Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Clegg, te tama a te taote, i te Mahuru 1, 1876, i Red Bluff, Arkansas, a i ako ia i te Whare Wānanga o Arkansas. Whai muri i te wa o te mahi i roto i te Kamupene A, 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry i te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika, ka uru ia ki te Whare Hauora, ka mahi i roto i te
Te whakaekenga o Piripi.