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I am researching the Glendenning's who apparently came from Fauquier Co.
Va. My Glendennning's are from Taylor and Mon.Co. WV.
John Glendenning married to Margaret ? shows up in Mon. Co. in 1804.I
have no idea as of yet where he was married. Have not been able to find
much about him so far. He had children
George b 1794 married Hannah Keener. George states in a later marriage
that he was born in Fauquier Co. Va.
Sarah married John Shahan
Martha ? married Aaron Luzader Jr.
Eleanor married Abraham Johnson
Margaret (Peggy) married Stephen Poe
James married Mary Diana Vanhorn
Ann married David Henry
It also apprears that Nancy who married William Ellis was possible
another daughter.
Many of the son-in-laws were from Fauquier and some of the marriages
took place there. I have been unable to make a tie between this John
Glendenning and the one who was the son of James Glendenning.
I have the family on down through today. If any one is also researching
this family,e-mail and I will send them the information.
I have been attempting to find the descendants of David Smith and Annie
Piner who would have been born circa 1790. My suspicions are that they are
from NC as that is the place of birth of one of their sons.
My grandmother's notes had a number of spelling errors. It appears that two
of the children of David Smith and Annie Piner married
Clendinen/Glendin/or Glendenin people. Any help on these lines would be
appreciated.
Children of David Smith and Annie Piner were as follows:
2. i. George Washington, b. 13 AUG 1818; m. Lucinda Holder.
3. ii. William Robinson, b. Davie Co, NC; m. Sarah Glendin; m. Polly A.
Rader. 4. iii. Joseph, m. Sarah LEAP.
5. iv. John, m. Christena BULLECK.
6. v. Aboshen, m. Mary LEAP.
7. vi. Janet, m. Henry GLENDENIN.
8. vii. Louiza, m. Issac LEAP.
viii. Mary.
ix. Virginia.
Unfortunately, I don't have other early dates or places. I best guess is
that the families moved into TN, but my only evidence is a daughter of
George Washington Smith and Lucinda Holder was born near Murphreesboro, TN
in 1848.
Regards,
Gregg A. Kinney
Researching Kinney, Dove, Hadley, Barrick, Baughman, Stewart, Smith,
Yocum,
Barker, O'Bryant, Covalt, Pendleton, Blackford, Kellogg, Reed, Compton,
Husted, Surface, Marshall, and a host of others. Visit my searchable
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Vivian
I haven't traced mine back from Texas. I can't say that I've done an
exhaustive search, but I haven't found anything further back then this.
Here's my line:
Descendants of Mathew Benjamin Alexander Clendennen
Mathew Benjamin Alexander Clendennen b: July 05, 1808 d: August 03, 1862
+Eliza C. Milton Pool b: October 22, 1822 m: October 05, 1842 d: February
09, 1871
....... Ellen Fowler Clendenning b: June 30, 1856 Texas d: February 20,
1898
....... +James Duncan Renfro b: September 08, 1839 Missouri m: January 26,
1886 Navarro County, TX d: December 11, 1918 Waco, TX
................ Fannie May Renfro b: December 21, 1886 d: August 21, 1887
................ Mary Renfro b: 1888 d: 1888
................ Joseph Jay Renfro b: March 12, 1890 Hill County, Texas
................ +Ethel Fowler Taylor b: October 31, 1896 Elk-Mclennan
County, Texas m: January 14, 1916
................ John Isaac Renfro b: February 07, 1892 Bauman Grove, TX
d: February 12, 1934 near Riesel, TX (1:30pm)
................ +Virgie May Witt b: October 15, 1896 Moody, TX m: April
09, 1916 Texas d: September 25, 1938 (2pm)
-----Original Message-----
From: CLENDINEN-D-request(a)rootsweb.com <CLENDINEN-D-request(a)rootsweb.com>
To: CLENDINEN-D(a)rootsweb.com <CLENDINEN-D(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 3:15 AM
Subject: CLENDINEN-D Digest V98 #48
<< Seeking info on the following Clendenon(in)s
Robert clendenon b. abt 1694 & d. 1744 Chester, Pa, m. Alice__?
2. Isaac Clendeon, Sr. b. 21 Jan 1720/1 in PA(?) & d. Aug 1771 Exeter Twp,
Berks, PA. Mar'd 8 Apr 1761/2 London Grove mm, Berks, PA to Elizaberth
Barger, d/o John & Mary Barger, grdau of Thomas & Eliz. Weldon Barger, b. 9
Jan 1728 & d. Oct 1774 Maiden Creek MM, Berks, PA
3. Isaac Clendenon, Jr b. 11 June 1768 & d. 20 Oct or Dec 1834 Morgan Co,
OH.
Mar'd 21 Dec 1792 to Hannah Worrall, d/o Benjamin & Mary Howard Worrall, b.
3
Sep 1767 & d. 21 Oct 1857 Morgan, OH.
These Clendenon's appear to be Quakers & are closely alligned with the
Morgan's, Boones & Williams other PA Quakers.
Any help appreciated.
Jack Stewart(futbofam(a)aol.com) >>
Clendenin Physicians 1804-1929
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Clendenins in "Directory of Deceased American Physicians 1804-
1929"
Clendenen, Floyd E. 12/12/06 (M); [2] Chatham, New Brunswick,
Canada; [3] 1837; [5] Eclectic; [8] IL, 1877; [11] Bennett Medical
College, Chicago: Eclectic Coll. of Med. & Surg., 1874, (G); [14]
48:1287; [16] pneumonia
Clendenen, George W. 3/11/24 (M); [2] Maywood, IL; [3] Dec 4,
1844; [4] WV; [5] Eclectic; [8] IL, 1884; IA, 1887; [9] Fulton,
IL, May 21, 1916; [11] Bennett Medical College, Chicago: Eclectic
Coll. of Med. & Surg., 1884 (G); [12] Niles, MI, High School,
Michigan State Normal; [14] 82:1215; [16] senility
Clendenen, Irving 5/6/19 (M); [2] Maywood, IL; [3] 1846; [5]
Eclectic; [8] IL, 1880; [9] Chicago, IL, 1876, Maywood, IL, Aug
5, 1911; [11] Bennett Medical College, Chicago; Eclectic Coll. of
Med. & Surg., 1876, (G); [14] 72:1559.
Clendenin, C. 12/31/29a (M); [5] Allopath; [8] TN, 1889.
Clendenin, Hugh M. 1/25/09 (M); [2] Louisville, KY; [3] 1880; [5]
Homepathy; [6] GS General Surgery; [11] Southwestern Homeopathic
Medical College and Hospital, Louisville, 1900, (G); [13]
Southwestern Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Louisville,
physiology, minor, surgical anatomy; [14] 52:582; [16] pneumonia
Clendening, John Wesley 12/31/29a (M); [5] Allopath; [11] Rush
Medical College, Chicago, 1877, (G).
Clendening, Thomas C. 2.1914 (M); [2] Chicago, IL; [5] Allopath;
[8] IL, 1880; [11] The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital,
Chicago, 1880, (G).
Clendenning, J.I. 12/31/29a (M); [5] Allopath; [11] Victoria
University Medical Department, Coburg, 1880 (G).
Clendinen, Moses W. 12/31/29a (M); [5] Allopath; [11] Jefferson
Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia,
1866, (G).
Clendinen, William Heslet, Jr. 10/1893 (M); [2] Baltimore, MD; [5]
Allopath; [14] 71:829.
Glendeming, John Carlisle 12/31/29a (M); [3] 1865; [5] Allopath;
[8] IA, 1887; [11] St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons,
St. Louis Coll. of Med. & Science, 1887, (G).
Glendenning, Elijah 12/17/08 (M); [2] Lineville, PA; [3] 1832; [5]
Allopath; [11] College of Physicians and Surgeons, Keokuk; Univ.
of Iowa Medical Dept., 1865, (G); [14] 52:156; [16] pneumonia.
Glendenning, John C. 12/31/29a (M); [5] Allopath; [8] MO, 1891;
[11] St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis Coll.
of Med. & Science, 1887, (G).
Glendenning, Robert Thompson 9/3/27 (M); [2] Beverly, MA; [3]
1865; [4] Truemanville, Nova Scotia, Canada; [5] Allopath; [8] MA,
1894, Nova Scotia; [9] Manchester, MA, 1892; [11] McGill
University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, 1892, (G); [12] Picton
Acad., Mt. Allison Acad., Univ. of Mt. Allison; [14] 89:1266; [16]
septic sore throat; (M).
Glendinning, Emerson Franklin 9/3/24 (M); [2] Hamilton, ON
Ontaria, Canada; [3] 1877; [5] Allopath; [8] ON Ontario, 1907; [9]
Malvern, Ontario, Canada, 1904, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Feb 10,
1914; [11] Medical Faculty of Trinity University, Toronto, 1904,
(G); [14] 83:1352; [16] cerebral hemorage.
Glendinning, James Irwin 12/3/15 (M); [2] Streetsville, Ontario,
Canada; [5] Allopath; [8] Ontario, 1880; [9] Streetsville,
Ontario, Canada, 1880; [11] University of Toronto Faculty of
Medicine, Toronto, Trinity Univ., 1880 (G).
Glendon, Walter Prevost 2/14/28 (M); [2] Bridgeton, NJ; [3] Jul
26, 1865; [4] Mantua, NJ; [5] Allopath; [6] GS General Surgery;
[8] NJ, 1886; [9] Cedarville, NJ 1886; Bridgeton, NJ, Jun 24,
1912; [10] Bridgeton Hosp.; [11] Jefferson Medical College of
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, 1886 (G); [12] Common
sch., South Jersey Inst.; [14] 90:768; [16] sinusitis; (M).
Notes:
This info was taken from 4x6 file cards which were the
AMA's main method of recordkeeping prior to 1930. Not all
records were of AMA members. Not all persons calling themselves
"doctors" registered with the AMA. Obviously not all cards are
equally complete. For cards marked Deceased but with no date given
the editors have given the date as 12/31/29a; the 'a' indicating
'assumed prior to'.
Key:
[1] Name, date of death (a indicates assumed dead at close of
indexed period but no specific date available), gender.
[2] place of death
[3] date of birth
[4] place of birth
[5] type of practice
[6] practice specialties
[7] board specialties
[8] states and years of licenses
[9] places and dates of practive
[10] hospital affiliations
[11] medical schools, G indicates graduate
[12] other education
[13] professorship
[14] obituary citation in the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA) volume:page.
[15] licensure actions
[16] cause of death; (M) indicates AMA member
Full citation:
Directory of Deceased American Physicians 1804-1929
Arthur W. Hafner, PhD, editor.
Chicago: American Medical Association, 1993.
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Medical and Surgical Directory of the United States.
R.L. Polk & Co., 1886.
pg 280 Fulton, Whiteside, Ill
Clendenen, George W. (Ecl.) #132, 1884.
pg 285 La Salle, La Salle, Ill
Clendenen, FLoyd (Ecl.) Bennett Medical Col. Chicago 1874; Coroner
La Salle Co.; Pres. Local Bd. U.S. Pension Ex-Surgeons.
pg 261 Chicago, Cook, Ill
Clendening, John W (R) #126, 1877, 4702 State
Clendenen, Irving (R) #130, 1866; #132, 1872; s-e corner Wabash
Ave and 12th
pg 435 Baltimore, Baltimore, Md
Clendinen, Wm H (R) #169, 1850, 102 N Broadway
pg 603 Fort Lee, Bergen, NJ
Clendinen, Alexzander (R) #169, 1859.
pg 741 Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
Clendenin Wm (R) Ohio Medical Col, 1850, 136 W 7th
pg 362 Lineville, Wayne, Iowa
Glendenning, E. (R) #149, 1865.
Note: The Polk Directories were self-reported and contained
advertising, much like today's yellow pages. Communities
are listed alphabetically, with a listing of the physicians
in each community and a comprehensive index in the back.
Key:
page number, City, County, State
Type of practice (R) regular, (Ecl) Eclectic,
# medical school (keyed to list in the front of the book) followed
by year of graduation,
street address where available
126 Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill.
130 Chicago Medical College, Chicago, Ill (affiliated with
Norwestern Univ. beginning 1869)
132 Bennett College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, Ill.
149 College of Physicans and Surgeons, Keokuk, IA.
169 University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
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Medical and Surgical Register of the United States, Fourth
Edition. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co., 1896.
pg 420 Fulton, Whiteside, Ill
Clendenen, George W (Ecl) #132, 1884.
pg 426 La Salle, La Salle, Ill
Clendenen, Floyd (Ecl) #132, 1874.
pg 429 Maywood, Cook, Ill
Clendenen, Irving (Ecl) #132, 1876.
pg 530 Lineville, Wayne, IA
Glendenning Elijah (R) #149, 1865.
Glendenning, John C. (R) #205, 1887.
pg 694 Boston, MA
Clendenin, Paul (R) #110, 1884, Fort Warren
pg 717 Manchester, Essex, MA
Glendenning Robert T. (R) #338, 1892
pg 1087 North Tonawanda, Niagara, NY
Clendenan Charles W. (R) #330, 1890.
pg 1124 Haw River, Alamance, NC
Clendenin Wm G (R) #282, 1860
pg 1238 Portland, OR
Glendenning Robert W (R) #280a, 1891; #285a, 1st.
pg 1392 Juno, Henderson, TN
Clendenin, C.C. *
Note: The Polk Directories were self-reported and contained
advertising, much like today's yellow pages. * indicates the
self-report form (i.e. survey) was not returned by the physician.
Key:
page number, City, County, State
Type of practice (R) regular, (Ecl) Eclectic,
# medical school (keyed to list in the front of the book) followed
by year of graduation,
street address where available
110 National Medical College, Medical Dept. of the Columbian
University, Wash D.C.
132 Bennett College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, Ill.
149 College of Physicans and Surgeons, Keokuk, IA.
205 St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis, MO.
280a University of the State of Oregon
282 Jefferson MEdical College, Philadelphia, PA
285a [not listed]
330 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Toronto [this
is the licensing body for the province, not a medical school]
338 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
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Good morning, everyone
I'm pleased to announce that we have nine new subscribers since our last
weekly update. We are creeping towards 100 - Fantastic! It would be nice if
those of you who are new would introduce yourselves to your fellow list
members. Even if you've been "lurking" in the background for awhile and have
not yet introduced yourself to the rest of the list, now would be a good
time.
The website, Clendinen Family Research, is growing. The URL, in case you
don't have it, is http://home.att.net/~SharonBryant. Please visit. If you
see anything that needs to be corrected, please send the message to me
privately at SharonBryant(a)worldnet.att.net. I will see that it gets changed.
However, if you send a correction, please try to document where you got the
information you want to see changed.
I sorted through my Clendinen information and found that the stack is about
12 inches high (not an exaggeration). It is going to take me some time to
get all of that entered onto the website. But there are people out there who
have indicated they have information for the website which I have not yet
received. Please do not let the "stack" intimidate you. Send your
information; I'll get to it as soon as I can. If you have your own webpage
and wish to have a link set up let me know giving me your complete website
URL.
On a personal note: I'm feeling much better. Have taken things very slowly
for the past 10 days-2 weeks. However, the vacation ends soon and I'm going
to have to get back to "work." On 7 June I will be leaving for Ft.
Leavenworth KS for a two week assignment. I'll take material with me to type
but it will not be uploaded until about the 20th of June. In the meantime
I'm still at the old home computer.
Have a great week. Let's hear from our new subscribers.
Sharon Bryant
Listowner Clendinen-L
We have some Boggs in the Clendenin family--will forward your note to the
list
PLEASE REPLY TO DONALD, THANKS
Sandy in Florida :-)
On Mon, 25 May 1998, Donald Boggs wrote:
> I have faced a dead end for years researching the couple of James Boggs and
> Jane White married 7 Feb 1826 in Greenbrier county. I have recently
> discovered their names in a court order in Helen Stinson's book of
> Greenbrier county court records and a very interesting legal notice
> published in the Palladium of Virginia and the Pacific Monitor, Lewisburg,
> Greenbrier county, Virginia, Volume VII, No. 5, Saturday March 27, 1830.
>
> I am unable to visit personally the Greenbrier county court house at this
> time and am wondering if there is someone living nearby who would be willing
> to do an examination of court records. I have completed marriage, birth and
> death records. This search might be quite challenging and I realize I am
> asking a great deal.
>
> If there is some energetic, brave soul willing to undertake this quest,
> please email me directly for further information.
>
> Donald Boggs
>
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> Have you transcribed a primary source, i.e. marriage bond, land record, wills, cemeteries? Please consider submitting them to the Greenbrier County WVGenWeb Archives. Visit the Archives at <http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/wv/greenbrier/> for more information.
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An account of Col. Clendenin (as well as a lot of wonderful "stuff") can be
found in the Making of America page at http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa. They
have scanned many books and made them available to us. Scroll to the bottom
and select 'Search.' Then enter "Clendenin" as the word or phrase and select
Submit. The search engine will produce 17 listings for Clendenin. If you
select the "13 matches in the 7 matching books" you then can select book 2,
"The
American Conflict, A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of
America..." This will take you to the page where you can select either page
404 or 602. And this is where I tried to get you to with a shortcut of
gobbeldygook.
Jimmy Love
Seeking parents/siblings/descendants of Margaret GLENDENING/CLENDENIN, born ca
1762 in IRE?/PA?/MD?/VA? Married ca 1781, probably VA, Stephen
PARNELL/PURNELL.
Stephen PARNELL appears on an 1800 tax list in Madison Co, KY, and on the 1810
census in Rockcastle Co, KY. On the 1820 and 1830 censuses, they are in
Decatur Co, IN. On the 1840 census Margaret and Stephen may be the 70-80-year-
old female and 70-80-year-old male living with their son, William PARNELL in
St Joseph Co, IN. Margaret and Stephen probably died between 1840 and 1850, as
they have not been found on the 1850 census.
Known children: 1) Mary/Polly PARNELL, born ca 1782, VA, married Thomas
SINGLETON; 2) Joshua PARNELL, born ca 1785, VA, married Mary CANE; 3) James
PARNELL, born 1787, VA, married Mary/Polly HOOTON; 4) Thomas PARNELL, born ca
1788, VA, married Elizabeth ---?---; 5) Sally PARNELL, born ca 1790, VA or KY,
married William BINGHAM; 6) William PARNELL, born before 1796, Jefferson Co,
KY, married Catherine FRITTS; 7) Issiac PARNELL, born ca 1798, KY, married
Kesiah WILSON; 8) Andrew PARNELL, born 1800, KY, married Mariah WILSON; 9)
Margaret PARNELL, born ca 1802, KY, married William HENDERSON; 10) Martha
PARNELL, born ca 1809, KY, married Uriah Garton.
I suspect that Margaret is connected to all of those CLENDENINS who settled in
West Virginia, long before the word "West" was added, about the time of the
Revolutionary War. I certainly would like to know HOW she is descended from
them!
Thanks in advance to my cousins on the list --
Claire Miller, e-mail KerMill(a)aol.com
An account of Colonel Clendenin in battle can be found at:
<A HREF="http://www.umdl.umich.edu/cgi-
bin/moa/viewitem.stable/mm000044/1103amer/v0000/i000/06200602.tif?config=moa&u
serID=NoUserID&dpi=4&nav=First%20Page%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F0
001000a.tif,Comprehensive%20Index%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F07870
765.tif,List%20of%20Illustrations%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F00170
015.tif,Table%20of%20Contents%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F00130011.
tif,Title%20Page%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F00030001.tif&main=&cit
e=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fsgml%2Fmoa-idx%3Fnotisid%3D">Page 602 </A>
and
<A HREF="http://www.umdl.umich.edu/cgi-
bin/moa/viewitem.stable/mm000044/1103amer/v0000/i000/04200404.tif?config=moa&u
serID=NoUserID&dpi=4&nav=First%20Page%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F0
001000a.tif,Comprehensive%20Index%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F07870
765.tif,List%20of%20Illustrations%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F00170
015.tif,Table%20of%20Contents%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F00130011.
tif,Title%20Page%3Dmm000044%2F1103amer%2Fv0000%2Fi000%2F00030001.tif&main=&cit
e=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fsgml%2Fmoa-idx%3Fnotisid%3D">Page 404 </A>
Jimmy Love from Mason County, WV
Some changes have been made to my home page which lists descendants of Charles
Clendenin (1714-1790) and Rose Ann Kirkpatrick. I have made several
corrections which were pointed out and have added several hundred new names.
The entry to the home page is:
<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3443/">Welcome to Possum
Hollow</A>
or you can go directly to the page for Charles Clendenin at:
<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3443/clendenin_charles.htm
l">Descendants of Charles Clendenin</A>
I prefer you go in at the entry page because that updates the visitor counter
:-}.
Again, I have continued to concentrate on Charles Clendenin's descendants,
namely my Revolutionary War ancestor, Alexander Clendenin who settled in Mason
County, WV. I have made a separate page for each child which will make it
easier for me to update in the future.
Always looking for additions or corrections. If someone else comes up with a
more accurate/complete/useable/etc. page containing data that I have, let me
know (this takes a lot of time).
Jimmy Love/possumjim(a)aol.com
Hello:
Thought this might interest some of you.
John Clendenen,1860-1933,History of Cass County
Michigan pages 692-694
John Clendenen, who is engaged in farming in Silver Creek township,
ownes and operates one
hundred and ninety-five acres if land, and in connestion with the
tilling og the soil carries on stock
raising. He was born in the township where he yet resided, his natal day
being December 22, 1860.
His father, Oscar Clendenen, was a native of Virginia, born December 20,
1829, and came to
Michigan as one of the early settlers of Cass county, arriving in 1848.
He settled in Silver Creek
township, where he carried on general farming and there his death
occurred March 7, 1870, when he
was about forty years of age. He was well known in the community, held a
number of local offices
and took and active and helpful part in the work of general improvement
and development. In early
manhood he wedded Miss Harriet Swisher, who was born February 28, 1839,
in Ohio, in which
state her girlhood days were passed. She camr with her parents to
Michigan and is still living in this
state. By her marriage she became the mother of three children: John, of
this review; Frank; and
Florence, who was born October 7, 1870, and died November 3, 1900.
John Clendenen was reared upon the old homesteas farm and was educated
in the district schools.
He has lived all of his life in Silver Creek township and remained at
home up to the time of his
marriage, which important event in hos life was celebrated in 1883, the
lady of his choice being Miss
Emma Oyler, a daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Robinson) Oyler. The
father, who was born
December 25, 1827, died September 22, 1888, and the mother, born October
14, 1826, died
March 3, 1886. Mrs Clendenen was born in Pokagon township, Cass county,
and spent her girlhood
days in her parents' home. Mr. Clendenen took his bride to the old farm
homestead, where his entire
life had been passed. He has always given his attention to general
agricultural pursuits and is now the
owner of one hundred and ninety-five acres of rich and productive land,
on which he carries on
general farming and also raises stock. Everything about his place is
kept in good condition. The fields
are well tilled, the buildings are in good repair and he uses the latest
improved machinery to facilitate
the work of the fields. As a business man he is progressive and
enterprising and his well directed
labors are bringing him gratifying success.
Mr. Clendenen has always been deeply interested in matters pertaining to
the general welfare and his
fellow townsmen recognizing his loyalty to American institutions and his
interest in local welfare have
called him to various public offices. He served as clerk of his township
for two years, was a treasurer
for two years and highway commissioner two years. He was also justice of
the peace for many years
and his decisions were strictly fair and impartial, so that he "won
golden opinions from all sortd of
people." In 1905 he was elected supervisior of his township, which
position, which postion he is now
filling and in this office as in all of the other he is found as a
faithful and capable official.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Clendenen have been born five children, of whom four
are noe libing, Neil, the
third child, being deceased. He was born November 1, 1890, and died
September22, 1892. The
others who still survive are Bessie, Lulu, Earl and Thelma. In his
political views Mr. Clendenen is a
Democrat, deeply interested in the success and welfare of his party.
Fraternally he is connected with
the Master Workers and his religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church in Silver Creek township. He takes and active and helpful part in
church work and is one of
the church trustees. His entire life has been passed in this county and
that he has ever merited the
support and regard of his fellowmen is indicated by the fact that many
of his staunchest friends are
numbered among those who have known him from his boyhood days down to
the present time.
John F. Clendenen,1860-1933,Portrait And Biographical
Record of Berrien and Cass Counties Michigan
page 398
John F. Clendenen. Many of the best known farmers and residents of Cass
County have been born
and reared within its confines. In them we find men of energy and
enterprise, who in the trite parlance
of the present day might appropriately be called "hustlers," and who are
bound to become wealthy
and influential citizens as the years go by. John F. Clendenen was born
on the farm where he now
lives, December 22, 1861, and, although young in years, is old in
experience. He is a man whom
nature seems to have intended for a farmer, for, owing to his desire to
keep out of the beaten path,
and to his adoption of new and improved methods, together with industry
and good judgment, he had
met with more than the average degree of success in pursuing his
calling.
The parents of our subject, Oscar and Harriet (Swisher) Clendenen, were
natives of Virginia and
Ohio, respectively, and his grandparents, Robert and Amanda (Hinchman)
Clendenen, were natives
also of the Old Dominion, where they resided many years. At an early
date the grandparents
emigrated to Michigan and settled in Cass County, where the closing
scenes of their lives were
passed, Oscar Clendenen was born December 20, 1829, and was quite young
when he came to
Michigan with his parents. All his scholastic training was received in
the district schools, and his time
was spent, when out of school, in assisting to improve the home place.
He was married in Cass
County, Mich., to Miss Harriet Swisher, daughter of John Swisher, and
shortly afterward purchased
eighty acres of the farm upon which our subject is now living. To this
he added from time to time until
he became the owner of one hundred and fifty-five acres, all improved
and under a good state of
cultivation. On this farm his death occurred in March, 1870. He was a
hard-working industrious man,
and one who was universally respected. In politics, he was a Democrat,
and held a number of official
offices. His widow was married the second time, to William Ketchum, and
now resides in Dowagiac.
Of the three children born to his parents, our subject is first in order
of birth. Frank, the second child
married Miss Lena Flanigan. The other child was named Florence. John F.
received a good practical
education in the district schools of Silver Creek Township, and remained
with his mother until grown.
In December, 1884, he married Miss Emma Oyler, a native if this county,
and the daughter of Daniel
and Catherine (Robinson) Oyler, who were early pioneers of Cass County.
To this union were born
four children, ad follows: Bessie; Lula; Niel, who died at the age of
two years; and Earl. In Politics,
Mr. Clendenen is a Democrat, and has held a number of local offices. He
was Township Clerk for
two years, Highway Commissioner one year, and in 1893 he was elected the
second time as
Township Treasurer. He is a public-spirited young man, and one of the
best farmers in his section.
Diane
Genealogy is a strange thing--why do we feel so connected to one or two of
our ancestors? the one family where 10 of 12 children died young? the
family where the widow ended up in the census as a washer-woman-none of
her kids could take her in?
Here is the story of Allen Woodrum Civil War hero- He was born and raised
on Wol
f Creek, then Monroe but now [1980] Summers.
Allen was killed at Cold Harbor in 1864. By June 1 Grant had reached Cold
Harbor,
just north of the Confederate capitol, on June 3 he made another attempt
to smas
h Lee, his troops charged in a murderous frontal assault, 6,000 men were
cut down
in one hour. Union losses were 6,500 and Confederate losses 1,500.
Because of th
is battle Grant changed his tactics and this led to the seige of
Petersburg which
began on June 9 and lasted for nine months.
Allen was a member of Edgar's Battalion, Company D and its color bearer.
Col. Geo
rge M. Edgar relates that on June 2 at the second battle of Cold Harbor
part of L
ee's line was charged by the Federals, the carnage was terrible. The
fighting bec
ame hand to hand, a number of Confederates were taken prisoner including
Edgar wh
o had received a bayonet wound in the shoulder, but before this he saw
Allen figh
ting with the Federals on the breastworks, thrusting at them with the
sharp lance
point of the staff of his flag. As the Federals surged over the
Confederate defe
nse, Allen was pierced by several bullets, having thrust the point of the
flag st
aff through one of his assaliants. As he fell he tore from the staff his
battle f
lag and attempted to thrust it beneath his clothing, out of sight, then
falling,
in death he lay upon it, imposing his body between it and his enemies. The
counte
r-charge of the Confederated repulsed the Federal, driving them back to
their own
lines, and recapturing their men who had been taken prisoner just
earlier, inclu
ding Col. Edgar. Later Allen was found lying in the intrenchments dead,
but even
in death still protecting his flag. "Faithful he was until death, a
modest, big-h
earted country boy who lived and died a hero.
This account was given by Col. Edgar but the Federals claimed to have
secured the
flag from Woodrum after his death and preserved it among their trophies.
Allen was the brother of the late W. C. Woodrum, of Forest Hill, Phil
Woodrum now
living at Foss, and of Richard M, merchant of Wiggins. WC and Allen were
nephews
of Major Richard Woodrum. and cousin of Charles L. an engineer, farmer
and teach
er of Wolf Creek.
Allen is the first cousin 4 times removed of S. Griffith.
Sandy in Florida :-)
Regarding the query for Lewis in Mason County--we (Clendenins) are related the
the Lewis family several ways; one example follows:
Clendenin Stephenson, son of George Stephenson and Mary Clendenin (dau of
Charles Clendenin and Mary Ann Patterson) m. Emaline (Evaline) LEWIS. Emaline
is dau of George Lewis Sr. and Peggy Winkleblack. Peggy dau of Samuel
Winkleblack. George Lewis Sr. son of Benjamin Lewis and Susannah McCreary.
Clendenin Stephenson and Emaline Lewis had son Silvester Stephenson. ...
The Lewis family is very prominent in Mason County, West Virginia where I was
raised. They were among the early settlers. Andrew Lewis wrote many
wonderful histories of the area, and his ancestors were in the Battle of Point
Pleasant as were several of my ancestors. Much information on the Lewis
family is available in the Mason County Public Library in Point Pleasant.
Jimmy Love/possumjim(a)aol.com
Sandy,
I think the most sad thing I ever came across from a serviceman was not a
known relative but I was doing some research for someone else. I was looking
for a Solomon Simpson Hamrick. I discovered he was from my home county and
started doing some research on him and his ancestors.
Someone mentioned in passing that there were some Hamrick letters in the
archives at the local university. I found there about 75 letters written to
and from "Simps" during his service in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Usual stuff, a soldier's view of the war, camps, politics, etc. Until I got
to the bottom of the pile. There was a letter written to a family member in
which he lamented that his mother had not written to him the entire time he
had been gone. He was killed a few days later at the Battle of
Chancellorsville.
The file continued with information from his command detailing that his body
had been hastily buried in territory which quickly became the enemy lines.
And how a temporary truce had been called for recovery of bodies and his had
been moved. Simps never made it home. He was buried in Virginia where his
ancestors came from in what became the national park at Fredericksburg.
His grave sits near the peak of St. Marye's Heights, a fearsome hill that
was part of the battle site. All the gravestones face away from the road at
the base of the hill. I walked quite a distance before I finally found him.
When I did I sat down and cried. Why didn't his mama ever write to him?
-----Original Message-----
From: SandraG627 <SandraG627(a)aol.com>
To: CLENDINEN-L(a)rootsweb.com <CLENDINEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Monday, May 25, 1998 11:21 AM
Subject: Fwd: Martin Leslie Edwards 1922-1998
>Uncle Carl was in WW2 also, mom [Maxine] was in the Girl Guard at high
school,
>grand daddy was in WW1 from Mason Co, granny was Mary Plants from
>Knapp/clendennin, she wrote a 4 page letter to Uncle Les when he lest for
WW2,
>I found it in her Bible after my mother died and we cleaned the house out
in
>march, Uncle Les died in Feb.
>
>Sandy in Fla
>
Uncle Carl was in WW2 also, mom [Maxine] was in the Girl Guard at high school,
grand daddy was in WW1 from Mason Co, granny was Mary Plants from
Knapp/clendennin, she wrote a 4 page letter to Uncle Les when he lest for WW2,
I found it in her Bible after my mother died and we cleaned the house out in
march, Uncle Les died in Feb.
Sandy in Fla
Chapter 2:
I went to the 1790 Census Index for Pennsylvania and I looked for every
variant spelling of the name that I could think of to check.
I started with CLEN - and found 10 entries.
I went to CLAN - and found 1 more
CLIN - yielded 2 more
GLEN gave me another 5.
I did a quick check of the pages just to see which counties were involved
and found: Chester, Northampton, Lancaster, Mifflin, Philadelphia, Franklin,
and Dauphin - there may be more.
Actually checking the names cited in the index gave me the following:
p. 63: East Marlborough Township, Chester Co.
Glendening, Robert 1-1-7 The
columns are males 16 +, males -16 and all females.
Column 4 is all other free persons.
p. 65: Fallowfield Township, Chester Co.
Glendining, James 3-1-4
Glendining, Adam 1-0-2
p. 69: Oxford Township, Chester Co.
Glendening, John 5-3-4
p. 70: Sadsbury Township, Chester Co.
Glendening, John 1-0-4
p. 81: Eastern portion of the county, Cumberland Co.
Clendinen, John 2-3-3
p. 82: Eastern portion of the county, Cumberland Co.
Clendinen, Samuel 2-0-4 [Elton, John Houston is enumerated next!]
p. 90: Rest of the county (ie., not Harrisburg or Lebanon), Dauphin Co.
Clindinin, John 1-1-4
p. 114: Fannet, Hamilton, Letterkenney, Montgomery, and Peters Townships,
Franklin Co.
Clindenon, Allexander 3-0-2
p. 136: Lancaster Borough, Lancaster Co.
Clandennen, James 0-0-3
p. 137: Lancaster Borough, Lancaster Co.
Clendennen, Adam 0-0-0-3
p. 152: Remainder of County, Mifflin Co.
Clendinen, James 1-1-3
p. 168: Allen Township, Northampton Co.
Clendening, Adam 1-3-3
p. 183: Northumberland Co.
Clendinan, John 1-0-0
p. 191: Northumberland Co.
Clendinen, John 1-0-3
p. 206: Northern Liberties, Philadelphia Co.
Clendinnen, John 2-1-2
p. 216: Between Vine and Race streets and from the River Delaware to
Schuylkill, Philadelphia City, Philadelphia Co.
Clendinnen, Elizabeth 0-0-2
p. 246: Washington Co.
Clendennan, John 1-3-6
To continue defining my research I then went to Everton's The Handy Book
entries for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and checked the "genealogy" of
the counties. We actually ended up with ten counties where these families
were enumerated. Because I know from personal research experience that
sometimes families never moved an inch, the counties in which their records
can be found will be different making it appear as if they had moved. They
didn't; the county lines did!
Again, alphabetically,
Chester Co. formed 1682 Original county
Cumberland Co. formed 1750 Lancaster
Dauphin Co. formed 1785 Lancaster
Franklin Co. formed 1784 Cumberland
Lancaster Co. formed 1729 Chester
Mifflin Co. formed 1789 Cumberland, Northumberland
Northampton Co. formed 1752 Bucks (the third original county)
Northumberland Co. formed 1772 Lancaster, Berks, Cumberland
Philadelphia Co. formed 1682 Original county
Washington Co. formed 1781 Westmoreland
William Thorndale and William Dollarhide published a very good map guide to
the federal censuses for 1790-1920. These map guides show how county
boundaries changed between census enumerations.
Bucks County was the same in 1920 as it was in 1790. Chester Co also
appeared in the same configuration. (Remember that a lot of county changes
occurred prior to 1790 but we're only interested in those that deal with the
1790 census right now.) Lancaster lost a portion off the northern edge
between 1810-1820.
Dauphin Co. in 1790 included both the current Dauphin Co. and a good portion
of Lebanon Co. Cumberland Co. included current Cumberland and Perry Cos.
Northampton included current Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and
Wayne running all the way to the current New York state line.
Mifflin Co. included current Juniata, Mifflin, Centre, part of Clearfield
and Clinton cos. Northumberland covered nearly a third of the state while
Washington Co. would have been on the "frontier" including parts of Beaver
Co as well as Washington and Greene.
Hello everyone,
I spent a few minutes this morning ruminating on our various skill levels
in genealogical research and wondering if those with specific experience in
certain areas might not be able to help the rest of us.
I am, by no means, an expert whether we are referring to a particular state
or a particular surname. But since my genealogical researching started in
Pennsylvania over 25 years ago, I thought I might at least be able to give
some tips.
I am not trying to tell you what to do or how to do it. If, after reading
this message, you feel that I am, PLEASE hit your delete key.
First, I would like to offer you two good websites, both of which will give
you addresses to write or email organizations which may be able to help you
further your research. Chester County, one of the original counties in
Pennsylvania, has an excellent county historical society. Their website is
http://www.chesco.com/~cchs/chesco-archives.html Lancaster County has
another - http://asterix.mathcs.wilkes.edu/~lancaster/
Both of these organizations will check their records to determine if they
have information on your particular ancestor. In either case they require a
research fee. I understand that this can be prohibitive to some people.
Perhaps there are several people or at least more than one interested in a
particular family who might be able to pool resources. Please check out
their websites.
A word about published genealogies: They are only as good as the researchers
who compiled them. Now, before there is a cry of outrage, please let me tell
you I am including myself in that category. If you were visiting Salt Lake
City or the Library of Congress, you would find a copy of my book, The
Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob Knauer, From Germany to America,
1643-1994. It is only as good as I could make it. However, it does contain
over 1100 descendants of Jacob Knauer and his wife, Ann, and distant
relationships were discovered to neighbors and friends and classmates that I
never knew existed. I also know that I did not "get" all of them. But I
began to understand what my mother's youngest brother meant when he said he
had to go out of the county to find a wife - " every bush you shake in
Putnam County [Indiana] a Knauer shakes out."
Back to our research: Try this caveat - if the published genealogy does not
cite book and page number for information given in it - VERIFY it. Write for
a copy of the record that would prove the information given in the book.
If it does list citations, be sure you jot them down. Some times there are
two people of the same name in the same county at the same time. Are you
sure it's the correct individual?
Wouldn't life be simplier if the will of William Clendenning (d Co. Down
IRE, 1764) was extant or if Clindinning had indicated where he got the
information? I've been told the will was one of those destroyed in 1922 in
the political upheavals in Ireland - but - Clindinning didn't put these
books together until 1933-1943.
This has become overly long. I did some quick research in my library on
Clendenins and will share what I found.
TO ALL:
Let us all pay tribute to the men of the Armed Forces
who gave their lives for the FREEDOM WE SHARE.
Originally entitled "Memorial Day".
Thanks to Miriam Hughes, who sent me this site.
Fritz
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