MAJOR ADAM CLEMENT,
Son of Adam and Nancy (Alexander) Clement, was born in Campbell
county, Virginia, in January, 1826. He entered the Confederate States
Army in April, 1861, captain in the 11th Virginia Infantry. In 1862
he was promoted major of the regiment, with which he served until
disabled for field duty. He was first wounded at battle of Seven Pines;
again in battle of Hagerstown, Maryland, where he received a severe
gunshot wound in the head. Relieved then from active service, he was
assigned to duty in the enrolling department, where he served until elected
sheriff. This was in 1863, and he continued to serve as sheriff until the
close of the war. In 1869 he was again elected sheriff, and he has
served in that office continuously ever since, and is the present incumbent.
Major Clement has been twice married, his first wife, whom he
wedded in 1846, Martha L. Cocke, born in Campbell county in October,
1828. He married secondly, May 31, 1888, Miss Annie M. Coke.
