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Clovers in History Articles

        Kansas was part of the Louisiana purchase in 1803. The Santa Fe Trail crossed what is now Kansas beginning in 1821 but it remained unorganized territory until 1854 when it became a territory.  At that time, the Kansas Territory reached all the way west to the Rocky Mountains.  Kansas became the 34th state with its current boundaries in 1861.  This was a major event in US history because the Kansas-Nebraska act said that Kansas had the right to vote to choose whether it was a slave state or a free state.  There was heavy migration to Kansas just before statehood by both factions. The ugly fighting between factions caused Kansas to become known as Bleeding Kansas. Kansas ultimately voted to become a free state.


    Kansas is one of the states that has excellent territorial and state censuses.  They were taken every 10 years beginning in 1855 and ending in 1925. Most of these censuses ask when the individual came to Kansas.  They all ask for name, age, place of birth.  Some of the agricultural schedules for the territorial censuses survived.  I only have a few of these state censuses.  If you have one, please share it.  If you want to get a copy of one, you can order the microfilm of the state census through Inter Library Loan from the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka.  They will loan it to your library.  

The first federal census for Kansas was taken in 1860.

• 1860 Arapahoe County, Kansas South Park NARA M653 roll 348 7 July 1860 page 497. [This area later became part of Colorado.] Line 31 289/--- K. C. Clover 45 Ranch $1000 personal property NY; L. Busteed 20 M. OH; G. W. Baker 17 PA.

• 1860 Arapahoe County, Kansas South Park NARA M653 roll 348 page 618b 18 July 1860 [This area later became part of Colorado.] line 21 1770/--- J. Bradhurst 23 personal $1000 CT; A. Clover 37 NY; N. Thompson 35 TN

• 1860 Arapahoe County, Kansas South Park page 645B. 20 August 1860 [This area later became part of Colorado.] Line 34 2082/-- F. E. Willing 27 $250 personal TN; H. G. Clover 34 $250 Germany; G. Leigenshore 28 IL

• 1860 Johnson County, Kansas Spring Hill Township NARA M653 roll 350 page 493 22 Jul 1860 Line 34 393/300 Thos. Lawson and family, John Clover laborer 21 England

• 1860 Leavenworth County, Kansas Delaware Township NARA M653 roll 350 18 August 1860 page 845 [See also the next listing.] Line 19 2635/2253 J. Clover 22 Farmer IL; Susan 20 IL; Thomas 1 KS; Milton Clover 29 IL

• 1860 Leavenworth County, Kansas Delaware Township NARA M653 roll 350 22 August 1860 page 853. [See also previous listing for J. Clover.  This was the same census taker, but a different set of neighbors. These two entries appear to be the same family.] line 31 2700/2467 Zeratus Clover 24 IL; Susan 20 IL; Thomas 1 KS; Milton 26 IN.

• 1860 Lykins County, Kansas Paola Township M653 roll 351 page 199 20 July 1860 Line 6 268/266 Seth Clover 42 PA Indian Agent $4500/1600; Elisabeth 37 PA $200/500; Sutton S. 17 PA; Olive 14 PA; Huston B. 11 PA; Joseph Anson 20 Laborer England $200 personal property.

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1870 Miami County, Kansas Paola Township 29 June 1870 page 466: Seth Clover 52 farmer $17,000/4000 PA; Huston B 21 farm labor PA; Maggie Waddick 27 housekeeper IA; Curtis Crall 29 farm labor Prussia; Adam Cross 23 farm labor IL

1870 Miami County, Kansas East Ward Paola City page 470: Sutton S. Clover 27 lawyer $3000/200 PA; Ella 18 keeps house IL; Claude W. 3/12 KS born March

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Cowley County in 1900

1900 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T623 roll 476 ED 66 sh 4A line 25: Frank L. Clover Sept 1874 KS OH OH farmer mar 6 yrs; Mary M. Wife March 1873 3/2 children IA IA IA; Lilian dau March 1895 KS KS IA; Suzie dau Oct 1896 KS KS IA

1900 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T623 roll 476 ED 66 sh 4A line 34: Charles Clover May 1870 mar 8 yrs IL OH OH; Mary wife Apr 1869 2/1 ch IN OH OH; Ruth dau May 1898 KS IL IN

1900 Cowley County, Kansas Harvey Township NARA T623 roll 476 ED 52 sh 2b line 59: John Clover Nov 1867 IL OH OH farmer married 8 yrs; Maud wife Oct 1872 2/1 ch IL IL IL; Freddie son July 1894 OK IL IL  

1900 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T623 roll 476 ED 66 sh 4A line 23: William Clover Jan 1865 IL OH OH farmer single; Elizabeth mother Dec 1840 7/7 children widow OH VA OH

1900 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T623 roll 476 ED 66 sh 4A line 16: Thomas H. Clover June 1863 mar 17 yrs OH OH OH farmer; Martha wife Apr 1866 4/4 children KS IL IL; Thomas H. son June 1884 KS OH KS; Lilly dau April 1887 OK OH KS; Ella Dec 1892 KS OH KS; Bryan son Feb 1897 KS OH KS; Jay Jackson servant Dec 1880 KS WI OH farm labor

1900 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T623 roll 476 ED 66 sh 10a line 15, page 259: Joseph Clover Nov 1851 mar 21 yrs OH OH OH; Ella wife Nov 1859 4/3 children OH OH OH; Nina dau July 1895 OK OH OH

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1910 Cowley County, Kansas
1910 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T624 roll 436 ed 68 sh 6b line 77: W. T. Clover mar1 6 yrs 45 IL OH OH; Flora R. wife mar1 6yrs 1/1 child KS IL TN; Ernest son 6 KS IL KS   

1910 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T624 roll 436 ED 68 sh 3b line 95: C. C. Clover 39 mar1 18 years IL OH OH farmer; Mary L. Wife 41 5/3 children IN OH OH; Ruth dau KS IL IN; Paul son 5 KS IL IN; Elizabeth dau 2 KS IL IN; Lucy Davis servant.

1910 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T624 roll 436 ed 68 sh 1b line 59 J. H. Atkins mar2 1 yr KS OR MO farmer; Mary Clover Atkins wife mar2 1 yr 4/3 children IA IL IA; Lilian Clover step dau 16 KS KS IA; Susie Clover step dau 14 KS KS IA; Blanche step dau 9 KS KS IA.

1910 Cowley County, Kansas Windsor Township NARA T624 roll 436 ed 68 sh 1a line 46: T.H. Clover 46 mar1 27 yrs OH OH OH; Martha E. Wife 4/4 children KS IL US; Ella dau 16 KS OH KS; Bryan son 12 KS OH KS and servants

1910 Cowley County, Kansas Winfield NARA T624 roll 436 ED 70 sh 4a line 47; Dr. Thos H. Clover 27 mar1 3 yrs KS IL IL; Bessie wife 24 mar1 3 yrs 3/3 children KS MO MO; Bruce son 3 MO KS KS; Violet dau MO KS KS; baby son 1/12 KS KS KS

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Clover	Spouse	Date	County	Source
Alta (18)	J. F. Ermey	5 March 1892	Neosha	FHL 1404958
Benjamin	Florence L.  Hawley	4 April 1894	Sedgwick	Co Rec F-334
Bessie	William B. Dean	3 Jan 1917	Greenwood	Co Rec G-425
Carrie M.	A. J. Smith	24 Feb 1907	Greenwood	Co Rec F-321
Chester R (23)	Martha Ellen Watson	7 Oct 1877	Labette	*
Ethel (born Galena, KS)(17)	James Wilcoxen (22)	31 May 1902	Cherokee	FHL 1404858
Fae (18)	Ralph Henderson (28)	29 Jun 1919	Sedgwick	Co Rec W-255
Frank (22)	Sue Shepard (18)	23 Mar 1878	Labette	*
Hester Ann (23)	J M Finley (28)	2 Jan 1921	Sedgwick	Co Rec Y-390
J. R. (55)	H. Bell Lake (32)	11 Oct 1888	Cherokee	FHL 1404796
Josephus (20)	Rosianna Newman (16)	24 Dec 1890	Neosha	FHL 1404958
L (32)	Mrs Mary E Clover (42)	1 Nov 1898	Sedgwick	Co Rec G-602
Lizzie (18)	Washington Simpson (28)	3 Aug 1878	Labette	*
Louie (Fem-21)	E E Thomas	24 Dec 1899	Sedgwick	Co Rec H-233
Lucille (20)	Leon Sprague (21)	17 Mar 1920	Sedgwick	Co Rec X-260
Mrs Mary E (42)	L Clover (32)	1 Nov 1898	Sedgwick	Co Rec G-602
Myrtle (18)	John Keizer (23)	18 Mar 1898	Cherokee	FHL 1404858
Olive Lenore (26)	M A Parry (23)	20 Dec 1919	Sedgwick	Co Rec X-56
R O Clover (32)	Bessie Watt (27)	10 Jan 1884	Sedgwick	Co Rec C-26
Roda (19)	N L Guthrie (26)	25 Mar 1873	Labette	*
Sutton S Clover of Paola, KS	Miss Ella Moak of Lawrence, [Douglas Co.]KS	6 April 1869	Douglas	Co Rec-copy
Walter M. (22)	Mattie Sears (17)	1 Mar 1891	Neosho	FHL 1404958
William A. (24)	Emma Lamb (19)	15 Sep 1903	Cherokee	FHL 1404858

*Early Marriages, Labette Co, KS, 30 October 1867-13 April 1878, 15 May 1880-27 March 1881," Extracted From The Southeast Kansas Independent-Observer, Oswego, Kansas.

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CLOVER	Bonnie May		70	12 February 1992
CLOVER	Edith	Kempster	91	15 September 1995

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Chanute (Kansas) Tribune 5 April 2005 
Bessie Irene Clover 1912 - 2005 [Humboldt is in Allen County, Kansas.]
HUMBOLDT - Bessie Irene Clover 92, of Humboldt, died Saturday, April 2, 2005, at Arrowood Lane, Humboldt.
She was born July 23, 1912, at Humboldt, the daughter of Ernest Lawrence and Flora J. Adams Truster. She was a homemaker and member of First Christian Church, Humboldt. She taught Sunday School for 23 years at the church.
She was a seamstress, played the piano, grew flowers and loved animals, especially birds.
        She married Norman A. Clover on Sept. 23, 1928, at St. Paul. He preceded her in death Dec. 11, 1979.
Survivors include one son, Donald L. Clover, Cameron, Mo.; three sisters, Alberta Chase, Chanute, Martha Payne, Milton Freewater, Ore., and Ella Carl, Andover; and three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by one grandson, Jimmy Dale Clover in 1976, and one brother, Ernest L. Truster Jr., 1923.
        Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Humboldt, led by the Rev. Kelly Zellner. Friends may call 7 - 8 p.m. tonight, April 5, at Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel.
Memorials to Restoration Fellowship Church or Humboldt Senior Citizens may be left at the mortuary.
Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Jack L. Clover from the Salina (Kansas) Journal
CAWKER CITY -- Jack L. Clover, 65, Cawker City, died Thursday, March 22, 2007.  Mr. Clover was born March 17, 1942, in Beloit. He was a high school teacher and coach. Survivors include his wife, Linda, of the home; two sons, Tim of Chanute and Todd of Cawker City; a sister, Carolyn Fobes of Lenexa; and three grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Cawker City United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Glen Elder.
        Memorials may be made to the Jack Clover Student Athlete Scholarship. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the church. Waconda Funeral Home, 815 W. First, Cawker City 67430, is handling arrangements.

The Chanute (Kansas) Tribune March 23, 2007  
Deceased Name: Jack L. Clover 1942-2007 
     Jack L. Clover, 65, Cawker City, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, at the Mitchell County Hospital in Beloit.  Mr. Clover was born March 17, 1942 at Beloit. He was employed as a high school teacher and coach.
Survivors include his wife, Linda, of the home; two sons, Tim Clover, Chanute, and Todd Clover, Cawker City; a sister, Carolyn Fobes, Lenexa; and three grandchildren.
        Funeral will be 2 p.m. Monday, March 26 at Cawker City United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Glenwood Cemetery under the direction of Waconda Funeral Home, Cawker City.
        Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25 at the Cawker City United Methodist Church.

Obituary of Olive Clover Beach. Information provided by Marc Doty, mdcdoty@indy.rr.com, 16 Apr 2008. (Reference: The Western Spirit, Paola, Miami Co., Kansas, Friday, January 31, 1890, page 3)
"Mrs. Olive Beach, only daughter of Gen. Seth Clover, died at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on January 9th, after a lingering sickness of paralysis. She was born in Clarion, Penn. May 10th, 1846, and lived with her father and mother many years in Paola. She will be remembered as a bright, happy and handsome girl by many of the old settlers of this city. The burial services were held at the place of her death on the 11th instant. To Mr. Beach, Gen. Clover and other relatives we extend sincere sympathy."
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/miami/obituaries/1890s/1890.html

Manhattan (Kansas) Mercury - January 30, 2000  page a2
Deceased Name: Eugene L. Clover 
Eugene L. Clover, 84, Westmoreland, died Thursday at Mercy Health Center in Manhattan after a brief illness.  He was born Feb. 3, 1915 in Aurora, Ill. He was a graduate of Glendale High School in Glendale, Calif., where he and his parents moved in 1920. He served in the United States Marine Corps and the Marine Reserves for 20 years and was a veteran of World War II. He earned the rank of sergeant in the Pacific theater. He worked as a machinist for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita and then worked at the Hesston Manufacturing Co. in Hesston for three years before retiring.
He was a member of the Westmoreland United Methodist Church, American Legion Post #186 and the Community Service Club, both of Westmoreland, and the Marine Corps League.
        He was married to Rae Deane Fairchild 17 May 1944 in Oakland, Calif. They lived in Oakland and Wichita and moved to Westmoreland in 1972. She survives of the home.  Other survivors include two daughters, Cheryl Clover, Burns and Kristen Moorefield, Wichita; two brothers, Homer Clover, Bervard, N.V. and Robert Clover, Titusville, Fla.; two grandchildren and 10 nieces and nephews.
        Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Westmoreland United Methodist Church. Burial will at the Westmoreland City Cemetery with full military honors. Mr. Clover will lie in state today at the Stewart Funeral Chapel in Westmoreland beginning at 10:30 a.m., with the family greeting friends from 3 until 5:30 p.m.
        In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to the Westmoreland United Methodist Church or the American Lung Association. Donations may be left at the Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego or Westmoreland.
 
Wichita (Kansas) Eagle - December 16, 1998 page 14a
Clarence A. Clover, 80, farmer, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1998. Service 2 p.m. Thursday, Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home. Survivors: wife, Bessie; sons, Larry, Gary, both of Sycamore; brothers, Lawrence of Walton, Earl of Bosque Farms, N.M.; sisters, Lois Cooper of Derby, Mary Miner of Truth or Consequences, N.M.; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Memorial has been established with Grace Memorial United Methodist Church.
 
Wichita(Kansas) Eagle  September 10, 1995  page 2B
Edith F. Clover, 91, homemaker, died Friday, Sept. 8, 1995. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Cambridge (Kan.) Cemetery.  Survivor: sister, Ruth Kempster of Wichita. Memorial has been established with Cambridge (Kan.) Presbyterian Church. Cochran Mortuary. Wichita
 
Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World  February 5, 1993  
Deceased Name: ASHLEY CLOVER 
Private family services will be held at the Warren-McElwain Mortuary for Ashley Dawn Clover, the 2-month-old daughter of Ricky and Christina LeVier Clover, Lawrence. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.  Ashley died Thursday, Feb. 4, 1993, at her home. She apparently died of sudden infant death syndrome. She was born Nov. 30, 1992, in Topeka.  Survivors include her parents, of the home; maternal grandmother, Cynthia LeVier, Topeka; paternal grandparents, Lee and Jackie Clover, Lawrence; paternal great-grandmother, Patricia Watkins, Lawrence; paternal great-grandfather, Kenneth Snyder, Osawatomie; and paternal great-great-grandmother, Verfie Spurling, Earlton.

Wichita (Kansas) Eagle- August 2, 1988 
 Deceased Name: Vernon Clover  page 5D State Edition
Vernon Clover, 78, of Plano, Texas, former Cambridge resident, retired Texas Tech University professor of economics, died Friday, July 29, 1988. Service 10 a.m. Saturday, Cambridge Cemetery.
        Survivors: wife, Hazel; sons, Frank of Alexandria, Va., Tom of Boulder, Colo., Paul of Austin, Texas; daughter, Carol Cox of Plano; five grandchildren. Memorial has been established with the Kansas Alzeimer's and Similar Diseases Association and Texas Tech University economic library. Wheeler Funeral Home, Burden.

Wichita (Kansas) Eagle,  July 17, 1987  page 9A State Edition
Helene Clover, 73, retired Fairy Land clothing store owner and operator, died Wednesday, July 15, 1987. Service 2 p.m. Saturday, Brown Funeral Home.
Survivors: sisters, Sybil C. Johnston of Enid, Joan Coughlin of Stillwater, Okla.

Bourbon County, Kansas
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/bourbon/biography/death1.html
Mrs. Clover obituary published 5 January 1893 in F/S Daily Monitor, page 4.  Does anyone have a copy of this?  

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Originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 5 Issue 3 March 1990 by Bob and Marguerite Clover
Sent in by Marilyn (Clover) Taylor of Clovis, California
Newspaper clippings found by Marilyn in her fathers effects. She was the daughter of Bruce Clover.
Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for us.

    Burden, Cowley County, Kansas - Bryan Clover, long time resident of the Cambridge community, died unexpectedly en-route to Newton Memorial Hospital, at 10:30 p.m., Friday, June 7, 1963, following an apparent heart attack.
    Bryan Clover was born on February 14, 1897 at Cambridge, Cowley County, Kansas.  He was the son of Thomas Henry and Martha Reed Clover.  He was married to Beulah Tatum, July 28, 1920 at Winfield, Kansas.  He had been a farmer and stockman all his life, living north of Cambridge.
    Survivors include his wife of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Forrest (Ruth) Ashenfelter and two grandsons, Jerry Lee and Michael Ashenfelter, all of Deering, Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Sumner, of Englewood, Colorado, and Mrs. Ella Courter, of Wichita, Kansas.  One brother preceded him in death.
    Services will be Monday, June 10, 1963 at 2:30 p.m. in the Cambridge Presbyterian Church, with burial in the Cambridge Cemetery.  The Miles Mortuary of Burden, is in charge of arrangements.

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Originally published in the Clover Family Exchange Vol. 6 Issue 2 November 1991
Taken from the Arkansas City, Kansas Traveler, January 27, 1981
Thanks to Pat Vaseska for typing this for us.
   
    Lillian M. Clover, 86, of Cambridge, Kansas, died this morning (January 27, 1981) in Wheat Road Good Samaritan Center, Winfield, Kansas.
    She was born on March 24, 1894, at Cambridge, Kansas to Frank Clover and Mary Dawson Clover.
    Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Susie Brunton, Cambridge, Mrs. Dorothy Lewis, Burden, Kansas, and Mrs. Blanche Irwin, Oroville, Washington; several nieces and nephews.
    Services will be at 2 P.M. Thursday in Miles Mortuary Chapel, Burden.  Burial will be in the Cambridge Cemetery.
    A memorial has been established in her name to the Cambridge Baptist Church.  Miles Mortuary of Burden is in charge of these arrangements.

   [Note: Lillian⁶ Clover (Frank⁵, Benjamin H.⁴, Henry³, Henry², Philip¹ Clover of Berkeley County, Virginia.)]

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Clarence and Patricia Dill, Tombstone Inscriptions of Butler County, Kansas, (Seminole, Oklahoma: P and C Research Company, Inc., 1989) pages 6-18 

Belle Vista Cemetery, El Dorado, Kansas
John M. Clover 19 June 1857 to 6 August 1894
Jasper Clover 18 March 1850 to 1 August 1897
Russell Clover 5 June 1893 to 21 November 1894, s/o J. and M. E. Clover

“El Dorado Times”, volume VII, number 23 Friday, April 4, 1890.
    J. Clover sits on the right side of the cab of Engine No. 892, and no one knows better how to handle her than he.  She is a Baldwin Mogul and makes light work of the steepest grade.  “Jap” runs both ways from El Dorado and the bulletin board always announce his train “on time.”  He is one of El Dorado’s best citizens.”

Tombstone Inscriptions of Cowley County, Kansas, Volume III, (Arkansas City, Kansas: Cowley County Genealogical Society, 1987), 81. Other information from newspaper items is included.
Parker Cemetery
Jack Edward Clover, born 18 January 1928, Arkansas City, Kansas, died 31 January 1928, s/o George Clover, born Boles, Missouri, and Gertrude Basil, born Billings, Oklahoma.

John and Enid Ostertag, Corning Gazette (Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas,) Volume 1, (Nemaha Countty Genealogical Society, no date).
11 February 1897, Note thanking friends --death of our mother, Angeline Clover, signed by Moses Clover, J. P. Clover, Charles Clover, Mrs. A. J. Setterly, Mrs. J. A. Lyons
24 June 1897, Perry Clover was in a serious accident and injured his leg.  

Leavenworth Times (Kansas) Obituary
Maurine Ester Clover born 4 September 1914 died May 9, 1994, age 78.

Obituary: Tulsa World Publication Date: December 15, 1998
Obituary: Independence, Kan. -- Clarence A. Clover, 80, farmer, died Sunday.
Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Webb & Rodrick Funeral Home Chapel.

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Query:

Subj:    Eleanor Clover      
From:    craig@nytimes.com (Craig Calder)

I was looking for any information on my deceased grandmother Eleanor
"Daisy" Clover or her family.
The only thing I know about her is she was from Oswego, KS, had a brother
named Melvin who moved to Bakersfield, CA and her second marriage was to my
grandfather Angus Robert Calder and they moved to Long Beach, CA in the 1930's.
She would be in her 90's if she was alive today. [2001]

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http://www.ausbcomp.com/~bbott/WORTMAN/People_and_Families/Pickering.htm
LAZETTE NEWS.
Winfield (Kansas) Courier, December 24, 1874.
 
The Lazette Literary Society had a regular meeting on Friday evening last. The question of a change in the administration of the affairs of the nation was discussed, and it was decided that such change is demanded by the best interests of the country. An election then took place, which resulted as follows.
For President, John Clover; Vice Pres., R. M. Jackson; Treas., Mac D. Stapleton; Secretary,
 Arthur Pickering; Editors of paper, S. M. Fall and R. C. Story.
 

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The following bits of information came originally from Enid Ostertag. She passed these on to Kay Frost and Kay sent them to me.  I have no further information.  They appear to be out of newspapers that Enid was extracting.  Wetmore is in Nemaha County, Kansas
Angeline Clover, born 1825, died 11 February 1897, Nemaha, Kansas.
Charles D. Clover, born 1858, died 1897.
Thomas J. Clover, born 1898, died 1958, Wetmore, Kansas.
Angeline Clover is Angeline Macoman, born Tennessee, widow of Jay Perry Clover. Charles D. Clover was her son, but according to the censuses, he was actually born 1852. In 1860, they are in the census of Henderson County, Illinois. They are near Cornelius Clover, born 1794, New York, and Jay Perry Clover is supposed to be his son.]

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Tombstone Inscriptions: Cowley County, KS, Volume 3, East Creswell and Sheridan Townships, (Arkansas City, KS: Cowley County Genealogical Society, 1986), 40
Jack Edward Clover born 18 January 1928, Arkansas City, Kansas, died 31 January 1928, buried Parker Cemtery.  Son of George Clover, born Boles, Missouri, and Gertrude Bazil, born Billings, Oklahoma. From Records of Grant and Grant Elder Funeral Home in Arkansas City.

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Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ks/leavenworth/fortleavnat/index_cccl.htm
Clover, Lester G, b. 01/26/1891, d. 05/06/1966, PVT USA, Plot: M 2679, bur. 05/11/1966, *
Clover, Margaret, b. 10/05/1887, d. 02/08/1987, Plot: M 2679, bur. 02/11/1987 *

Overbrook City Cemetery
Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas
http://www.interment.net/data/us/ks/osage/overbrook/overbrook_ah.htm
Clover, Nellie M, b. 1888, d. 1970
Clover, E Clark, b. 1896, d. 23 Mar 1986


The following item is from the Winfield, Kansas Library.
The Traveler, 12 April 1876. [Published Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas.]

The examination of applicants for teachers took place at the school house at Winfield Friday and Saturday, April 7th and 8th. Professors T. A. Wilkinson, A. B. Lemmon and E. W. Hulse constituted the Board of Examiners. There were twenty-nine applicants, named as follows:
C. E. Fitzgerald, Ella Clover, Emma Burden, Arvilla Elliott, Lou A. Bedell, Lazette township.
[This was Julia Ella Clover, daughter of Benjamin Clover and great granddaughter of Henry Clover and Catherine Ambrose.]

Cowley County, Kansas
Winfield Courier, March 13, 1874.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT LAZETTE!
One Man Killed and Ten Seriously Wounded.

An accident occurred last Saturday at the saw and grist mills of Lacy & Roberts on the Grouse Creek. One man was killed and ten seriously wounded, besides a large number slightly wounded. Below we give our correspondence on the subject, which will give the details.
                                                  LAZETTE, March 8th, 1874.
ED. COURIER. A terrible accident occurred at the mill of Lacy & Roberts on Saturday about 12 o’clock M. by which one man was killed, ten wounded. The mill was running at its usual speed, grinding corn, the steam gauge standing at forty pounds. Everything seemed to be in perfect order; the mill house was full of men waiting for their grinding, when by some unknown means the iron band that held the stone together bursted and runner flew into atoms knocking people down and tearing the mill house to pieces, throwing fragments some twenty or thirty yards.
        Freeman Wedding was struck by a large stone, which crushed his hips to a jelly and dislocated his back. The poor sufferer lingered for an hour and then expired. He leaves a wife and one child to mourn his loss.
        Among the wounded were Samuel Sherman, Gear Dawson, Wm. Gintes, Wm. Gubbond, Hezis. Hodgkiss, Delfunt Sutton, My Kimble, Messrs. Lacy and Roberts, and two others, names unknown. It is thought by the physicians in attendance that all the wounded will recover.
        The mill is situated on the Grouse Creek four miles above Lazette, and has been doing a prosperous business for some two years. The proprietors are deeply grieved at the disaster, and they have the sympathy of the entire community.
                                     Yours respectfully, COLUMBUS SPRAGUE.
        We, the undersigned, who were present at the mill of Roberts & Lacy at the time the burr burst, by which one man was killed and others wounded, take this method of exonerating the propri­etors and employees of the mill from all blame,  It was in our opinion, an unavoidable accident.
Signed: H. B. Clover, J. H. Welch, G. W. Dawson, J. W. Kannard, J. H. Smith, Wm. H. Sheras, G. H. McClung, R. F. Burden, Wm. Titchworth, J. H. Sweet, I. H. Pickett, John H. McDupper, John R. Nugent, David Peel, John H. Wilson, A. T. Smith, J. W. Tull, D. H. Hotchkiss, Geo. Lobinger, B. F. Fritch, E. S. Field, Columbus Sprague, John Moses, E. Simpson, Stephen Simple.
[H. B. Clover was the son of Gamaliel Clover.  He was fron Pennsylvania, but was out in this area because of oil field explorations.]

Cowley County, Kansas
Elva M. Crawford
http://www.enidnews.com/archivesearch/local_story_068222038.html
Published 3-10-09
        The funeral for Elva M. Crawford, 89, of Arkansas City, Kan., will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 14, 2009, at Bible Christian Church. The Rev. Vern Richerson will officiate. Arrangements are by Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home, Arkansas City. Her body was cremated.
        She was born August 30, 1919, in Jett to Thomas and Mary Shields Venn and died Saturday, March 7, 2009, at Medical Lodge East, Kan. She was raised and educated in Jet.
She married Howard Clover in April 1938. They lived most of their married life on the Vickery Ranch east of Newkirk where she raised chickens and milked several cows twice a day. They moved to Enid in the early 1960s where she worked at Lambert’s Clothing Store until her retirement.
        She married Lester Crawford in 1970. After he died, she moved to Arkansas City.
        Surviving are one son, Jacob Clover of Arkansas City; one daughter, Freida Kahle of Arkansas City; two sisters, Mina Baker of Raytown, Mo., and Marie Cloyd of Byron; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by both husbands, Howard and Lester, four brothers, five sisters and one great-granddaughter.
    Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Hospice Care of Kansas.    

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