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John Clemm was 2nd Sergeant enlisted in Captain Joseph Hopper Nicholson's Artillerists during the War of 1812. He died on September 14, 1814 during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, an event that inspired Francis Scott Key's The Star-Spangled Banner. Following Clemm's death, the Baltimore Patriot honored him through an obituary.

Clemm was married to Maria Eichelberger (1785-1864). His brother, William Clemm, Jr., was married to Maria Poe (2nd wife), and their daughter, Virginia Poe, married her first cousin, gothic writer and poet, Edgar Allan Poe.

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