Houston W. Clements and Sadie (Reid) Clements
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Title
Houston W. Clements and Sadie (Reid) Clements
Subject
Clements, Sadie Frances (Reid) (1894-1983)
Clements, Houston Webster (1890-1941)
Description
Damaged photograph of Houston W. Clements and his wife, Sadie F. (Reid) Clements. The couple came to Woodstock in the mid-1920s. Houston was a barber and Sadie was a beautician.
Sadie was born and grew up in Rockbridge County, Virginia. She was the fifth child (of at least ten) of Charles Morgan Reid, a farmer and cabinet maker, and Nannie Frances (Hostetter) Reid. As a girl, Sadie and her family lived in the small community of Buffalo for many years.
She married Houston W. Clements, in 1916, in Lexington. He was originally from Collierstown, Rockbridge County, and the son of Houston and Mary M. (Entsminger) Clements. His father was from Glen Wilton and his mother was from Clifton Forge, Virginia.
Early in their marriage, the couple moved to the Newport area of eastern Virginia where, in 1920, Houston worked as a machinist in a shipyard while Sadie looked after their young son, Charles Houston Clements (1917-1983). Sadie’s younger brother, Johnnie Reid, also lived with them. He was a painter in the ship yard.
Both the 1930 and 1940 censuses listed the family as living on Court Street in Woodstock. “Hugh” was a barber with his own shop. By 1940, Sadie was a beautician with her own shop.
After her husband died, Sadie continued to work as a hairdresser in Woodstock for many years. Her last years were spent in Salem, Virginia, where she died.
Sadie was born and grew up in Rockbridge County, Virginia. She was the fifth child (of at least ten) of Charles Morgan Reid, a farmer and cabinet maker, and Nannie Frances (Hostetter) Reid. As a girl, Sadie and her family lived in the small community of Buffalo for many years.
She married Houston W. Clements, in 1916, in Lexington. He was originally from Collierstown, Rockbridge County, and the son of Houston and Mary M. (Entsminger) Clements. His father was from Glen Wilton and his mother was from Clifton Forge, Virginia.
Early in their marriage, the couple moved to the Newport area of eastern Virginia where, in 1920, Houston worked as a machinist in a shipyard while Sadie looked after their young son, Charles Houston Clements (1917-1983). Sadie’s younger brother, Johnnie Reid, also lived with them. He was a painter in the ship yard.
Both the 1930 and 1940 censuses listed the family as living on Court Street in Woodstock. “Hugh” was a barber with his own shop. By 1940, Sadie was a beautician with her own shop.
After her husband died, Sadie continued to work as a hairdresser in Woodstock for many years. Her last years were spent in Salem, Virginia, where she died.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by Guy Wetzel and Virginia Gochenour, who remembered that Sadie's husband was a barber in Woodstock and was missing a leg.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Sadie F. Clements is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001387 and 006631.
Identifier
006631
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Houston W. Clements and Sadie (Reid) Clements,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 27, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/40184.
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