author
William Montgomery Clemens
1860–1931
A prolific American writer and genealogist, he moved easily between literary sketching and painstaking family history. Best known today for books on ancestry and a biography of Mark Twain, he spent decades turning research into readable stories.
1 Audiobook
Famous funny fellows : Brief biographical sketches of American humorists
by William Montgomery Clemens
About the author
Born in Ohio in 1860, William Montgomery Clemens was an American author whose work ranged from humor and literary biography to genealogy. Catalog and reference records consistently identify him as a writer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his published output includes works such as Mark Twain, His Life and Work, A Ken of Kipling, and many family-history compilations.
He is especially remembered for his genealogical work. Library and catalog listings show him editing and publishing a number of family magazines and ancestry-focused volumes, including titles connected with the Lincoln, Miller, and Boone families. That mix of popular writing and careful record-gathering gave his work a practical value that still makes it useful to researchers.
Clemens died in 1931. A suitable verified portrait image was not confidently available from the sources reviewed, so no profile image is included here.