Huntsville native Jeremiah Clemens served Alabama in the U.S. Senate (1849-53) and was an early

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Jeremiah Clemens

Huntsville native Jeremiah Clemens served Alabama in the U.S. Senate (1849-53) and was an early writer in the Western novel genre. He was a second cousin of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain.