John Clugh Clover

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John Clugh Clover
Son of Philip Clover and Fannie Clugh

John Clover of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Note: John Clugh⁴, (Philip³, Philip², John Peter¹ Clover).

        John Clugh Clover, born 29 September 1820, Pennsylvania [ Frampton says he was born in Salem Township, Clarion County, however Clarion County was not formed until 1839.]. He died 14 July 1897, at the Soldier's Home in Erie, [Erie County], Pennsylvania.(1) He married first 29 January 1846, Roseann Cathcart,(2) born ca. 1829, near New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,(3) died 28 September 1858, aged 28-6-2 (4) buried Summerville, [Jefferson County], Pennsylvania. John married second 23 June 1864, Lydia Ellen Smith, at Strattonville, [Clarion County], Pennsylvania. Lydia was born 25 October 1833, Strattonville, Pennsylvania, died 8 June 1913, buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Munderf, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John C. and Mary (King) Smith. (5)

I have considerable Cathcart information on the Cathcart page. To see it, please follow the Roseann Cathcart link above.

        Frampton says that John died in 1898. However, that can't be right because his widow applied for a widow's claim in 1897. I believe that the correct date of death is 14 July 1897.
The pension records which follow consistently say that he married Lydia E. Smith 27 June 1869.   However, that is an error. By the 1870 census, they had two children. Frampton says that they were married 27 June 1864. That is a much more likely date. It was a month after he was invalided out of the army. The bible record says that John married L. E. Smith on 23 June 1867, but that does not seem likely.

John C. Clover Civil War Pension file.
I have transcribed all of the papers from his pension file and included scans of some pages. If you want a complete copy, please contact me.

L. Mark Lussky sent the following photo of J. C. Clover which is from a photo of a reunion of the 148th Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1887. This is from Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

J. C. Clover

148th PVI [Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry] Reunion in 1887. This is so large Mark had to scan it in two parts. This is the left half. I am including all of this because you might have other relatives in the picture. John Clover is in the second set of men on the left end of the row with the top hat and full white beard. He would have been almost 67 at the time of this picture on June 16, 1887. He was older than many of the other soldiers.

Right half.


Bible Record
Some of the following dates are from the John C. Clover bible record. I have put copies of it on a separate page. It is courtesy of Pete Ostergard who is a descendant. These are loose pages which were among his mother's things. He does not know any more about this bible.

    Children of John Clugh Clover and Roseann Cathcart

1. Philip Sharp Clover, born 22 November 1846. (6) [AKA Philip R. Clover]

2. Sarah Jane Clover, born 10 March 1849, died 10 September 1880, (7) buried in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. She married Enoch Moody (8) [In 1880, the H.N. Clover, brother is probably Nathan Hiram Clover. She has consumption which is probably the cause of her death and the reason her brother is with her. Her aunt, Lucinda (Clover) Holden also lived in Pepin County which may be why they moved there.]

1870 Elk County, Pennsylvania Spring Creek Township NARA # M593 Roll: 1338 Page: 107b: Enoch Moody 23 NY labor; Sarah 21 PA; Charles 1 PA. [Thanks to Eileen Smith Temporo for finding this.]
1880 Pepin County, WI Pepin NARA T9-1441 page 1B: Jennie Moody widow PA PA PA ill with consumption; Walter son 6 PA NY PA; Neta dau 3 PA NY PA; H. N. Clover 24 single PA PA PA laborer. (9)

3. Ada Anthenett, born 3 September 1851(10)

4. Frances Elizabeth Clover 5 September 1853 (11)

5. Nathan Hiram Clover, born 14 May 1856. Died young, no issue. (12) Note he appears to be living with Jennie Moody in 1880 so apparently lived at least that long. The bible record appears to have this birth date but the notes on him are too faint for me to be sure of what it says. I have no further information on him. There is no death date for him in the bible.

Children of John Clugh Clover and Lydia Ellen Smith

6. Marion U. Clover, born 10 June 1867(13)

7. John ? Clover, born 12 August 1869 His middle initials are in the bible but are peculiar. They have led to his being known as John L. T. Clover. (14) [AKA John Henry Clover]

8. Hila Olive Samantha Clover, born 17 March 1871, (15) married John Irvin George, 22 February 1888, Brookville, Pennsylvania.

Patricia M. Steele, Who, When, and Where, Volume III, Jefferson County, PA, Marriage Licenses, 1885-1900, (Apollo, Pennsylvania; Closson Press) 56. Clover, Hila Olive Samantha, aged 16 years, born Polk Township, daughter John C. Clover and Lydda E. Hila married John Irvin George, aged 23, wagon repairing, son of George, John and Rosenna. They were married on 22 February 1888 at Brookville, by Robert R. Brady, J.P.

9. Alice Catherine Clover, born 9 January 1874, died 4? December 1874, aged 10 months, 3 weeks and 3 days.(16)

Census records for John Clugh Clover. Robert Frampton never included census records because he was working in the first quarter of the 20th century many years before census records were released. Consequently, he did not have the following information.

1850 Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Clover Township M432 roll 786 page 43: 9 November 1850, line 24, 24/24 John Clover 30 PA; Rosann 22 PA; Philip 3 PA; Jane 1 PA.

1860 Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Clover Township NARA M653 roll 1118 page 102 line 20: John C. Clover 40 PA laborer in household of Hiram Carrier.

1860 Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Rose Township NARA M653 roll 1118 page 328: [Note: I think that this is a son of John Clugh Clover.] Philip Clover 13 PA at school in household of Abner Spyker and family

1860 Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Rose Township NARA M653 roll 1118 page 327: [Note: I think that these are children of John Clugh Clover.] Elizabeth Clover 5 PA; Nathan H. 4 PA in household of Joel Spyker and family [Note that I am told Abner was the father of Joel Spyker so there is a lot of logic of having the children in these families.]

1870 Jefferson County, PA Polk Township NARA M593-1352 page 138B: J. C. Clover 49 PA; Lydia E. 36 PA; Marion 3 (male) PA; John L. 1 PA
1870 Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Brookville Borough NARA M593 roll 1352 page 195b line 34: Lizzie Clover 15 PA; servant in household of Ira Fuller.
1870 Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Cowanshannock Township Roll 1300 page 121B: Nathan Clover 14 PA in household of David W. Craft 27 PA and Melissa 28 PA and Wm. A. 1 PA

1880 Jefferson County, PA Polk NARA T9-1136, ED 199 sh 33, page 244a, line 12, 243/243: John C. Clover 59 PA farmer; Lydia E. Wife 47 PA; Marion U. Son 13 PA; John T. 10 PA; Hile O. (F) 9 PA.

Some of John's children lived with Spyker families after the death of Roseann. They were a very prominent family. Thanks to Deb Ciroli for sending this and for typing it.

HON. JOEL SPYKER.

        He was a man of great information, and when we consider his early poverty and the limited     education of his youth, he was a remarkably well educated man. He was born in Jonestown, Swatara township, Dauphin (now Lebanon) county, Pa., on the 30th of June, 1803. He was the son of Peter and Susanna Spyker. His grandfather, paternally, was John Peter Spyker, who came from Germany in 1737. His mother was the daughter of Rev. William Kurtz, one of the early
Lutheran preachers in the state. His education was very limited, but by the most untiring energy he acquired the rudiments of the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect and the English branches. He taught School, and while teaching got married to a Miss Mary Winger, the marital date being December 13th, 1825.
   In 1835, he removed to Jefferson county and from that time his history was interwoven with that of Jefferson county. He was soon elected a justice of the peace, and was fulfilling his seventh term when he died in 1877. In 1857, he was a member of the Assembly at Harrisburg, and made a decided sensation. In 1853 he was elected county surveyor. In 1860 was appointed Assistant U. S. Marshal to take the census of Jefferson county. He served several terms as county commissioner, and was a leader of the Democracy of Jefferson county for over forty years. In 1847 he published a book, which, for varied information upon a large number of subjects, gave him an enviable reputation.
As above stated, his qualities of mind were many, his education extended, (when the period of his early youth is considered,) and his love for republican institutions was similar to that of old “Hickory’s,” for whom he cast his first vote, in 1824.   He lived and died an honest,
liberty-loving and consistent citizen. He was a fit type of the characteristic race who have done so much to make the state the Keystone of the Union. In regard to the character of Mr. Spyker, we quote the following excerpt from the Jeffersonian of October 10th, 1877: “For years his name has been the synonym of honesty in all that the word implies, among those who knew him personally or by reputation.   He has been a standing administrator, guardian, executor, arbitrator, etc., and never has the slightest breath of disparagement, either as to his honesty or capability, been directed against him.”

Caldwell’s Atlas of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 1878, pg. 27
Pub. J.A. Caldwell, Condit, Ohio.
Reproduced by sponsorship of
The Jefferson County Historical Society of Brookville, Pennsylvania, 1974.

Endnotes:
(1) See Pension Record
(2) See Bible Record
(3) Robert Frampton, The Frampton Family, unpublished manuscript, ca. 1952, unpaged.
(4) See Bible Record
(5) Robert Frampton, The Frampton Family, unpublished manuscript, ca. 1952, unpaged.
(6) See Bible Record
(7) See Bible Record
(8) Eileen Smith Temporo tells me that a letter was sent to her aunt Elizabeth Shaffer with this information dated 2 April 1979.
(9) 1880 Wisconsin census information and research courtesy of Deb Ciroli.
(10) See Bible Record
(11) See Bible Record
(12) Elizabeth Smith Shaffer said that Hiram died young.
(13) See Bible Record
(14) See Bible Record
(15) See Bible Record
(16) See Bible Record

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