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Elliott
Clover
Elliott4 Clover (John Metler3, Paul2, John Peter1 Clover)
This is an article I published in the Clover Family Chronicles, Spring 2005, page 224. It is copyrighted 2005 by June Clover Byrne. It is dedicated to Lois Guffy who sent me the pictures you will see below. This is her family line. She sent much of this information.
Elliott Clover going off to the Civil War. Picture courtesy of Lois Guffy.
Susan (Crusour) Clover, wife of Elliott Clover. Picture is courtesy of Lois Guffy.
Susannah Clover, wife of Elliot Clover, picture courtesy of Glenda Williams.
Crusour Bible Record from Emma Lou Welch
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Elliott4 Clover (John Metler3, Paul2, John Peter1 Clover)
This is an article I published in the Clover Family Chronicles, Spring 2005, page 224. It is copyrighted 2005 by June Clover Byrne. It is dedicated to Lois Guffy who sent me the pictures you will see below. This is her family line. She sent much of this information.
The eighth child of John
Metler Clover and Mary Williams was Elliot Clover, who was born 12
April 1831, died 15 March 1893. (1) The IGI gives his place of birth as
Grant County, Indiana. However, his father, John Clover, appears in the
1830 and 1840 censuses in Vermillion County, Indiana, so I do not think
he was born in Grant County. Elliot married 19 February 1867, in
Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana, Susannah Crusour. (2) Susannah was
born 7 November 1839 in Franklin, Ohio. (3) She died on 5 April 1918,
in Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas. (4) They married in Illinois,
moved to Kansas where he died, and she later moved to Grant County,
Oklahoma.
Elliot’s name is variously spelled with one or two l’s and t’s. His military and pension records had him as Eliot, but he appears in the John Metler Clover bible record as Elliot so I am using that spelling. Elliot and Susannah share a tombstone in South Fairview Cemetery which is also known as the Clover Cemetery, in Walnut Grove Township, Mitchell County, Kansas.(5)
Elliot’s name is variously spelled with one or two l’s and t’s. His military and pension records had him as Eliot, but he appears in the John Metler Clover bible record as Elliot so I am using that spelling. Elliot and Susannah share a tombstone in South Fairview Cemetery which is also known as the Clover Cemetery, in Walnut Grove Township, Mitchell County, Kansas.(5)
Eliot Clover served in the Civil War and received a
pension for his
service. He enlisted as a private in A Co, 71st Regiment of US
Volunteers at Clinton, Vermillion County, Illinois on 10 July 1862. He
was described as 5' 7" tall, with blue eyes, light hair and complexion.
He received a gunshot wound which destroyed his left eye and damaged
the vision in his right eye at a battle near Richmond on 3 August 1862.
He was honorably discharged from service at Camp Dick Thompson at Terre
Haute, Indiana, on 17 November 1862. For this he received a one-fourth
disability. He received a pension of $4 per month beginning 23 March
1863. [This seems like an inadequate amount for the loss of one eye.]
This pension was increased gradually over the years until he was
receiving $30 per month in 1893, the year of his death.
In his description of the incident in which he was injured, he stated that he was at Richmond, Kentucky, about 5 PM, while engaging the enemy with his company in line of battle. He was kneeling and firing and was in the act of aiming when a musket ball from the enemy struck just above the left eye thereby breaking the bone and bursting the eye.(6)
After his death, his widow, Susannah applied for a pension. She signed an affidavit that her name was really Susannah and not Susan which had appeared on the marriage record. Eliot’s brother, J. S. Clover, signed the affidavit saying that she was the only wife that Eliot Clover ever had. She signed the application with a mark (7) However, her granddaughter, Lois Guffy, tells me that the family often spelled it Suzannah.
Susannah Crusour was living in the family of a Catherine Crusour, aged 49, born Ohio, in the 1860 Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana census. A Moses Crusour married a Catharine Rhoads on 8 January 1839 in Warren County, Ohio.(8) In her affidavit for her pension, Susannah said that she was born in Franklin, Ohio. (9) There are three towns named Franklin in Ohio, one of which is in Warren County. I did not find the family in the indexes in 1840 and 1850, but the name may be badly mangled. Emma Lou Welch has a bible record for a Mahala Crusour, daughter of Moses Crusour and Catherine Rhodes. I have put the bible record below. The bible record does not have any dates, but does list the sisters and brothers of Mahala. The Susan there is the Susannah who married Elliot Clover. A copy of this is lower on the page. It is a different type of bible, but showing the siblings is very useful to researchers even without the dates.
Catherine Couson, wife of Moses Couson, was listed as the daughter of John Rhoads, in his 1852 estate records in Warren County, Ohio. (10) This surname appears with so many spellings that I have no doubt this refers to the Catherine Crusour above.
Story of Elliot Clover's War Experience
• 1860 Vermillion County, Indiana Helt Township NARA M653 roll 303: Page 150: 27 July 1860, Line 19 379/383 Household includes Elliott Clover 28 farm labor $–/110 IN
• 1870 Iroquois County, Illinois Ash Grove NARA M593-231, page 226a, line 6 178/171: Eliot Clover 39 farmer $500, $800 IN; Susan 30 OH; Rheuben P. 2 IL; James 9/12 IL; John 13 IN; Martin Vintins. [The John Clover aged 13 was probably the son of Isaac Clover, Elliot’s brother, who had died several years before.]
• 1880 Mitchell County, Kansas Walnut Creek, NARA T9-0389 ED 184, page 125B, line 33
53/55: Elliott Clover 49 farmer IN [birthplace of parents unknown]; Susan Clover wife 40 OH PA OH; Reuben son 12 IL; Mary C. dau 8 IL; Philip son 6 IL; Eliza dau J. 4 IL; Ella May dau 2 IL.
• 1900 Grant County, Oklahoma Coldwater NARA T523-1337, ED 67 sh 9, line 86, 195/195: Susana Clover Nov 1839, Wid 7/4 children OH PA OH owned farm; Ruben son Nov 1867 single IL IN OH; Mary C. Dau single Nov 1871 IL IN OH; Philip son single Nov 1873 IL IN OH.
• 1910 Grant County, Oklahoma Nashville ED 35 sh 2a page 94a, line 19 51/52: Reuben Clover 42 single IL IN OH; Susannah mother 70 widow 7/3 children OH OH OH.
In his description of the incident in which he was injured, he stated that he was at Richmond, Kentucky, about 5 PM, while engaging the enemy with his company in line of battle. He was kneeling and firing and was in the act of aiming when a musket ball from the enemy struck just above the left eye thereby breaking the bone and bursting the eye.(6)
After his death, his widow, Susannah applied for a pension. She signed an affidavit that her name was really Susannah and not Susan which had appeared on the marriage record. Eliot’s brother, J. S. Clover, signed the affidavit saying that she was the only wife that Eliot Clover ever had. She signed the application with a mark (7) However, her granddaughter, Lois Guffy, tells me that the family often spelled it Suzannah.
Susannah Crusour was living in the family of a Catherine Crusour, aged 49, born Ohio, in the 1860 Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana census. A Moses Crusour married a Catharine Rhoads on 8 January 1839 in Warren County, Ohio.(8) In her affidavit for her pension, Susannah said that she was born in Franklin, Ohio. (9) There are three towns named Franklin in Ohio, one of which is in Warren County. I did not find the family in the indexes in 1840 and 1850, but the name may be badly mangled. Emma Lou Welch has a bible record for a Mahala Crusour, daughter of Moses Crusour and Catherine Rhodes. I have put the bible record below. The bible record does not have any dates, but does list the sisters and brothers of Mahala. The Susan there is the Susannah who married Elliot Clover. A copy of this is lower on the page. It is a different type of bible, but showing the siblings is very useful to researchers even without the dates.
Catherine Couson, wife of Moses Couson, was listed as the daughter of John Rhoads, in his 1852 estate records in Warren County, Ohio. (10) This surname appears with so many spellings that I have no doubt this refers to the Catherine Crusour above.
Story of Elliot Clover's War Experience
• 1860 Vermillion County, Indiana Helt Township NARA M653 roll 303: Page 150: 27 July 1860, Line 19 379/383 Household includes Elliott Clover 28 farm labor $–/110 IN
• 1870 Iroquois County, Illinois Ash Grove NARA M593-231, page 226a, line 6 178/171: Eliot Clover 39 farmer $500, $800 IN; Susan 30 OH; Rheuben P. 2 IL; James 9/12 IL; John 13 IN; Martin Vintins. [The John Clover aged 13 was probably the son of Isaac Clover, Elliot’s brother, who had died several years before.]
• 1880 Mitchell County, Kansas Walnut Creek, NARA T9-0389 ED 184, page 125B, line 33
53/55: Elliott Clover 49 farmer IN [birthplace of parents unknown]; Susan Clover wife 40 OH PA OH; Reuben son 12 IL; Mary C. dau 8 IL; Philip son 6 IL; Eliza dau J. 4 IL; Ella May dau 2 IL.
• 1900 Grant County, Oklahoma Coldwater NARA T523-1337, ED 67 sh 9, line 86, 195/195: Susana Clover Nov 1839, Wid 7/4 children OH PA OH owned farm; Ruben son Nov 1867 single IL IN OH; Mary C. Dau single Nov 1871 IL IN OH; Philip son single Nov 1873 IL IN OH.
• 1910 Grant County, Oklahoma Nashville ED 35 sh 2a page 94a, line 19 51/52: Reuben Clover 42 single IL IN OH; Susannah mother 70 widow 7/3 children OH OH OH.
Elliott Clover going off to the Civil War. Picture courtesy of Lois Guffy.
Susan (Crusour) Clover, wife of Elliott Clover. Picture is courtesy of Lois Guffy.
Susannah Clover, wife of Elliot Clover, picture courtesy of Glenda Williams.
Crusour Bible Record from Emma Lou Welch
Moses
Crusour, born
Pennsylvania, married 8 January 1839, Warren County, Ohio, Catharine
Rhoads. (11)
1860 Vermillion County, IN Helt Twp M653-303 page 162: Catharine Crusour 49 OH $975/210; Susanah 20 OH; Tobias 18 farmer OH; James 16 OH; Kizziah 14 OH; Hannah J. 13 OH; Mary F. 9 OH.
1880 Vermillion County, IN Helt NARA T-9-0318 sh 79B Catherine Crusour 68 widow OH PA VA; James T. Son 36 OH PA OH; Hanah J. Dau 30 OH; Mary F. 28 OH PA VA. [Same page as John Peer whose wife is missing with several children.]
Children of Moses Crusour and Catherine Rhoads:
1) Mahala Crusour married 8 October 1857, Vermillion County, Indiana, John Peer. (12)
2) Susannah Crusour, born 1840, Ohio, married 19 February 1867, Vermillion County, Indiana, Elliot Clover.(13)
3) Tobias Crusour, born ca. 1842, Ohio.
4) James T. Crusour, born ca. 1844, Ohio.
5) Keziah E. Crusour born ca. 1846, Ohio, married 11 June 1868, Vermillion County, Indiana, Jesse L. Peer. (14)
6) Hannah J. Crusour, born ca. 1850, married 30 September 1894, Vermillion County, Indiana, Noah C. Bungarner.(15)
7) Mary F. Crusour, born ca. 1851, Ohio.
Children of Elliott Clover and Susannah Crusour
Endnotes for Elliott Clover
(1) John Metler Clover bible record, Clover Family Chronicles, Issue 4, page 85.
(2) Indiana Marriages 1845 to 1920, www.ancestry.com [Reference Book 4: 258]
(3) Eliot Clover Pension File, Widow’s application, Civil War Pension file no. 393,532, National Archives, Washington, DC.
(4) Eliot Clover Pension File, Widow’s application, Civil War Pension file no. 393,532, National Archives, Washington, DC.
(5) Mitchell County Cemeteries, Volume 1, (Cawker City, Kansas: North Central Kansas Genealogical Society, 1981), 91.
(6) Eliot Clover Pension File, Widow’s application, Civil War Pension file no. 393,532, National Archives, Washington, DC.
(7) Eliot Clover Pension File, Widow’s application, Civil War Pension file no. 393,532, National Archives, Washington, DC.
(8) Catharine Crusour household, 1860 U.S. Census Helt Township, Vermillion County, Ohio, M653-303, page 162.
(9) IGI extracted record, batch no. M513141, from Warren County, Ohio, Marriages 1803 to 1854, FHL microfilm no. 0384262.
(10) Ellen Van Houten and Florence Cole, Warren County, Ohio Wills and Estates, Volume 1, 1803-1859, (Loveland, Ohio: Cardinal Research, 1993), 14.
(11) IGI, Batch M513242 extracted from film no. 0384262.
(12) Indiana Marriages, Vermillion County 1845-1920, www.ancestry.com
(13) Indiana Marriages, Vermillion County 1845-1920, www.ancestry.com
(14) Indiana Marriages, Vermillion County 1845-1920, www.ancestry.com
(15) Indiana Marriages, Vermillion County 1845-1920, www.ancestry.com
1860 Vermillion County, IN Helt Twp M653-303 page 162: Catharine Crusour 49 OH $975/210; Susanah 20 OH; Tobias 18 farmer OH; James 16 OH; Kizziah 14 OH; Hannah J. 13 OH; Mary F. 9 OH.
1880 Vermillion County, IN Helt NARA T-9-0318 sh 79B Catherine Crusour 68 widow OH PA VA; James T. Son 36 OH PA OH; Hanah J. Dau 30 OH; Mary F. 28 OH PA VA. [Same page as John Peer whose wife is missing with several children.]
Children of Moses Crusour and Catherine Rhoads:
1) Mahala Crusour married 8 October 1857, Vermillion County, Indiana, John Peer. (12)
2) Susannah Crusour, born 1840, Ohio, married 19 February 1867, Vermillion County, Indiana, Elliot Clover.(13)
3) Tobias Crusour, born ca. 1842, Ohio.
4) James T. Crusour, born ca. 1844, Ohio.
5) Keziah E. Crusour born ca. 1846, Ohio, married 11 June 1868, Vermillion County, Indiana, Jesse L. Peer. (14)
6) Hannah J. Crusour, born ca. 1850, married 30 September 1894, Vermillion County, Indiana, Noah C. Bungarner.(15)
7) Mary F. Crusour, born ca. 1851, Ohio.
Children of Elliott Clover and Susannah Crusour
Endnotes for Elliott Clover
(1) John Metler Clover bible record, Clover Family Chronicles, Issue 4, page 85.
(2) Indiana Marriages 1845 to 1920, www.ancestry.com [Reference Book 4: 258]
(3) Eliot Clover Pension File, Widow’s application, Civil War Pension file no. 393,532, National Archives, Washington, DC.
(4) Eliot Clover Pension File, Widow’s application, Civil War Pension file no. 393,532, National Archives, Washington, DC.
(5) Mitchell County Cemeteries, Volume 1, (Cawker City, Kansas: North Central Kansas Genealogical Society, 1981), 91.
(6) Eliot Clover Pension File, Widow’s application, Civil War Pension file no. 393,532, National Archives, Washington, DC.
(7) Eliot Clover Pension File, Widow’s application, Civil War Pension file no. 393,532, National Archives, Washington, DC.
(8) Catharine Crusour household, 1860 U.S. Census Helt Township, Vermillion County, Ohio, M653-303, page 162.
(9) IGI extracted record, batch no. M513141, from Warren County, Ohio, Marriages 1803 to 1854, FHL microfilm no. 0384262.
(10) Ellen Van Houten and Florence Cole, Warren County, Ohio Wills and Estates, Volume 1, 1803-1859, (Loveland, Ohio: Cardinal Research, 1993), 14.
(11) IGI, Batch M513242 extracted from film no. 0384262.
(12) Indiana Marriages, Vermillion County 1845-1920, www.ancestry.com
(13) Indiana Marriages, Vermillion County 1845-1920, www.ancestry.com
(14) Indiana Marriages, Vermillion County 1845-1920, www.ancestry.com
(15) Indiana Marriages, Vermillion County 1845-1920, www.ancestry.com
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