CLEVENGER REBECCA'S GREAT GRANDFATHER ABRAHAM Rebecca, the mother of Mam Colborn was a Clevenger. This is the story of her ancestors. According to extracts from the Abraham Clevenger book by Sarah Clevenger (PhD), of Bloomington, Indiana, the earliest Clevengers were Huguenots from France who migrated to Holland, England, Wales and Ireland to escape religious prosecution. Two Clevenger brothers immigrated from England as early as 1690. Rebecca's Great Grandfather, Abraham, was a descendant of one of these brothers. Abraham was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey on August 1, 1741. There is no certain proof who Abraham's father was and some contradicting information about Abraham's birth date confounds any certainty. Sarah Clevenger concludes that the most likely person was a Samuel Clevenger born about 1710. Abraham married Mary Pitman in Monmouth County, New Jersey on March 3, 1760. They migrated to Bedford County, Pennsylvania to an area now a part of Bethel Township in Fulton County. Tax lists for Bethel Township indicate that, in 1783, he was working 200 acres of land and had horses, cattle and sheep. In 1798, he was taxed for: (1) a house of logs 30' X 20' having two stories, three windows and lights, (2) one stable, (3) a grist mill and stable adjoining the property Obadiah Minott, and (4) three plots, 98, 150, and 100 acres. Abraham and Mary raised five children: Perthenia, Ruth, Catherine, Aaron, and William. Abraham died June 9, 1824, and Mary died October 10, 1819. They are both buried in the Sideling Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. WILLIAM CLEVENGER William Clevenger, fifth child of Abraham and Mary, was born May 26, 1773, probably in Bedford County, Pa. In 1796, he married Charity McClarity, daughter of Henry McClarity. Charity was born January 18, 1777 in Pennsylvania or New Jersey and died October 28, 1854 in Bedford County. William died November 12, 1832, also in Bedford County. Both are probably buried in the Sideling Hill Baptist Cemetery. William and Charity Clevenger had eleven children: John, Aaron, Peter, Paul, Charity, Ann(a), Abraham, Mary, Benjamin, Sarah, and William. PAUL CLEVENGER Paul Clevenger was the fourth child of William, born August 1, 1803 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He married a women whose first name was Magdalena and who was born in Pennsylvania about 1813. Paul was a miller who settled in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties state that Paul served as a Tax Assessor in 1848. Paul and Magdalena raised eight children: Redica, George, Rebecca, Benjamin, Charles, Elizabeth, Sarah, and S. Wilson. He likely lived his latter years with his daughter Rebecca; the 1880 census lists him at the age of 77 in the household of Joseph and Rebecca Kreger. REBECCA CLEVENGER Rebecca was born in Bedford County August 24, 1843 and moved to Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County with her parents when quite young. According to the 1860 census, Rebecca was working as a domestic for the Henry Kreger household when she was 18 years old. The census data must have been actually taken in the previous year since Rebecca's obituary says she married Henry Kreger's brother, Joseph, January 27, 1860. Joseph Kreger had been born in Upper Turkeyfoot Township and belonged to the Old Bethel Church there. However, the newlyweds went to live and raise their family in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, a few miles south. Joseph was a farmer and a dealer in buying and selling cattle. They lived on two farms in there lifetime, and then bought property in Confluence where they lived their retiring years. Rebecca and Joseph Kreger had nine children, seven of which were: Mary Ellen, Frederick Benjamin, Phoebe A, Sarah A, Catherine B, Martha J. and Samuel B. Rebecca died March 5, 1906 in Confluence, Pennsylvania and Joseph died October 10, 1911 in the home of his oldest daughter Mary Ellen Colborn. They are buried side-by-side in the cemetery of the Jersey Baptist Church in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. WILSON CLEVENGER Wilson, youngest brother of Rebecca, uncle of Mam Colborn, can be remembered by those who lived at the Colborn farm. Wilson was apparently a bachelor and he lived in Fairoaks, down the hill between Draketown and the Youghiogheny River. He was frequently at the Colborn farm, having walked all the way from Fairoaks. Mary Lou Stairs remembers him as being cranky and overbearing. John Stairs remembers he played the fiddle and entertained frequently. Bess can remember him holding the fiddle on his arm in front of Mam Colborn's china closet in the dining room, playing and clicking his heels to the tune of Pop-Goes-The-Weazle. He usually wore boots and tight riding pants. Wilson died November 2, 1930 and was buried in the Jersey Church cemetery near his sister, Rebecca CREDITS AND NOTES 1. Most of the information about the ancestors of Rebecca Clevenger was taken from the Manuscript "Abraham and Mary (Pitman) Clevenger of Bedford County, Pennsylvania and Their Descendants" compiled by Sarah Clevenger, Ph. D. Sarah is actively researching and recording the history of the Clevengers and is interested in any and all information that contributes to her research. Her address is 717 South Henderson Street; Bloomington, Indiana 47401 - 4838. 2. Other information was obtained from the Federal Census and from Rebecca's and Joseph's obituaries. DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM CLEVENGER * ABRAHAM CLEVENGER (1-Aug-1734) - (9-Jun-1824) m. (9-Mar-1760) MARY PITMAN (10-Oct-1734) - (10-Oct-1819) Abraham's father was most likely Samuel Clevenger depending on Abraham's birth date. Otherwise it might have been George and Deliverence(Horner)Clevenger. From January through March 1777 he was a Private in Cpt Jacob Hendershot's Co, 2nd Battalion. He paid taxes in 1798 on a 30' X 20", two-story log house, with 3 windows and lights, one stable and a grist mill. . * PERTHENIA CLEVENGER (ABT 1762) - m. THOMAS CROSSMAN ( ) - (BEF 1824) . * RUTH CLEVENGER (ABT 1764) - . * CATHERINE CLEVENGER (11-Dec-1768) - (29-Jun-1840) m. (17-May-1786) DANIEL DANIELS . * AARON CLEVENGER (1771) - (BEF 1840) m. PERTHENIA (BETHANE) TRUAX (2-Oct-1781) - (2-Jan-1835) . * WILLIAM CLEVENGER (26-May-1773) - (12-Nov-1832) m. (1796) CHARITY McCLARY (18-Jan-1777) - (28-Oct-1854) . . * JOHN CLEVENGER (12-Oct-1797) - m. FIRST UNKNOWN . . . m. ELIZABETH WINK . . . m. JULIA CARBAUGH (1814) - . . * AARON CLEVENGER (4-Jul-1799) - (28-Oct-1865) m. (ABT 1820) ANN HOOP (ABT 1802) - (14-Aug-1837) . . . m. (ABT 1839) ELIZABETH CARBAUGH (1812) - . . * PETER CLEVENGER (27-Oct-1801) - m. MARY (POLLY) DIVEL (1813) - . . * CHARITY CLEVENGER (17-Jun-1805) - (14-Aug-1805) m. THOMAS HOUSER . . * ANN(A) CLEVENGER (18-Dec-1807) - (23-Aug-1865) m. ELIAS WHITFIELD (26-Dec-1804) - (26-Jul-1880) . . * ABRAHAM CLEVENGER (4-Apr-1808) - (10-Oct-1881) m. (15-Mar-1835) LYDIA MELLOTT (28-Apr-1817) - (4-Jan-1878) . . * MARY CLEVENGER (3-Aug-1813) - (19-May-1898) m. (6-Aug-1829) DANIEL WINK (1-Dec-1803) - (18-Nov-1881) . . * BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CLEVENGER (29-Feb-1818) - (19-May-1907) m. (9-May-1854) SARAH SIPE (122/1825) - (18-Mar-1956) . . . m. SARAH A SMILEY (7-Jan-1835) - (28-Jan-1906) . . * SARAH CLEVENGER (22-Sep-1820) - (24-Jun-1891) m. LEVI MELLOTT (16-Jun-1819) - (27-May-1901) . . * WILLIAM CLEVENGER (11-Oct-1822) - (21-Aug-1899) m. MARY ELIZABETH CRUNKLETON ( ) - (3-Mar-1855) . . . m. (8-Jan-1860) LYDIA PEE(PEW) (18-Mar-1843) - (11-Nov-1917) . . * PAUL CLEVENGER (1-Aug-1803) - m. MAGDALENA (1813) - The 1850 census indictes his birth in 1800; the 1860 census indicates 1808. Sarah Clevenger's book lists his birth as 1803. She also states Paul was a tax assessor in 1848. The 1880 census shows Paul Clevenger living with Rebecca and Joseph Kreger at the age of 77. MAGDALENA: Magdalena's age is listed in the 1850 census as 37 and 44 in the 1860 census. . . . * REDICA CLEVENGER (abt 1834) - Redica appears in the 1850 census for Upper Turkeyfoot Twp. My notes list her age as 16. Sarah Clevenger's book lists her as a 14 year old daughter. . . . * GEORGE A CLEVENGER (ABT 1838) - . . . * BENJAMIN CLEVENGER (19-Mar-1844) - (9-Sep-1922) m. EMILY (1-Oct-1848) - (22-May-1912) . . . . * REDICA CLEVENGER (1874) - . . . . * JOHN CLEVENGER (1876) - . . . . * FREDERICK CLEVENGER (ABT 1877) - m. LAURA B. (ABT 1887) - . . . . . * MARY M. CLEVENGER (ABT 1906) - . . . . . * EARNEST J. CLEVENGER (ABT 1906) - . . . . . * CHARLES C. CLEVENGER (ABT 1908) - . . . . . * ALBERT G. CLEVENGER (ABT 1909) - . . . . . * LEROY A. CLEVENGER (ABT 1909) - . . . . * ELLEN CLEVENGER (1880) - . . . . * ALBERT CLEVENGER (ABT 1883) - m. JESSIE (ABT 1888) - . . . . . * MELVIN CLEVENGER (ABT 1907) - . . . . . * LAWRENCE CLEVENGER (ABT 1808) - . . . . . * IRENE CLEVENGER (ABT 1911) - . . . . * ETTA CLEVENGER (ABT 1884) - . . . . * ANNIE CLEVENGER (ABT 1885) - . . . . * FRANK CLEVENGER (ABT 1887) - . . . . * IDA CLEVENGER (ABT 1891) - . . . . * LOLA CLEVENGER (ABT 1894) - . . . . * PEARL (ABT 1894) - . . . . * ERNEST (ABT 1907) - . . . * CHARLES C CLEVENGER (ABT 1846) - . . . * ELIZABETH CLEVENGER (ABT 1849) - . . . * SARAH CLEVENGER (ABT 1847) - . . . * SAMUEL WILSON CLEVENGER (ABT 1849) - . . . * REBECCA J. CLEVENGER (24-Aug-1843) - (5-Mar-1906) m. (27-Jan-1860) JOSEPH KREGER (25-Jun-1842) - (10-Oct-1911) . . . . * MARY ELLEN KREGER (APRIL 1863) - (1947) m. (26-Oct-1979) JAMES BUCHANAN COLBORN (28-Oct-1856) - (14-Apr-1930) . . . . . * INFANT (28-Mar-1890) - (29-Mar-1890) . . . . . * JAMES FRANK COLBORN (11-Nov-1891) - (8-Dec-1903) . . . . . * JOSEPH SYLVESTER COLBORN (1-Jun-1980) - (9-May-1899) . . . . . * WILLIAM WARDEN COLBORN (16-Jan-1882) - (21-Aug-1967) m. (6-Mar-1913) LOLA PEARL BROUGHER (10-Mar-1890) - (5-Oct-1977) . . . . . . * VERNA JUNE COLBORN (26-Jun-1913) - m. (5-Sep-1936) HARRY FRED BURNWORTH (13-Dec-1908) - (21-Jun-1956) . . . . . . * MIRIAM N. COLBORN (1916) - (1991) m. CHARLES A."RED" RODAHAVER (1916) - (1968) . . . . . . * LOUISE ELIZABETH COLBORN (22-Mar-1918) - m. (19-Apr-1935) JAMES BYRD . . . . . * LULU REBECCA COLBORN (25-Apr-1896) - (26-AUG-1956) m. ALBERT A. BEALE (6-Oct-1891) - (17-Feb-1968) . . . . . . * JACK Colborn BEALE (27-Feb-1918) - (6-Nov-1979) m. (11-Oct-1951) ANNA LUCILLE HAMILTON (17-Nov-1927) - . . . . . * DAISY ANGIE COLBORN (16-Aug-1987) - (6-Jun-1976) m. FREEMAN J. BROUGHER (1886) - (1962) . . . . . . * FREEMAN BROUGHER JR m. FREDA . . . . . . * RUTH BROUGHER m. JESSE BURKE . . . . . . * 0. GLEN BROUGHER m. HILDA M. BRENNAN . . . . . . * DAUGHTER (25-Mar-1907) - (1-Sep-1908) . . . . . * MARY ELLEN COLBORN (26-May-1899) - (11-May-1966) m. RAY WILLIAM WILLS (29-Nov-1890) - (13-Jul-1956) . . . . . . * DONALD EUGENE WILLS (7-Sep-1925) - m. (27-Nov-1946) ANNE VERONICA LANCASTER (17-Nov-1925) - . . . . . * GLENN BUCHANAN COLBORN (13-Oct-1901) - (13-Dec-1927) m. HELEN BEATRICE McMILLAN (1-Jan-1901) - (22-Jul-1971) . . . . . . * ROGER McMILLAN COLBORN (1-Mar-1926) - m. (31-Oct-1953)A JOAN KATHRYN TYSON (19-Jan-1930) - . . . . . * ELIZABETH AMANDA COLBORN (18-Nov-1883) - (24-May-1977) m. (29-Dec-1902) WILLIAM RALEIGH Stairs (3-May-1983) - (3-Nov-1909) . . . . . . * JAMES C. STAIRS (17-Jul-1903) - (23-Apr-1965) m. FREDA LEE KREGER (21-Apr-1905) - (8-Oct-1974) . . . . . . * MARY LOU STAIRS (7-JAN-1905) - m. (6-Nov-1926) CLIFFORD ELWOOD GROFF (4-Apr-1903) - (7-Mar-1986) . . . . . . * BESSIE MARIE STAIRS (21-Dec-1907) - m. (15-Aug-1931) WILLIAM JAMES BUMGARDENER . . . . . . . m. (1950) MERLE STAHL . . . . . . * JOHN RALEIGH STAIRS (7-Jul-1909) - m. (11-Sep-1931) MARY ALICE TRIMPEY (15-May-1913) - (8-May-1991) . . . . * FREDRICH BENJAMIN KREGER (1867) - (1927) m. LAURA B SANNER (1872) - (1940) . . . . . * ETHEL KREGER (JAN 1887) - . . . . . * EMMA KREGER (OCTOBER 1890) - . . . . . * PERL KREGER (APRIL 1893) - . . . . . * JOHN F KREGER (APRIL 1895) - . . . . . * JOSEPH F KREGER (MAY 1897) - (1918) m. EMMA J (1891) - (1907) . . . . . * ORVIL KREGER (MARCH 1899) - . . . . . * FREDA LEE KREGER (21-Apr-1905) - (8-Oct-1974) m. JAMES C. STAIRS (17-Jul-1903) - (23-Apr-1965) . . . . . . * (See children above) . . . . . * THELMA M KREGER (ABT 1904) - . . . . . * PAUL L KREGER (ABT 1906) - . . . . . * GEORGE A KREGER (ABT 1908) - . . . . . * SARA KREGER (ABT 1912) - . . . . * PHOEBE A KREGER (1873+-1) - . . . . * SARAH A. KREGER (abt 1875) - . . . . * CATHERINE B. KREGER (21-Oct-1877) - (29-Sep-1969) m. (6-Jun-1895) HARRY A. STAIRS (9-May-1875) - (19-Feb-1962) . . . . . * GEORGE MARCELLUS STAIRS (21-Nov-1896) - (23-Oct-1958) m. (22-Aug-1916) CATHERINE ALBERTA BOND (24-Oct-1898) - (25-Nov-1975) . . . . . . * HARRY FRANCIS STAIRS (27-Nov-1917) - m. (16-Oct-1938) HELEN MARIE BERGLOWE (27-Feb-1918) - . . . . . . * CHARLES EDWARD STAIRS (20-Oct-1919) - m. (30-May-1943) DOROTHY MARTHA MATZ (14-Apr-1924) - . . . . . * JOSEPH HARRY STAIRS (13-Nov-1901) - (10-Jun-1976) m. (15-Oct-1924) MARGARET M. SPERL (4-Aug-1906) - . . . . . . m. (12-Jul-1951) MADELINE E. MORGERETH (6-May-1914) - . . . . . . * ASHLEY JOSEPH STAIRS (27-Nov-1927) - m. (9-Jan-1951) JENNETTE M. KAHL (15-Nov-1930) - . . . . . . . m. MARY JANE SHEIDY (14-Jul-1927) - . . . . . . * BARBARA STAIRS (2-Feb-1934) - . . . . . * GLENN A. STAIRS (19-Jun-1925) - m. (4-Nov-1950) EMILY SCHARFE (4-Oct-1923) - . . . . . . * TIM0THY STAIRS (5-Jan-1952) - m. (1-Jan-1982) PAMELA MURRAY . . . . . . * DANIEL A. STAIRS (6-Feb-1954) - m. (13-Aug-1983) CINDI RODGERS . . . . . . * JONATHAN (JON) HARRY STAIRS (3-Oct-1957) - m. (30-Dec-1988) VICKI LANE . . . . . . * DAVID JOSEPH STAIRS (3-Oct-1959) - . . . . . . * PHILIP SAMUEL STAIRS (25-Mar-1967) - . . . . * MARTHA J. KREGER (1880+-1) - . . . . * SAMUEL B. KREGER (1882) - (1925) m. FRANCIS S. (1879) - (1955) WAS KILLED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN REPAIRING A RAILROAD SIGNAL. . . . . . * MONROE KREGER (1903) - . . . . . * WILLIS M KREGER (ABT 1904) - . . . . . * GEORGE L KREGER (ABT 1906) - . . . . . * REBECCA C KREGER (ABT 1907) - . . . . . * CHARLES A. KREGER (ABT 1909) -