Levi S. Clover grandson of Philiip and Sally Clover

Clover Family Research Compendium

Created, Edited, and Maintained By June Clover Byrne

For the Clover Family Historical Society

Divider

Levi S. Clover
son of Peter Clover and Sophia Groce

        Thanks to Emily Nix for sending me this information on Levi S. Clover. It came from the following:
John W. Jordan, Colonial and Revolutionary Families, Volume III, (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 1472. This book has been widely reprinted and is also on a CD. I added the census information. Note that this is originally copyrighted in 1911. I finally discovered this book in my local library and checked it. If this is your line, you need a copy of the pages because it has massive Maclay info. There is no additional Clover information.

Note: Levi S.⁵ Clover (Peter⁴, Philip³, Paul², John Peter¹ Clover of New Jersey)

        Levi S. Clover married Jane Holmes Maclay 5 March 1872, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Jane was the daughter of David Maclay and Elizabeth Plunket Richardson(1) Levi S. Clover, born 10 March 1844, Pennsylvania, died 12 January 1924, Denver, Denver County, Colorado.
        Jane Holmes Maclay born 1848, died 2 July 1935, Whitewood, Lawrence County, South Dakota. Her death certificate gives her age as 88 years but does not have a birth date. Jane's name at the time of her death was Jane Thomas. She and Levi first proved a tree claim then a homestead. Then she sat on a homestead in the Cannon Ball River near Shields, North Dakota. This homestead was taken in David’s name. There was a relationship with a Frank Thomas so when it was time for her to work on her fourth tree claim/homestead she used the name Jane Thomas. Russ, Levi's his great grandson, comments: Like the Clovers, the Maclays were outstanding folks, but Levi proved to be a weak link. After moving the family to western North Dakota, he left Jane with five children and moved to Colorado. (2)

         Levi bought land in South Dakota in 1891. He apparently was divorced between the 1880 and the 1910 censuses. Note that he is living with his daughter in 1920.
The land in the following records is in South Dakota. The land office was in North Dakota.
CLOVER, LEVI S Emmons County, ND 4/2/1891 Montana State Office
CLOVER, LEVI S Emmons County, ND 6/4/1895 Montana State Office

Census Records for Levi S. Clover and children.

1850 Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Clarion Township. NARA M432 roll 767:
Page 29: [son of Philip Clover and Sally Roll, Philip was son of Paul Clover, Sr.] 29 August 1850
line 30: 407/416, Peter Clover 46 Farmer $3000 PA; Sopiah 46 PA; Breston 19 PA; Elizabeth 16 PA; L. J. (F) 13 PA; James H. 10 PA; Annietta 7 PA; L. S. (M) 5 PA.

1860 Clarion County, Pennsylvania Clarion Township NARA M653 roll 1095 page 83 [Note: Peter was the son of Philip Clover and Sally Roll. This Philip was the son of Paul Clover.] 2/2 Peter Clover jr 56 farmer $3000/1000 PA; Sophia 54 PA; Lucinda J. 21 PA; James 20 PA; Annetta 17 PA; Levi 15 PA

1870 Clarion County, Pennsylvania Clarion Township NARA M593 roll 1326 page 386: Peter Clover 66 PA $4000/2200; Sophia 64 PA; Lucinda J. 28 PA; Anetta 25 PA; Levi S. 23 PA

1880 Clarion County, Pennsylvania Piney Township NARA T9 roll 1117 page 251C: Levi S. Clover 35 PA PA PA Huckster; Jane Clover wife 32 PA PA NY; Bessie dau 7 PA PA PA; Mary dau 5 PA PA PA; Bell dau 2 PA PA PA; Sarah dau 7 months PA PA PA

1900 Morton County, North Dakota Township 132 NARA T623 roll 1230 ED 237 sh 1A: Jane Thomas Jul 1847 PA PA NY married 29 years 5/5 children raises stock; Dave M. Clover son Oct 1882 single PA PA PA; Ralph D. Kipple grandson Aug 1895 ND PA PA
1900 Standing Rock County, North Dakota Standing Rock Indian Reservation NARA T623 Roll: 1234 Page: 236 line 9: Belle S. Kipple Feb 1878 divorced PA PA PA servant for Indian Inspector.

1910 Denver County, CO Denver 2nd Ward NARA T624 roll 114 page 137: Levi S. Clover 65 PA PA PA lodger divorced salesman
1910 Campbell County, South Dakota Pollack ward 1 ED 81 sh 2: Frank M. Wallace 49 OR AL MS; Mary M. wife 35 PA PA PA married 16 years, 6/6 children; Hiram M. son 15 ND OR PA; Samuel son 13 ND OR PA; Mary J. dau 10 'SD OR PA; Bessie S. dau 6 SD OR PA; Francis D. son 2 SD OR PA; Sarah M. dau 1/12 SD OR PA

1920 Campbell County, South Dakota NARA T625 roll 1717 Township 128 N Range 8 ED 70 sh 3a page 34a line 21 John W. James 55 US US US Proprietor Livery Barn; Mary M. wife 46 PA PA PA; Bessie Wallace Stepdau 16 SD OR PA; David Wallace Stepson 14 SD OR PA; May[Mary?] Wallace stepdau 11 SD OR PA; Levi S. Clover father in law 74 Divorced PA PA PA
1920 Grant County, North Dakota Shields NARA T625 roll 1334 ED 75 sh 6A: Jane H. Thomas head widow 64 PA PA PA David M. Clover son 38 div PA PA PA

Children of Levi S. Clover and Jane Holmes Maclay.

1.    Elisabeth Richardson Clover, born 15 April 1873, married Grant Cherrington who was a teamster. Sons: Ed Cherrington, Denver Policeman, and Sam. Daughter: Ester Cherrington. There were probably more children. (3)

2   Mary Porter Clover born 17 August 1875, died 1942, buried in Whitewood, South Dakota, beside her mother. She married (first) Frank M. Wallace, died early. One of Mary's daughters was Jane. W. Evans, born 24 December 1899, died 41 November 1954, Denver, Colorado. Hy Wallace had at least one son by his first marriage to a first cousin Velma (daughter of Sarah Brown Clover) and two sons by his second marriage to Maude ? Those sons are Lew Wallace, Moebridge, South Dakota and Gayle Wallace, Portland, Oregon.
(4) The 1910 and 1920 census records where her father is living with her, suggest she married (first) Frank M. Wallace, born ca. 1861, Oregon, who disappeared between 1910 and 1920. Mary married (second) before 1920, John W. James.

3   Sophia Bell Clover born 2 February 1877, died 2 April 1960. She married (first) ? Kippel. They had a son Ralph Kippel who died at the age of about 13 at an army post. She married (second) ? Korn. They had a son Robert Korn, who lived in the Bay area, and was born at old Fort Lincoln, Mandam, North Dakota. He was a Naval Officer during WW II. She married (third) Grandville Tipton, born 14 February 1884, died 7 November 1972. He was a Kentucky gentleman. Both Sophia and Grandville are buried in the Presidio Cemetery in San Francisco. Belle was Jane Clover's godmother, and Grandville was a military man. They traveled a lot during his career, and had many stories about the time spent in the Philippines.(5) According to the 1900 census, she had divorced Kipple by 1900, where she was living alone. Her son, Ralph was living with his grandmother, Jane Maclay (Clover) Thomas.

4   Sarah Brown Clover born 8 November 1879, died 23 September 1964. She married first, ? Young. Sons: Ralph and Robert Daughter Velma. She married (second) ? Brewster. She is buried in Goldenrod Cemetery, in Tekoe, Washington in the Young family plot with her first husband and two sons.(6)

5 David Maclay Clover, born 17 October 1881, [Pennsylvania] died January 1967, last residence Idaho. He was married (second) about 1932 in South Dakota to Alma Christine Gorder. Alma had previously divorced her first husband Clarence Sandland. Alma was born 27 October 1895, died May 1985, last residence Idaho. Both had a last residence of Couer D Aleno, Kootenai County, Idaho.(7) They are both in the Idaho Death Index on this site and on the SSDI. They had one daughter, Alma Jane Clover, born 28 February 1934, married Norwood Allen Long, born 12 September 1925.

Story from his daughter:

About my father David Maclay Clover; he and my mother Alma Christine Gorder were married in 1932 in the Black Hills of South Dakota. That, of course, was the height of the Great Depression and a picture that they had taken in one of those photo booths at the time would have lead you to believe neither would live much longer. The picture taken on their 30th anniversary is a very different story. Times were hard and my father had given up ranching in North Dakota and settled in Whitewood, SD where I was born. Both of my parents took whatever jobs they could find. Mother took in washing and cleaned houses. My father exchanged work for farmers in the area for grain, turkeys and meat when they butchered. He acquired some lots on the east side of Whitewood and built a house sometimes described as a shack, but it was warm, secure and they were debt free. We had a large garden, chickens and rabbits. Oh yes, a cow and goats for a while. Dad worked for the WPA digging ditches for a new water supply for the town and later for the SD Highway Ddepartment. He prospected for gold and made a few bucks from his gold claim. Cut and hauled our wood for fuel from National Forests open for wood cutting.

During WW II we moved to southern California for a period of time then to Renton, Washington until the end of the War. My parents both worked, my mother for Boeing and Dad for Pacific Car and Foundry. Dad was injured at work and while he was recovering he went back to SD and sold out in Whitewood. On the train trip back he saw north Idaho and thought it was the most beautiful country he had ever seen. It had it all in his opinion, mountains, trees and water. After one more winter spent in Belle Fouche, SD we returned to Idaho where my parents spent the rest of their lives. My Father was the sole employee of the town of Harrison, Idaho until he was in his mid seventies. In that capacity he kept the water system running year around, repaired the wood sidewalks which ran the length of the town of Harrison which sits on the east side of Lake Coeur d' Alene and hauled the garbage or any other job that needed doing. My Mother always said that my Dad could do almost anything, shoe a horse, build a house, convert our large 4-door sedan into a pickup truck, hunt for deer and elk, a very good gardner, you name it. Not bad for an old cowboy.

My parents retired to Coeur d' Alene in the early 60's to closer to shopping and medical services. I still have their house there. (8)

Information from Russ Arndts, David's grandson: David Maclay Clover was a cowboy tending cattle for Texas ranchers in North Dakota. My grandmother Cora Olive Russell was homesteading--by herself--a quarter of land south of Bismark, ND, in 1907. Apparently she needed help, and David came along and assisted her. Note following clipping from the Mandan Pioneer, [published Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota], Friday 31 May 1907 page 7 col 4.
Under County Court it says: The following marriage licenses were issued by Judge McKendry, Tuesday Joseph Knoll of Glendive and Margrata Witch of Hebron, [Yes that is what it says] David Clover, of Stevenson and Cora Olive Russell of Flasher….Tuesday was 28 May 1907.

This was dated only days after their son, Melvin, was born, 7 May 1907. They did not actually marry, however. Cora Russell married John Charles Arndts in about 1910. David Maclay Clover was the son of Levi S. Clover and Jane Holmes Maclay. From the time he was 12, David Maclay Clover worked for Texas ranchers who leased land from the Indian reservations in North Dakota. The Texas ranchers thought the grass there was lush—it is all a matter of perspective, isn’t it. He was a genuine cowboy and rodeo rider. He rode in the Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1920) and lots of local rodeos.

There is a great deal of Arndts [many spellings] information on the following site which was put together by Charles Arendts.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/r/e/Charles-L-Arendts-ID/GENE2-0010.html

MELVIN RUSSELL⁹ ARNDTS (JOHN CHARLES⁸, TJÆRAND TRONDSSON⁷ ARNEVIK, TROND⁶ TORSTEINSSON, TORSTEIN⁵ SIMONSSON, SIMON⁴ TORSTEINSSON, TORSTEIN³ RASMUSSON, RASMUS² AMUNDSSON, AMUND¹ OLSSON) was born 20 May 1907 in Morton County, North Dakota, and died Oct 1965 in Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minnesota. He married GENEVA THOMPSON in North Dakota. She was born 13 Nov 1898, and died 01 Dec 1993 in St. Cloud, Sterns County, Minnesota. They had two children.
Notes for MELVIN RUSSELL ARNDTS:
From the records of Russell Arndts , dated 1997.
Melvin was the son of Cora Olive Russell and his birth was the result of a previous relationship. At the time of his birth, his name was Melvin Russell. He took the name of Melvin Russell Arndts after the marriage of his mother to John C. Arndts. He was adopted by John C. Arndts although not thru the court system.

Endnotes:
(1) John W. Jordan, Colonial and Revolutionary Families, Volume III, (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 1472.
(2) Information from Russ Arndts, descendant.
(2) John W. Jordan, Colonial and Revolutionary Families, Volume III, (New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), 1472.
(3) Letter from Alma Clover Long, daughter of David Maclay Clover.
(4) Letter from Alma Clover Long, daughter of David Maclay Clover.
(5) Letter from Alma Clover Long, daughter of David Maclay Clover.
(6) Letter from Alma Clover Long, daughter of David Maclay Clover.
(7) Idaho Death Index and SSDI, David Clover with the same dates.
(8) Letter from Alma Clover Long, daughter of David Maclay Clover.

Return to Clover Family Trees

Return to Home Page

Contact me at [email protected]

Page Last Updated 16 October 2009