Early Life
Andrew Clemens was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on January 29, 1857. The year 1857 is given as his birth year in his obituary in the North Iowa Times, in his death record, and on his gravestone, and he is listed as being 37 years, 4 mos., and 13 days old in his obituary. (Obituary from the McGregor News newspaper, May 16, 1894, page 3) The Clemens family moved to McGregor, Iowa from Dubuque, in June of 1857 (when Andrew was approximately five months old).
At a young age Andrew suffered encephalitis which caused his lifelong deafness. At the age of 13 Clemens was entered into the Iowa State School for the Deaf and Dumb in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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