Philip Carrier Clover of
Clarion
County, Pennsylvania
This article was originally published in
the Clover
Family Chronicles, Spring 2007, Issue 5, page 202. The
article is
copyrighted 2005 by June Clover Byrne. Note that numbers in (
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At last count, I was trying to keep
several dozen
Philip Clovers straight in my head. This is one of them. Philip C. was
the
son of Philip Clover, grandson of Philip Clover and he had a son and
grandsons named Philip Clover. Unless otherwise noted, the
obituaries quoted were sent by a volunteer who did not send
the
name of the newspaper.
Note: Philip Carrier4 Clover
(Philip3,
Philip2,
John
Peter1
Clover). If you are a connection of this Philip, please
contact
me. I would like to know more about this group.
Philip Carrier Clover was born in
1846, died
1919, buried
in the Carrier Cemetery in Clover Township, Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania between his first and second wives, Agnes and
Anna.(1) Philip married (1st) Agnes Blanche Reese, born ca. 1853.
Agnes was born in
Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, died 10 January 1894, aged 40 years, of
consumption, in Limestone Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.(2)
Philip married (2nd) Anna Charlotte Weber, ca. 1909. She died 2
May
1917
per her obituary. She was born in 1861 and was buried in the same
cemetery with Philip and his first wife.(3)
According to a
message sent by Jim Corbett, Agnes was born 6 November 1853, married 27
December 1871, died 10 March 1894. I don't know if there is a
mistake in the vital records or if there is a mistake in the family
records. Note also that the supposed son, Albert, died 17 April
1894, aged two months. I am not sure what is wrong here, but will
include all dates. If someone has access to this Clarion County
vital Records microfilm, perhaps it should be checked again.
I have a birth date from an unknown source of 17
November 1846 for Philip which includes his middle name. All other
sources have Philip C.
Obituary: [Newspaper unknown.] 3 May
1917, Mrs. Anna
Clover, the wife of P. C. Clover of Summerville, died yesterday morning
at 1:30 o’clock of cancer of the bowels, aged 56 years. The
deceased was, prior to her marriage eight years ago, Miss Anna Weber,
the daughter of Christian Weber, of near Punxsutawney [Jefferson
County]. Since her marriage she had resided in Summerville.
Father
of Anna Weber, information from findagrave.com
Christian Weber
Jun.
16, 1831-May 20, 1909
From the Punxsutawney News-May 1909
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Christian Weber,one of the oldest
citizens of this section died at his home in North Young Township on
Thursday night,May 20,at the age of 77 Years,11 Months and 4 Days. The
cause of death was catarrhal pneumonia.
Mr.Weber was born in Germany and came
to Americia fifty-seven years ago.Upon landing in New York he decided
to try living in the city and so spent the first two years on American
soil in New York. He came to Jefferson county,Pa.,where he purchased
some land and began at once the work of making the place habitable, for
in those days the land was unsettled. Here he lived the remaining years
of his life,during which time he married twice and reared five children.
His surviving children are:
John,Thomas and Miss Annie Weber,all at home; George Weber of Cambria
County; Joseph Weber of California.
Mr.Weber was a consistent Christian
and active member of St. Peters Reformed Church.
Services were held at the church,
conducted by Rev.Kerschner,at 3 p.m.,on Sunday and internment was made
in the churchyard.
The services were attended by a large
concourse of friends.
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Spouse:
Catherine Weber (1824 - 1890)
Inscription: age 77 yr., 11 mo., 4 d.
Burial: St. Peter's Reformed
Cemetery
Punxsutawney, Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania
- 1880 Clarion
County, Pennsylvania Limestone
Township NARA T9-1117, page 174A: Philip C. Clover 32 PA carpenter PA
PA; Blanche wife 25 PA PA PA; Henry H. Son 5 PA; Rule B. Son 1 PA;
Emery Darr 19 PA PA PA Laborer
- 1900 Clarion
County, Pennsylvania Limestone
Township NARA T623-1395, page 179b, ED 14 sh 10B line 55 160/166:
Philip C. Clover Nov 1846 widowed PA PA PA farmer; R. Bird son Jan 1879
PA PA PA farm labor; Bessie dau October 1880 PA; Campbell son Oct 1882
PA; Lowrie son Mar 1885 PA; Sloan son Dec 1886 PA; Walker son June 1889
PA; Thomas son Dec 1891 PA.
- 1910 Clarion
County, PA Limestone Township NARA
T624-1329, page 250, ED 14 sh 9a, line 35 90/92: Phillip C. Clover 62
mar2 0 years PA PA PA farmer; Anna C. wife mar1 aged 48 PA
Germany PA; Bessie B. dau 29 PA sing; Lawford C. son 25 PA sing;
Phillip L. Son 25 sing; Marvin S. 24 son sing PA; Walker B. 20 sing PA;
Thomas A. son 19 sing PA.
Children of Philip C. Clover and Agnes Blanche Reese:
[Note there is an error here. Albert Walker Clover was their son as
well as an Albert Clover. Albert Walker Clover was born first. I am
taking his first name from the census. But the second Albert
Clover is supposedly from a tombstone. One of these is wrong. If
you know, please tell me. Also there is a question of the dates, see
comments above.]
1) Henry
H. Clover, born 1875,
Pennsylvania, (4) died 25 January 1900, Limestone Township, Clarion
County, of consumption,(5) buried Carrier Cemetery, Clover Township,
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. (6) According to a message from Jim
Corbett, "Harry" Holden Clover
was
born 21 February 1875.
2) Bird
Rule Clover born 5 January
1879, Pennsylvania. He was tall with a medium build with blue eyes and
dark
brown hair. His nearest relative Jennie Clover, and they resided at RD
# 1 Corsica, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania at the time he filled out
his draft card. He married ca. 1904. I am not aware that he had
children.
Photocopy of Arizona
Death Certificate from the Mesa FHC files: R. Byrd Clover,
born 5 January 1879, Clarion, Pennsylvania, died 19 November 1948, in
Maricopa County, Arizona, of coronary occlusion. The
informant,
Mrs.
Mollie Clover, said that he was the owner and operator of a tourist
court, had lived in Arizona for two years, was the son of Philip
Clover, and the spouse of Mollie Darden. The address of Mrs. Mollie
Clover was a post office box in Mesa, Arizona. He was buried in Clarion
County, Pennsylvania.
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1930
Clarion County, PA
Clarion Twp, NARA roll 2016, ED 6 sh 1b line 51: Bird R. Clover 51
married first aged 25 PA PA PA farmer; Jennie N. Wife 52 PA PA PA.
3) Bessie
Viola Clover, born 25 October
1880, Pennsylvania, died 28 March 1960, buried Westview Cemetery,
Summerville, Pennsylvania. She married Lewis Worthington Corbett, 12
August 1911. All of the information about Bessie comes from
her
grandson, Jim Corbett.
4) Lanford
Campbell Clover, born
October 1882, Pennsylvania. He was buried as L. C. Clover,
born
1883, died 1931, in Pisgah Cemetery in Union Township, Jefferson
County, Pennsylvania. (8) His first name was in the 1910 census but he
normally appears as Campbell. He was married to Susan Black.
She
was born 28 September
1883, died 7 June 1970, buried in Pisgah
Cemetery, Union Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. (9) According
to a message from Jim Corbett, Lanford was born 31 October 1882, died
11
March 1931.
Obituary:
7 June 1970: Mrs. Susan
Black Clover of Brookville, R. D. 4, died yesterday in the Brookville
Hospital at the age of 86. Born 28 September 1883, in
Corsica,
she was a daughter of William and Elizabeth Hill Black and was married
to the late Campbell Clover. A life-long resident of the Brookville
area, she was a member of the United Methodist Church in Brookville.
Surviving are two sons, Dick, of Brookville, and Arnold, of Emporium, a
daughter, Mrs. Boyd Cable, of Brookville, R. D. 4; five grandchildren,
and four great-grandchildren. Friends are being received in the Work
Funeral Home in Brookville ....burial at Pisgah Cemetery in Corsica.
[Unknown Jefferson County newspaper.]
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1930 Jefferson County, PA
Brookville NARA roll 2047, ED 6, sh 15B line 74, page 75b: Campbell L.
Clover 47 PA PA PA carpenter married first age 27; Susan H. Wife 45 PA
Scotland Scotland; Arnold G. Son 19 PA; Dixon A. 15 PA; Jean B. Dau 9
PA.
Son of Campbell Clover and Susan Black:
Arnold G.
Clover, 77: of 37 South Main Street, Brookville, died Sunday, September
25, 1988 at Brookville Hospital. Mr. Clover was born 4 March 1911 in
Brookville. He was married to Helen Cymont who preceded him
in
death on 28 December 1982. Mr. Clover was an employee of Sylvania in
Brookville and retired from the Emporium plant. He was a
member
of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in
Brookville.
Surviving relatives include one daughter, Gay Rogerson of Springdale;
four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and one sister, Jean Cable
of Brookville, R. D. 4. Friends will be received at the
Galbraith-McKinney Funeral Home, Main Street, Brookville, on Tuesday
after 1:30 PM and in the evening when Rosary will be recited at 7:30
PM.....Interment at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Rose Township,
Jefferson County.
[Note: Helen C.
Clover is buried with
him in St.
Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery. The SSDI has an entry for Helen Clover,
born 19 July 1911, died December 1982. Her last residence was
Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.]
5) Philip
Lowry Clover, born 1 March
1885, Pennsylvania, died February 1963. (10) His name was Lowrie in the
1900 census. His tombstone in
Carrier Cemetery, Clover Township, Jefferson County, gave his death
date as 1963, but had no further information. His wife was not with
him. (11) According to a message from Jim Corbett, his middle name was
Lowry and he died 8 February 1963.
Obituary:
[Newspaper unknown.] 8 February 1963: Philip L. Clover Services Monday,
Funeral services will be held in Summerville Monday for Philip L.
Clover of New Castle, a former Summerville resident who died Friday in
the Shannock Valley Othopedic[sic] Hospital in Farrell. He
was 78
years of age. Mr. Clover was born 1 March 184[sic] in
Limestone
Township, Clarion County, a son of Philip C. and Blanche Reese Clover
and was married to Parcilla Corbett. He was a
carpenter.
Surviving is a brother, Walker Clover of Summerville. Friends will be
received in the Curry Funeral Home in Summerville, where services will
be held Monday afternoon at 2:00....interment in Carrier Cemetery in
Summerville.
6) Marvin
Sloan Clover, born 6
December 1886, Limestone Township. He was single at the time
he
signed the draft card and resided Mayport R D., Pennsylvania.
He
was employed by P. C. Clover. He was tall with a medium
build,
blue eyes and black hair.(12) He died August 1962,(13) buried in
Lakelawn Cemetery, Winslow Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
next to his wife. His wife, Osa P. Clover, born 1896, died 1961. (14)
His middle name was in the 1900 census.
Obituary
for Osa Clover 11 June 1961, newspaper unknown.
Funeral
Services will be held in Brookville, Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Osa
P. Clover of Brookville, RD 5, who died unexpectedly in the home of her
son Dale in Natrona Heights, Sunday morning.
Mrs.
Clover was born in Clarion
County 21 November 1896, a daughter of Clark and Lyda Ion Elder.
She was married to Marvin Clover. She was a member
of the
Brookville Methodist Church, the Dorcas Class, the Woman's Society of
Christian Service and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Surviving
are her husband, a son,
Dale Clover of Natrona Heights; three daughters, Mrs. Michael Lyoshin
of Utica, New York, Mrs. Wayne Carrier of Baxter, and Miss Doris Clover
of Clarion; two sisters, Mrs. John H. B. Johnson, and Mrs. Vaugh Hauck,
both of Brookville, and seven grandchildren.
Funeral
services will be held in
the Reitz Funeral home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev.
Sherman H. Epler will officiate and burial will be in the Lakelawn
Memorial Park, near Reynoldsville. [Dave Craig sent me information that
their daughters were named: Helen, Doris Louise, and Twila
Viola
Clover.]
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1930 Jefferson County, PA
Rose Township Roll 2047, page 123 ED 35 sh 5a line 37 92/99: Marvin S.
Clover 43, married first aged 33 PA PA PA carpenter; Osa P. Wife 33 PA
PA PA; Dale C. Son 9 PA; Helen J. dau 7 PA; Twila V. Dau 5 PA.
7) [Albert?]
Walker Clover, born
1889, died 1963, was buried in Westview Cemetery, Clover Township,
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania along with his wife,
Grace.(15)
Grace L. (Fryer) Clover was born 6 October 1888, died May 1979. (16) I
have taken his first name from the 1920 census. However, there is
an Albert B. Clover tombstone, born and died in 1894. I don't know
what is
going on here. Please let me know if you do.
Obituary:
[Newspaper unknown.] 9 May 1963: Services for Walker Clover: Funeral
services will be held in the Summerville Methodist Church Sunday
afternoon...for Walker Clover, of Summerville who died in the
Brookville Hospital Thursday evening after a 5 day
illness......interment in the Westview Cemetery near
Summerville.
Mr. Clover was born in Clarion County, 9 June 1889, the son of Phillip
C. and Blanche Reese Clover. He married Grace Fryer 30 July
1911.
He was a member of the Summerville Methodist Church and had been the
teacher of the Men’s Bible class for twenty years.
He was
an office employee of the Hanley Company of Summerville retiring four
years ago. Surviving are his wife, five sons, Raymond T. Walker, Mesa,
Arizona; Phillip E. Walker, Bethany, Connecticut; Kenneth B. Walker, of
Galilee, Pennsylvania, Richard A. Walker, and Bernard R. Walker, both
of Natrona Heights, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Curry
Funeral Home in Summerville. [Note Error: The surnames of his children
should have been Clover, not Walker.]
The following newspaper clippings were sent by Mark Lussky from the
holdings of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society. The newspapers
are dated 3 August 1961.


- 1920 Allegheny, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania, NARA T625 roll 1662; Page: 6B; ED 69
Albert W Clover 30 PA PA PA machinist steel mill; Grace L Clover wife
31 PA PA PA; Raymond T Clover son 7 PA PA PA; Philip E Clover son 5 PA
PA PA; Kenneth B Clover son 3 [3 3/12] PA PA PA [Note they are living
next to Samuel Fryer and family.]
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1930 Clarion County, PA
Limestone Twp NARA roll 2016, ED 17 sh 13a, page 253, line 29 264/271:
A. Walker Clover 40 married first at 22 PA PA PA, Grace L. Wife 41
married first at 22 PA PA PA; Raymond T. Son 18 PA; Phillip E. son 15
PA; Kenneth B. Son 13 PA; Richard A. Son 9 PA; Bernard R. Son 3 10/12
PA.
Children of A. Walker Clover and
Grace Fryer:
A. Raymond T. Walker: He and his wife are the same tombstone
in the City of Mesa Cemetery,
Mesa, Arizona.
Clover, Rev Raymond T DD [DD
stands for Doctor of Divinity] b. Jan. 13,
1912 d. May, 1978. Obituary: MESA TRIBUNE, MESA, AZ
Wednesday, May 10, 1978
Rev. Dr. Raymond T. Clover, 66 died May 8, at St.
Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix. He was born in Leechburg, PA
and came to Arizona in 1956 from Brookville, PA. He lived at 2109
W. Cholla, Phoenix. He was a retired Baptist Minister in the Mesa
area.
Dr. Clover received his Ph D. Of theology at
Clarksville, TN School of Theology.
He is survived by mother Grace, Natrona Heights, PA;
and three brothers from Pennsylvania. Services will be at 10 a.m.
Thursday at Meldrum Mortuary with Rev. Gerrit DeYoung of Trinity
Presbyterian Church in America, Scottsdale, officiating.
Interment will be in Mesa Cemetery.
Clover, Dr Katherine G
DRE [DRE stands for Doctor of Religious
Education] b. Jun. 29, 1910 d. Feb., 1978 [Note that someone has added
a memorial
to Virginia Katherine Clover with these dates on findagrave.com]
Obituary: MESA TRIBUNE, MESA, AZ Tuesday, February 28, 1978
Dr. Katherine Virginia Clover, 67, died Feb. 27 at Good Samaritan
Hospital in Phoenix. Born in Brookville, Pa., she came to Mesa in
1956 where her husband was a Baptist minister. After retirement
they lived in Phoenix for the past three years.
She received her PhD in
Theology at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in America in Scottsdale.
She is survived by her
husband, the Rev. Dr. Raymond T. Clover.
Services will be at 7 p.m.
Wednesday at the Trinity Baptist Church in America in Scottsdale with
the Rev. Gerrit DeYoung officiating. Friends may call from 1 to 4
p.m. Wednesday at Meldrum Mortuary in Mesa. Interment will be at
11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mesa Cemetery.
B. Philip E.
Clover, born ca. 1915.
C.
Kenneth B. Clover born 15 September 1916, died 16 November 1991, buried Chestnut Grove Cemetery,
Chestnut Grove, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He married Inez Ocie Korb Clover (1917 -
2005)
D. Richard A. Clover, born 1921
E. Bernard R. Clover, born 1926.
8) Thomas
Austin Clover, born 22
November 1891, Summerville, Pennsylvania. He was a married farmer. He
had blue eyes, and dark brown hair and was of medium height and build.
He was living in Mayport at the time he signed the draft card. (17)
According to a message from Jim Corbett, Thomas married Mary Elizabeth
Stewart, 8 May 1917, he died 8 May 1950 in New Kensington, buried in
Zion Cemetery, Leechburg, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
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1920 Westmoreland County,
PA Lower Burrell NARA T625-1666 ED 188 sh 2b, line 4 41/42: Thomas A.
Clover 28 PA carpenter; Elizabeth wife 26 PA; Blanche L. Dau 1 PA.
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1930 Westmoreland County,
PA New Kensington Borough ED 185 sh 2b line 70 31/31: Thomas Clover 38
first married at 25 PA PA PA laborer at Spring Works; Elizabeth wife 36
PA PA PA; Blanche dau 12 PA; Howard son 4 PA.
9)
Albert
B. Clover, born and died
in Limestone Township, Clarion County, died 17 April 1894, aged 2
months. He was the son of Philip and Agnes Clover. He died of
Cholera Infantum.(18) He is buried with his parents in the
Carrier Cemetery, Jefferson County where his tombstone says born 1894,
died 1894. According to a message from Jim Corbett, he was
born
16 February 1894, died 17 April 1894. There is some confusion
here because his mother was supposed to have died 10 January 1894.
I don't know where the error lies.
Endnotes for Philip C. Clover
1) Tombstone
Hoppin, Cemetery
Inscriptions of Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1,
(Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill
Press,
1980),
67.
2) Death Records Section, Vital Records of Clarion County,
Pennsylvania, FHL 1315368.
3) Tombstone
Hoppin, Cemetery
Inscriptions of Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1,
(Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill
Press,
1980),
67.
4) 1880 census
5) Death Records Section, Vital Records of Clarion County,
Pennsylvania, FHL 1315368.
6) Tombstone
Hoppin, Cemetery
Inscriptions of Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1,
(Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill
Press,
1980),
67.
7) Bird Rule Clover World War I Draft Card, FHL no. 1877876.
8)Tombstone
Hoppin, Cemetery
Inscriptions of Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1,
(Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill
Press,
1980),
127.
9)Tombstone Hoppin, Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1,
(Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill
Press,
1980),
130.
10) Philip Clover entry, Social Security Death Index.
11)Tombstone Hoppin,
Cemetery Inscriptions of
Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1,
(Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Press, 1980),
66.
12) Marvin S. Clover World War I draft card, FHL no. 1877876.
13) Marvin Clover entry, Social Security Death Index.
14) Tombstone
Hoppin, Cemetery
Inscriptions of Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1, (Evansville,
Indiana:
Whippoorwill
Press,
1980), 188.
15) Tombstone
Hoppin, Cemetery
Inscriptions of Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1,
(Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill
Press,
1980),
78.
16) Grace Clover entry, Social Security Death Index
17) Thomas Austin Clover World War I draft card, FHL no. 1877876.
18) Death Records Section, Vital Records of Clarion County,
Pennsylvania, FHL 1315368.
19) Tombstone
Hoppin, Cemetery
Inscriptions of Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, Volume 1,
(Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill
Press,
1980),
67.