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Submitted by: Marge G. Pierce
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Author: J. B. Clements
   J. B. Clements, the son of R. W. Clements and Una Whiddon, was born at
Irwinville, Ga., November 17, 1869. He graduated at Emory College, Oxford, Ga.,
June 26th, 1890. He received a medal for excellence in music.

   In 1892, he was elected a member of school board for Irwin County. In 1892,
he was elected and appointed Judge of the County Court of Irwin County, which
position he held for sixteen years. In the fall of 1912 he was elected to the
lower House of the General Assembly of Georgia, sessions 1913-1914. He was
re-elected in the fall of 1914 and served during the sessions 1915-1916. He was
re-elected in the fall of 1916 and served during the sessions of 1917 and 1918.
He also served at two extra sessions.

   In the spring of 1919, he was elected to the State Senate to represent the
45th Senatorial District, this being a new district created the year previous,
he being the first Senator to represent this district, serving during sessions
1919 and 1920. In the fall of 1924, he was elected to the State Senate to
represent the 45th district in the State Senate, sessions 1925 and 1926. He was
again elected to the State Senate in 1930 and served during the sessions of 1931
and 1932.

   He joined Irwinville Lodge No. 315 F. & A. M. April 1893 and was elected
Worshipful Master in 1894 and has held this position from that time until the
present. In 1919 he was presented with a jewel by the Grand Lodge of Georgia for
25 consecutive years of service. In 1910 he was elected by the Grand Lodge a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Masonic Home. In 1920 he was elected
secretary and treasurer of this board which position he held to 1930. At session
of the Grand Lodge held in the fall of 1923 he was given by the Grand Lodge a
jewel for unusual merit and distinguished service to masonry which is considered
one of the highest honors bestowed by the Grand Lodge upon one of its members.
He was the first native of Irwin County to take a full collegiate course and
receive a diploma.
 

Additional Comments:
Taken from the Book

History of Irwin County by J. B. Clements (1932)