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elected to the State Senate. He was re—elected in 1862, but re-
` signed. In 1866 he was elected Commonwealth attorney for the  
. i Fourteenth Judicial District of Kentucky. He served until 1868 l
when he was elected circuit judge of the third district, in which 1
capacity he served for the next eighteen years.
» EARLE C. CLEMENTS (1896- ), who has served in several I
county offices, was born in Morganfield, the son of A. W. and
Sallie A. Tuley Clements. He received his education in the Mor-
ganfield schools and later attended the University of Kentucky.
At the age of twenty he enlisted as a private in the United States
Army during the World War, rising in rank to first lieutenant A
and becoming a captain on his twenty-second birthday.
On being mustered out of service at the close of the war, Mr.
Clements returned to Morganfleld where he took an active part
in athletics, serving as coach of the football team of the high
school for several seasons. During his tenure as coach the team
won the conference championship several times.
Following in the footsteps of his father, who had served as
sheriff and county judge, he early took an active interest in
politics. He was sheriff for one term, county clerk for two terms
and county judge also for two terms. During his two terms as
county judge, the courthouse was remodeled and the mileage of _
the hard surfaced roads was trebled.
Mr. Clements is greatly interested in civic affairs, of which
this book, made possible through his interest and co-operation, j
is an example. He is a member of the Christian Church, chair- ,
man of the Democratic County Committee and a member of the
Griggs—Alvey Post of the American Legion. He was married in
1927,to Sarah Blue of Morganfield, and of this union one daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Hughes Clements, has been born.
DAVID CUMMINS DONAN (1882- ) was born in Hart  _
County, Kentucky, the son of Dr. David Crews and Victoria
Grady Donan. After receiving his primary education in the public
school near his home, he was privately tutored in Greek, Latin,
and mathematics. At the age of fifteen he became a member of a
surveying crew. He was afterwards awarded a fellowship in
chemistry by the University of Kentucky, and in 1903 he received .
his Master of Science degree. After two years as a country school
teacher he entered the Medical School of the University of Louis-
ville and was graduated with first honors in 1907. He taught ·
chemistry at the University for two years.