Clover Family Research Compendium
Created, Edited, and Maintained By June Clover Byrne
For the Clover Family Historical Society
Martha
Jane Clover, wife of Mathew McGinnis
Daughter of Gamaliel Clover and Martha Jane Platt.
Daughter of Gamaliel Clover and Martha Jane Platt.
Most of the following information came from Jo McGinnis. She got most of her information off the tombstones. I also received much information from Carol-Jeanne Turk who has researched her family for many years. I have also made extensive use of a small booklet published by Mary Kishler which was sent to me in 1998 by Carol Apelian.
Martha Jane Clover, daughter of Gamaliel Clover and Martha Jane Platt, was born 11 January 1836, died 1 November 1870. She married 18 December 1860, Mathew McGinnis. He was born 27 March 1836, died 13 May 1912.
Mathew
and Martha are buried in Richland (Old Brick) Presbyterian
Church Cemetery, Salem Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. So were
John Foster
McGinnis and Sarah Jane McClatchey, his parents.
There is some question as to whether Martha had a middle name or not. I have received info with and without it. I personally don't know. But I did notice that the county history here has Martha J. which does suggest that Martha Jane may be right.
There is some question as to whether Martha had a middle name or not. I have received info with and without it. I personally don't know. But I did notice that the county history here has Martha J. which does suggest that Martha Jane may be right.
History
of Clarion County, (Syracuse,
New York: D. Mason & Co., 1887)
Page xxxvi: Matthew
McGinnis, Mariasville,
PO Salem, was born in Salem on 27 March 1836. He is a farmer
and
owns 25 acres of land and has been assessor for two terms, and school
director since 1862. his grandfather, James McGinnis, came to
Salem Township from Northumberland County, in 1804. Matthew
was a
son of John F. and Sarah (McClutchey) McGinnis. He was
married on
13 December 1860 to Martha J. Clover, a daughter of Gamaliel and Martha
(Platt) Clover, early settlers in Clarion County. Martha died
on
1 November 1870 leaving four children: Viola J., Clarence C., Nettie M.
and Irvin M.
Children of Martha Jane Clover and Mathew McGinnis:
1. Viola Jane McGinnis, January 13, 1861--January 11, 1941; she is buried in Richland (Old Brick) Presbyterian Church Cemetery. She married Joseph Josiah Kline.
Children of Viola McGinnis and Joseph Kline.
1 Edwin Kline born 1897
2. Edith Kline born on 13 January 1900 and died on 14 January 1997, Shippenville, Pennsylvania.
2. Benjamin McGinnis, August 2, 1862--December 11, 1862; he is buried in Richland (Old Brick) Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
3. Clarence B. McGinnis, September 1, 1864--May 31, 1935; he buried in Richland (Old Brick) Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The "B." does not stand for anything. He did not have a middle name. He married Isabelle "Belle" Gertrude Logue on April 13, 1891 in Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Gertrude is buried in Richland (Old Brick) Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
A. Forest Clarence McGinnis, born 29 May 1892 in Wentlings Corners, Clarion Coounty, Pennsylvania, died 9 April 1976 in Clarion, Clarion Co., PA.
B. Viola Belle McGinnis born 5 June 1893 in SalemTownship, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, died 10 June 1975 in Silver Springs, Howard County, Maryland. She married Earl Emeleus Rossman 12 June 1917 in Nickleville, Venango Coounty, Pennsylvania. He was born 24 Feb 1888 in Richey Run, Lower Richland, Venango County, Pennsylvania, died 2 February 1954, in Suitland, Prince Georges County, Maryland.
C. Luella Opal McGinnis born 8 October 1894, died 18 March 1904.
D. Nellie Lutisha McGinnis died 21 February 1979 in Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Carol-Jeanne Turk remembers her as being the family historian along with her sister Zelma.
E. Zelma McKinney, born 1900.
Clover Family Exchange Volume 7 Issue 1 July 1993 published by Bob and Marguerite Clover
Taken from the Oil
City Derrick, published in Oil
City,
Pennsylvania.
Typed by Pat Vaseska.
Monday, May 22, 1989 Obituaries
Zelma A. McKinney, 88 of Sligo, Pennsylvania died Saturday May, 20, 1989, following a lengthy illness.
Zelma was born June 15, 1900 in Sugar Valley, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, to the late Clarence B. and Belle Logue McGinnis. She married John D. McKinney on June 15, 1922. He preceded her in death on April 17, 1952.
She was a member of the Sligo Presbyterian Church for 67 years. Zelma also belonged to the Sligo Chapter Order of the Eastern Star.
After graduation in 1919 at Clarion Normal School, she taught in the West Freedom School. In 1921, she moved to Sligo to teach in the public schools there.
Surviving are a son, Donald E. McKinney of Youngsville, three daughters, Mrs. Marion G. McNaughton of New Bethlehem, Mrs. Donald (Delores) Kinkead of Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Clair Carolyn Motter of Clarington RD 1; twelve grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Esther Lee of Clarion; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a son, Karle B. McKinney in 1984; two brothers, Forest C. McGinnis and J. F. (Tommy) McGinnis; and three sisters, Luella McGinnis, Viola Rossman, and Nellie McGinnis.
Services will be held on Tuesday, May 21, and internment will follow in Grandview Cemetery.
[Note from Bob and Marguerite Clover: Mrs. McKinney’s father, Clarence B. McGinnis, was the son of Martha Jane Clover and Matthew McGinnis. Martha Jane was the daughter of Gamaliel and Martha Platt Clover, and a granddaughter of Philip and Mary Cooper Clover.]
F. Joseph Foster McGinnis born 29 February 1904, Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, died 28 Mar 1967 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. He was called Foster and was in a wheelchair due to Rheumatoid Arthritis.
G. Esther Martha McGinnis, born 31 October 1907 in Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, died 11 October 1993, Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Carol-Jeanne Turk remembers her as a delicate and sweet woman. Picture an old fashioned southern woman and that was Aunt Martha without the accent.
3. Nettie M. McGinnis, July 10, 1866--January 10, 1902; she is buried
in Richland (Old Brick) Presbyterian Church Cemetery.Monday, May 22, 1989 Obituaries
Zelma A. McKinney, 88 of Sligo, Pennsylvania died Saturday May, 20, 1989, following a lengthy illness.
Zelma was born June 15, 1900 in Sugar Valley, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, to the late Clarence B. and Belle Logue McGinnis. She married John D. McKinney on June 15, 1922. He preceded her in death on April 17, 1952.
She was a member of the Sligo Presbyterian Church for 67 years. Zelma also belonged to the Sligo Chapter Order of the Eastern Star.
After graduation in 1919 at Clarion Normal School, she taught in the West Freedom School. In 1921, she moved to Sligo to teach in the public schools there.
Surviving are a son, Donald E. McKinney of Youngsville, three daughters, Mrs. Marion G. McNaughton of New Bethlehem, Mrs. Donald (Delores) Kinkead of Wichita, Kansas, and Mrs. Clair Carolyn Motter of Clarington RD 1; twelve grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Esther Lee of Clarion; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a son, Karle B. McKinney in 1984; two brothers, Forest C. McGinnis and J. F. (Tommy) McGinnis; and three sisters, Luella McGinnis, Viola Rossman, and Nellie McGinnis.
Services will be held on Tuesday, May 21, and internment will follow in Grandview Cemetery.
[Note from Bob and Marguerite Clover: Mrs. McKinney’s father, Clarence B. McGinnis, was the son of Martha Jane Clover and Matthew McGinnis. Martha Jane was the daughter of Gamaliel and Martha Platt Clover, and a granddaughter of Philip and Mary Cooper Clover.]
F. Joseph Foster McGinnis born 29 February 1904, Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, died 28 Mar 1967 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. He was called Foster and was in a wheelchair due to Rheumatoid Arthritis.
G. Esther Martha McGinnis, born 31 October 1907 in Richland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, died 11 October 1993, Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Carol-Jeanne Turk remembers her as a delicate and sweet woman. Picture an old fashioned southern woman and that was Aunt Martha without the accent.
4. Irvin M. McGinnis, August 11, 1868--August 17, 1952; he is buried in Richland (Old Brick) Presbyterian Church Cemetery. He married (1st) Arrie E. Stull on February 19, 1891. Arrie was born 27 August 1871, died 29 April 1907. Irvin married (2nd) Mattie Goughler. Mattie was born 7 August 1874, died September 1948.
Children of Irvin McGinnis and Arrie
Stull:
a) Lee Irvin
McGinnis born 29 June 1891, Sugar Valley, Salem
Township, Pennsylvania, died 28 March 1976
b) Matthew
Stull McGinnis born 10 Mar 1896
Child of Irvin McGinnis and Mattie
Goughler
c) Harvey McGinnis died 24 Aug 1988 in Franklin Venango County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.
c) Harvey McGinnis died 24 Aug 1988 in Franklin Venango County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania.
7. Arthur McGinnis, August 15, 1870--October 24, 1870. The twins are buried in Richland (Old Brick) Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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