James Monroe Clover is a difficult subject for an article because there is no direct evidence proving his parentage. It is the belief of his descendants, and I agree, that he was most likely the son of Henry Clover, and the grandson of Jacob Clover of Monroe County, Illinois. 
   
    James Monroe Clover was born 6 April 1827, in Monroe County, Illinois.(1) This information came originally from Peggy Howard.  Her source is not known.  However, the fact that she had a series of exact birth dates for individuals about whom little else is known, suggests to me that she had access to a bible record of some type at one time.  All of his census records suggest that he was born about this time whether on this exact date or not. We know that he was born in Monroe County, Illinois because in 1850 he was living in Fountain Township, Monroe County, Illinois.  The census taker for that township was the zealous type and wrote on the page that James M. Clover was born in Monroe County, Illinois.(2) This is corroborated by the 1880 census, in which James stated that his father was born in Illinois.(3)  The only set of Clovers who were in Illinois that early were in Monroe County. 
    Since we have no direct evidence of James’s father, we have to carefully examine the existing evidence for any other clues.  There was an early generation of Clovers in the records of Monroe County, Illinois, which appears to have consisted of Susanna Clover, Jacob Clover, Adam Clover, William Clover, and John Clover. They all left records in the county prior to 1820.  The last record of Adam Clover found in Monroe County was a bond he signed on 12 November 1817 stating that he and Daniel Guice sold a tract of land containing 200 acres.(4) John Clover and Tabitha, his wife, along with Jacob Clover and Catherine, his wife, signed a deed on 17 July 1818. This is the last record of John and Tabitha found in Monroe County.(5) This Adam Clover is probably the same Adam Clover who appears in a Louisiana Census in 1820.(6)  This John Clover is believed to be the John Clover who moved to Clark County, Arkansas.  The earliest record of a Clover so far found in Clark County is a bill of sale dated 26 March 1819 where John Clover purchased an improvement.(7) Their disappearances from Illinois coincide closely with their appearances in a new location. Consequently, we can rule out these Clovers as James’s progenitors.         
    William Clover’s will was dated 14 May 1817, and proven 21 May 1817 in the Monroe County, Illinois probate court. His heirs were listed in his will. His only son was named Michael.(8)  Most of his family seems to have moved to Missouri after his death. There was a
 Michael Clover, born ca. 1800, in the 1850 census of Jefferson County, Missouri,(9) who is thought to be that son. It has been difficult to track Michael. He does not appear in the 1830 census index. However, he does appear in the 1840 census in Jefferson County, Missouri with two young boys.  One boy was aged 10-15, and the second was aged 5-10 in 1840.(10)  It is therefore theoretically possible that Michael was the father of James Monroe Clover.  However, there are two boys who appear to be his sons in the 1850 Jefferson County, Missouri census.  Thomas H. Clover aged 21, born Missouri, living in the same household as Michael, is thought to be his son.  John W. Clover, aged 23, born Missouri, who is living next door, is also thought to be his son.  These two boys appear to account for the 1840 census entries.  They make it very unlikely that James Monroe Clover could have been the son of Michael.
    Jacob was the only male Clover left in Monroe County by 1820 and is the only Clover entry in the 1820 Monroe County census.  His household had a female who was probably Catherine, his wife, along with four young males and two young females.(11)  Jacob Clover died in 1821, and left a will leaving all of his real estate holdings to his sons. The number of sons and their names were not given in the will.(12)  However, an examination of the deed records of Monroe County, Illinois, shows that three of his sons were John, Elias, and Henry.(13) He also had a son, Jacob Clover, and a daughter, Anna Clover, both of whom died young.(14) Rebecca (Clover) Nelson inherited an interest in her father’s land from her brother, Jacob Clover, Junior. This indicates that he died after his father, but did not marry and leave children.(15) So we are left with John Clover, Elias Clover and Henry Clover as possible fathers for James. 
    John is easy to rule out as the father of James Clover because John’s children were named in his estate papers.(16) Elias Clover survived and raised a family. However, he is unlikely to have been the father of James Clover who was born in 1827. Elias Clover married 13 November 1829, in Monroe County, Illinois, Anna Kidd.(17)  There is no record of a previous marriage for Elias who was in the 1830 census of Monroe County and had no children in his household.(18)  According to a recent find of a tombstone by Pat Vaseska,  Elias Clover was born 6 July 1808 died 30 July 1878, buried Whiteside Pond Cemetery, Monroe County, Illinois.


    So we have the following evidence:
    •    James Monroe Clover was born in 1827 in Monroe County, Illinois.
    •    The only Clover in the 1820 census of Monroe County is Jacob Clover. The only Clover records in Monroe County after 1820 are for Jacob’s family.
    •    Jacob Clover died in 1821 leaving four sons, Jacob, John, Elias, and Henry.
    •    Jacob Clover, Junior died without leaving heirs.
    •    John Clover left estate records which prove his children.
    •    Elias Clover did not marry until 1829 which is two years after the birth of James Clover and does not have a male child with him in the 1830 census.
    •    Henry Clover is thus the only likely candidate to be the father of James.
    •    Henry Clover does have a male child under 5 in the 1830 census.

    We have thus established that Henry was the only Clover likely to have been the father of James.  The sole evidence that Henry had a son of this age is the 1830 census.  In this census, there is a male child under five in Henry Clover’s household. However, proving identity by an entry in an 1830 census record is abysmally difficult. As it happens this is the only census in which Henry appears by name.  He is not in the 1840 census which may be because he had no wife and had sold all of his land by that time.  And he was deceased before the 1850 census.  Illinois had 1825 and 1835 state censuses, but the records for Monroe County apparently did not survive. There is a list of the surviving counties on the website of the Illinois State Archives.  Both of these years was taken, but only three counties survived for 1825, and four counties for 1835.  None of the surviving counties are ones where Clovers are known to have lived.  I was disappointed by this.  Either one might well have assisted us in sorting out some of the difficult problems in Monroe County.
    Of the sons of Jacob, Henry is the most elusive.  He married 19 or 20 June 1826 in Monroe County, Illinois, Sally Smith. There are two records for this marriage listed on separate pages in the on-line Illinois marriage index. This may be an error in the state wide marriage index. The two dates given are 19 June 1826 Volume 1: 89 and 20 June 1826 Volume 1: 88. Perhaps one is an application. 
    In the 1830 census, Henry was between 20 and 30 and the female in the household, presumed to be Sally, was also 20 to 30.(19) The date of their marriage and this census suggests Henry was born between 1800 and 1806 and that Sally was born shortly after 1806.  Little is known of Sally. In the 1880 census, James gave his mother’s birthplace as New York.  If he was Henry’s son, he was born soon after their marriage so it is very likely that she was in fact his mother. We do not have a death date for her.  As I have reported before, the cemetery records in this county are practically non-existent due to the hideous vandalism and the callous local authorities, so we do not have cemetery records for anyone named in this article who died in Monroe County.         
    One of the best ways to prove parentage is with probate records.  Henry did leave a small probate record.   Monroe County, Illinois  Will Book’s A & C  Transcribed by Phyllis Kimmel Veath
Will Book C 1845 - 1851 Page 28
    Henry Clover "Letters" dated November 10, 1847, died October 27, 1847, administrator is John Clover.  Bond is held by John Clover and Joshua S. Pelherson.
        I am told that this is all of the probate record for Henry Clover.  Consequently it is of no help in discovering his children.  Peggy Howard wrote a letter to Kenneth Clover saying that she had a copy of the settlement of Henry Clover’s estate. There was no will.  The settlement was pitifully small, naming no heirs, and included only a few bills, so he must have spent all the money left to him in his father’s estate.  He died 27 October 1847.(20)       
    Another common method of proving parentage is through land records.  Henry owned land at various times, but sold it all during his lifetime. He sold land with a wife named Jemima in 1836,(21) and sold additional land with a wife named Susan in April 1838.(22)  In May 1838(23) and in 1839, he sold land without having a wife.(24) He is not in the 1840 U.S. Census in Monroe County. Since he had sold all of his land by this point and was apparently not married, it may be that he was living with another family.  He does not appear to have been in any of the other Clover families.  Nothing is known of any of these wives.  No marriage records have been found for a Jemima or a Susan to Henry Clover in Monroe County. The Illinois Statewide Marriage index is complete for the counties around Monroe. None of these marriages appear in this index.  It is possible that he married a wife in Missouri. Monroe County is just across the river from Jefferson County, Missouri, where marriage records are not complete.  However, neither of these marriages for Henry Clover has been found in St. Louis, or in Jefferson County.
    Henry Clover of Monroe County, married Minny Applin of Washington County, Illinois, on 22 April 1836, in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, recorded 25 July 1836.(25)  There is no other record of a Minnie with this Henry Clover. His wives are a puzzle that neither his descendants nor I have solved. If this 1835 marriage did not exist, I could have argued that Jemimah was an error and that Sally was a nickname for Susan.  But the St. Louis marriage which states that he is “of Monroe County, Illinois,” makes all that impossible. 
    Henry Clover may also have had a daughter named Ellen Clover.  An Ellen Clover married 23 October 1850 in Monroe County, Illinois, Franklin Smith.(26)  But, for the reasons stated above, she cannot have been a child of John or Jacob, junior. I have traced her and the censuses say her mother was born in New York, just as the 1880 census of James does.  This stronly implies that they were siblings.  And none of the other possible fathers had a wife born in New York.
    I am still looking for probate records for Elias. Some of his children moved to Jackson County, Illinois between 1860 and 1870.  He must have died between 1860 and 1870 because his widow was living with their daughter in the 1870 census. There may be later deed records which I have not seen.  I have not done a complete search for this.
    I have seen it suggested that the Sarah Elizabeth Clover who married David Whiteside on 6 December 1863 in Monroe County, Illinois,(27) was also the daughter of Henry.  This is not correct. Anna (Kidd) Clover, widow of Elias, was living with David Whiteside and Sarah in 1870. Sarah was born in 1849.(28)  I see no reason to believe she was a daughter of Henry Clover.  She was, in fact, apparently born two years after his death.   
    In the final analysis, I agree with the descendants that Henry is the most likely father of James Monroe Clover and Ellen Clover, but that this relationship is not directly provable. Negative evidence is never very satisfactory, because there is always the possibility of some unknown situation existing in the county. So my examination leaves this situation exactly where I found it.  I think Henry is the most likely father for James Monroe Clover, but I lack direct evidence to prove it.  All I can prove is that no other known Clover in the county was likely to have been his father.  Please bear in mind that all conclusions in genealogy are subject to review when further evidence appears. 
    James Monroe Clover was born 6 April 1827, in Monroe County, Illinois, died ca. 1887 in Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri.  James M. Clover married 19 September 1850, in Monroe County, Illinois, Eliza Fisher.(29) Eliza Fisher was born 1 April 1832, Monroe County, Illinois. Kenneth Clover tells me that Eliza Fisher was the daughter of Elizabeth Whiteside and William John Fisher. Eliza Fisher appears in the 1850 census with some other Fisher children in a family headed by Oliver Brewer. This appearance requires some explanation. Elizabeth Whiteside married (first) 1 January 1830 in Monroe County, Illinois, John Fisher.(30) John Fisher died 11 January 1842, letter of administration dated January 28, 1842, administrator Elizabeth Fisher.(31) John Clover was involved with the John Fisher estate settlement.  There is a John Fisher who appears in Book A: as  John Fisher, Minor, on 7 May 1832. The guardian was John McDavid. John Fisher was aged 19 years.(32) However, this appears to be a younger John Fisher. I mention this because this John Fisher name could be a booby trap.  Kenneth said that John Fisher’s name was William John Fisher.  I do not have an exact source on the William part of the name. 
    Elizabeth Fisher married (second) 7 March 1844, Monroe County, Illinois, Milton P. Mitchell.(33)  Shortly thereafter, Milton must have died because Elizabeth Mitchell married (third) 21 July 1846 in Monroe County, Illinois, Oliver Brewer.(34) This was a second marriage for Oliver Brewer because he married (first) 3 September 1835, Monroe County, Illinois, Susana Johnston.(35) Thus, we have the combined families in the 1850 census.
    Jim Kimrey remembers being told as a child that the Clovers, presumably James and Eliza, were buried at Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri. However, there are now no tombstones to mark their graves. Albert Kimrey and Elizabeth Clover were married in Vernon County, Missouri. Jim thinks they lived about 7 miles northwest of Nevada. While the daughters were in Nevada one day,  Elisabeth said her parents were buried in the Nevada cemetery. This cemetery  has been read but no stone found. Jim also says that at Deerfield, Missouri about seven miles west of Nevada, someone had bought a Clover lot, but there is no stone.(36)
    I believe that many of the exact dates in Kenneth’s material must have come from a family bible originally.  I cannot otherwise account for the exact birth dates. Peggy (Clover) Howard diligently researched this group before her death and some of the information came originally from her. 
    The Missouri State Archives has a transcription project for the early births and deaths prior to 1904 which is on line at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath  Vernon County is complete for 1883 to 1904 for both and no Clovers are in the database.  This confirms the lack of death records for James and William for which Kenneth searched.

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The following article was sent to me by Kenneth Earl Clover, a descendant.  I am including it in its entirety.
 


    James Monroe Clover was born on April 6, 1827, in Monroe County, Ill., to Henry Clover and Sally Smith.  He had one sister, Sarah Ellen, born in 1832.
        He was married to Eliza Fisher on Sept. 20, 1850, in Monroe County, Ill.  They had nine children, all born in Monroe County, with 4 sons -- William Henry, John Hiram, Franklin Warren and James Monroe Jr. -- and 5 daughters --Elizabeth Ellen, Sarah Alice, Amanda Isabella, Julia Ann and Emma Angeline.
        James Monroe died in 1887 in Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri, although a thorough check of newspaper records for that year and a check of county death records do not list his name.
        Kenneth Clover found two references to him in the Nevada Daily Mail newspaper -- in 1886 and 1887 -- as having attended a Mexican War veterans convention.  No mention of him in the 1888 newspaper.
        James Monroe Clover served in the Mexican War, entering military service July 7, 1847, at Alton, Ill., as a private in Company G of the Second Regiment of Illinois Foot Volunteers. This company was discharged at Alton, Ill., on July 21, 1848, by reason of close of Mexican War. [Alton is a town on the Mississippi River in Madison County, a few miles north.]
        He filed two pension application claims -- the first on March 11, 1880 and the second on March 1, 1887 -- for illnesses suffered while serving in the Mexican War.  Both were denied.

        Kenneth Clover wrote to the National Archives for copies of his pension applications, and received 20 pages of information.  They include affidavits from friends concerning his disabilities, and his loyalty to the Union during the Civil War.  Also included is an affidavit from his company commander that lists his illnesses and also states "that the said James M. Clover was always a good honest and trustworthy soldier."

Some interesting information from the applications:

Illnesses suffered during Mexican War;
   1.  Typhoid fever, contracted Nov. 1847, at Tampico, Mexico.
   2.  Erysipelas (cellulitis, a blood infection), contracted
        May 1848 at Puebla, Mexico, "which affected his head and
        throat and resulting in permanent partial deafness."
    He was treated in hospitals in Tampico and Puebla.

   Illnesses suffered after Mexican War:
                                                  Date         Length           Dr.
   1.  Congestion of liver             1851    2 months     W.H. Copp
   2.  Measles & total deafness   1856    3 months     Shomaker
   3.  Nemonia (sic)                     1857    3 months     G. Hoffman
   4.  Pneumonia                         1861    3 months     T.J. Cornell
   5.  Neuralgia in head               1869    3 months     C. Squires
   6.  Bilious disentery or flux       1880       --             J.H. Fulton

   Known residences:
   1848     - Eagle or Columbia, Monroe County, Ill.
   1848     - Soami, Sangamon County, Ill.
   1849     - Columbia, Monroe County, Ill.
   1851     - Waterloo, Monroe County, Ill.
   1868     - Harrisonville, Monroe County, Ill.
   1875     - Mitchie, Monroe County, Ill.
   1879-80  - Melroy, Gage County, Neb.
   1880     - Beatrice, Gage County, Neb.
   1887     - Moundville, Vernon County, Mo.

   Physical characteristics:
   Height:          5 feet, 4 inches
   Hair:              Light
   Complexion:    Fair
   Eyes:             Pale blue

   A book found in the Michigan state library at Lansing, entitled "Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831-32, and in The Mexican War, 1846-8"
by Isaac H. Elliott, published in Springfield, Ill., in 1882, has this opening paragraph concerning the Second Regiment:

"The Field and Staff of the 2d Regiment of Illinois Foot Volunteers, commanded by Colonel James Collins, called into the service of the United States by the President, under the act of Congress approved May 13, 1846, at Alton, Ill. (the place of general rendezvous), organized on the 3d day of August, 1847, to serve for the term of during the war with Mexico.  From the 30th day of April, 1848, (when last paid), to the 25th day of July, when discharged.  The Regiment was organized by Col. James Collins, at Alton, Ill., in the month of August, 1847."

The book then lists each member, by name and rank, place of enlistment, date enrolled, and remarks.  On page 257, under Company "G" listed alphabetically, there is this line:

"Clover, James M."

The "Index to Old Wars Pension Files, 1815-1926" lists the following:

"Clover, James M., Pvt. Old War IA-R22.713 MO 15 Mar 1880, see Mexican War S-#1.96 & SC-8.552, served in the Mex War."  This would indicate he applied for a pension from Missouri in 1880 (although the actual application is from Beatrice, Neb.).

Records received from the National Archives (requested by Kenneth Clover in June 1993), contain the following:

"James M. Clover, Pvt, Co. G, 2 Reg't (Collins') Illinois Inf. (Mexican War), Age 20 years.  Appears on Company Muster-in Roll of the organization named above.  Roll dated Alton, Ill. July 15, 1847. Muster-in to date Jule 15, 1847.  Joined for duty and enrolled:
When:  June 15, 1847.  Where: Waterloo, Ill.  Period:  During War."

Other notable items from the National Archives military records for James M. Clover, include:  On company muster roll for March & April, 1848, is this notation under on the Remarks line:  "One pair of Bootees 1.16, 1 pr. wipers 13 cts."  On company muster roll for
Nov. & Dec. 1847, is this notation on the Remarks line: "One month's pay stopped by sentence of C.M." (C.M. is courts martial)  Wrote National Archives asking for courts martial records; got reply saying there was no record of his being court martialled.

From the book "Compined History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry Counties, Illinois", published in 1883, on Page 206 comes this information on the military activities of Company G of the 2nd Regiment:

   "Soldiers in Mexican War

    The Sixth Regiment -- Otherwise known as the Second Regiment, enlisted, `during the war,' was organized out of the overflow of companies which were raised for the Fifth Regiment.  So much honor had been achieved by the four regiments sent out by the State the first year of the war, that their praise was on every lip, and the young and ambitious were ready to make any sacrifice to be able to go and fight the Mexicans.  When the call was made for the Fifth Regiment it was difficult for the Governor to select, as the men poured in by hundreds, and enough reported in ten days to fill half a dozen regiments.  Application was made to the Secretary of War for permission to organize another regiment which was granted, and the Sixth was organized at Alton, Illinois, on the 3rd day of August, 1847, by the election of J. Collins as Colonel.

"Shortly after the regiment was mustered into the United States service it was forwarded by steamer to New Orleans, and then divided into two battalions, Companies A, D, E, F and H, under the comnand of Col. Collins, being sent to Vera Cruz, where they arrived August
31st, 1847.  The second battalion under Lieutenant Col. Hicks consisted of companies B, C, G (J.M. Clover's), I and K, and was forwarded by vessel to Tampico, remaining there until Jan. 1st, 1848, then joined regiment at Jalapa and marched to city of Mexico. From there they were ordered to Pueblo where they remained until they came home.  Both battalions, as the muster rolls show, lost heavily from sickness, incident to climate.  This regiment was mustered out on the 20th to the 25th days of July, 1848, at Alton, Illinois."

(The printed roster reveals that Company G consisted of 92 persons, and that 20 of those died in hospital in Mexico, and 10 more were discharged because of disability.)

On census reports, he listed his occupations as farmer and engineer at a mill.  James Monroe Clover appears in the Illinois census of 1850 as living in Monroe County, and being 23 years of age and a farmer.  An Elias Clover, age 41, farmer, also is listed.

Eliza Fisher, James Monroe's future wife, also is listed in the 1850 census as being 18 years old, and residing in the home of Oliver and Elizabeth Brewer, he 34, laborer, and she 39.  The census also shows siblings for Eliza living in the same household:  Rebecca Fisher, 16; Emily Fisher, 10; John Fisher, 8, all born in Illinois.  This would indicate that either the Fisher parents had died, or else Elizabeth Brewer had been married to a Fisher and had the four children before marrying Oliver Brewer.  A census report from 1870 indicates that Elizabeth was indeed her mother, and had remarried Oliver Brewer.

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    Clover census records. 
    •    1820 Monroe County, IL page 66, NARA M33 roll 12: Jacob Clover 120101-10110
    •    1830 Monroe County, IL Eagle Precinct page 169, M19 roll 22: Henry Clover 10001-00001
    •    1830 Monroe County, IL Eagle Precinct page 169: Eli Clover 00001-0001
    •    1830 Monroe County, IL Eagle Precinct page 169: John Clover 300011-0011
    •    1840 Monroe County, IL page 356, M704 roll 66: Elias Clover 000001-11001
    •    1840 Monroe County, IL page 356: John Clover 101001-23001
    •    1850 Monroe County, IL Fountain Precinct page 58, line 26 453/469, NARA  M432-121: James Clover 23 male farmer born Monroe County, Illinois. No land or personal property.  The census taker wrote down the county of birth.
    •    1860 Monroe County, IL PO. Waterloo, page 280, 2110/2110 NARA M653-212: Jams. Clover 33 labour IL; Eliza 27 IL; Wm 10 IL; John 8 IL; Franklin 6 IL; Elisa C. 3 IL; Sarah 1.  James has no property.
    •    1870 Monroe County, IL, Woodville PO, Bottom Part of Town, page 558b, 26/24, line 21 NARA M593- 261: James Clover 48 farmer ~/700; Mary 30 IL; John 20[written on, not clear] IL; Frank 19 IL; James 15 IL; Helena 8 IL; Alice 12 IL; Amanda 10 IL; Juliet 10 IL; Barbara 6 IL; Henry 22 Illinois. [There appears to be a number of errors in this listing.]
    •    1880 Gage County, NE Mud Creek NARA T9-0749 page 151C James M. Clover, mar 53 IL IL NY farmer; Elisa wife 49 IL VA IL; John son married 27 IL works on farm; Frank son 26 IL; Elisabeth E. dau single 22 IL; Sarah A. dau single 20 IL; Amanda dau single 18 IL; James son 16 IL; Julia A. dau 16 IL; Emmaline dau 11 IL; Isabel daughter in law mar 20 IL TN MO; Affe Clover grandau female 1 IL; John Fisher single male 38 IL VA IL, boarder.

Children of James Monore Clover and Rebecca McCoy

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Endnotes:
(1) Information from Kenneth Clover which he received from Peggy Howard. 
(2) James Clover household, 1850 U.S. census Monroe County, Illinois, Fountain Precinct, page 58, line 26, 453/469, NARA  M432 roll121.
(3) James M. Clover household, 1880 U.S. census, Gage County, Nebraska, Mud Creek, page 151C, NARA T9-0749.
(4) Monroe County Deed book A: 147, 12 November 1817, Monroe County Courthouse, Waterloo, Illinois.
(5) Monroe County deed book A: 277, 17 July 1818, Monroe County Courthouse, Waterloo, Illinois.
(6)Adam Clover household, 1820 U.S. Census, Concordia Parish, Louisiana, page 23, NARA M33 roll 31. 
(7) Clark County deed book A: 9 recorded 10 May 1819, signed 26 March 1819, Clark County Courthouse, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
(8) William Clover, Monroe County Will book A, Dated 14 May 1817, proven 21 May 1817, Monroe County Courthouse, Waterloo, Illinois.  Copy sent by Phyllis Veath.
(9) Pherove Clover household, 1850 U.S. Census Jefferson County, Missouri, District no. 42, page 433. NARA M432 roll 402.
(10) Michael Clover household, 1840 U.S. Census Jefferson County, Missouri, Merrimac Township, page 100.  NARA M704 roll 224.
(11) Jacob Clover household, 1820 U.S. census, Monroe County, Illinois, Eagle precinct, page 66, NARA M33 roll 12.
(12) Jacob Clover, will dated 6 March 1821, Monroe County, Illinois Records. Copy of Will sent by Phyllis Veath.
(13)  For further details on these deeds see Clover Family Exchange, Volume 10: 17.
(14) For further details see Clover Family Exchange, Volume 11: 31.
(15) See the Clover Family Exchange, Volume 10: 44 and Clover Chronicles 1: 7.
(16) For a discussion of his estate papers and his family, see The Clover Chronicles, Issue 2, page 27.
(17) Monroe County Marriage Book 1: 124, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(18) Eli Clover household, 1830 U.S. census, Monroe County, Illinois, Eagle Precinct, page 169, NARA M19 roll 22.
(19) Henry Clover household, 1830 U.S. census, Monroe County, Illinois, Eagle Precinct page 169, NARA M19 roll 22. 
(20) Information sent by Kenneth Clover.
(21) Monroe County deed book D: 186, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois. 
(22) Monroe County deed book D: 207, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(23) Monroe County deed book E: 52, 7 May 1838, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(24) Monroe County Deed book E: 497,  23 November 1839, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(25) Henry Clover marriage, Volume 2: 11. St. Louis, Missouri marriages.
(26) Monroe County Marriage Book 2:155, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois. 
(27) Monroe County marriages book 3: 380, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(28) David Whiteside household, 1870 U.S. census, Monroe County, Illinois, Waterloo Post Office, page 509A, NARA M593 roll 261.
(29) Monroe County Marriage Book 2: 154, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(30) Monroe County Marriage Book 1: 126, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(31) Wills, Bonds and Letters, Book B, 1818 - 1849 Monroe County, Illinois, pages 126-7.
(32) Wills, Bonds and Letters, Book A, 1818-1838, Monroe County, Illinois, page 208
(33)  Monroe County Marriage Book 2: 65, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(34) Monroe County Marriage Book 2: 91, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(35)  Monroe County Marriage Book 1: 169, County Clerk, Waterloo, Illinois.
(36)  Message from Jim Kimrey, June 2003.


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