John Wesley Holcroft and Nancy J. Clements appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Forkland, Greene County, Alabama. Also in the household was Nannie's sister L. Clements (age 22), not yet recorded.
- Orphaned at an early age, Lewis Clements was raised by John Wesley and Nannie Clements Holcroft, his mother's brother and father's sister, who had no children of their own.
- John Wesley Holcroft and Nancy J. Clements appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Forkland, Greene County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Lewis Arrington Holcroft. "Louis" is identified as their adopted son.
- Nancy J. Clements became a widow at the 23 October 1924 death of her husband John Wesley Holcroft.
- Nancy J. Clements died on 31 December 1928 at age 83.
- She was interred at Forkland Methodist Church Cemetery, Forkland, Greene County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 19 Jan 2013