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  1. Catherine Ann Cloward: Birth: 10 MAY 1815 in Pottstown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Death: 26 OCT 1871 in Provo, Provo, Utah

  2. Charlotte R. Cloward: Birth: 10 JUN 1818 in Newcastle, Newcastle, Delaware or Thistle County, Maryland. Death: 23 MAY 1870 in Springville, Utah, Utah

  3. Daniel Henry Cloward: Birth: 30 AUG 1820 in Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania. Death: 14 MAR 1902 in Provo, Utah, Utah

  4. William Henry Cloward: Birth: 4 MAR 1822 in New London, Chester, Pennsylvania. Death: 13 SEP 1895 in Payson, Utah, Utah

  5. Thomas Poulson Cloward: Birth: 10 DEC 1823 in Potts Town, Chester, Pennsylvania. Death: 16 JAN 1909 in Payson, Utah, Utah

  6. James Mason Cloward: Birth: 17 OCT 1826 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Death: 27 MAY 1889 in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah

  7. Jacob Cloward: Birth: 19 JUL 1828 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Death: 17 JUL 1883 in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah

  8. Albert Wilson Cloward: Birth: 9 JUN 1830 in New Castle, Delaware.

  9. Hannah Jane Cloward: Birth: 12 OCT 1833 in New Castle, Delaware. Death: 21 NOV 1860 in Provo, Utah, Utah

  10. Eliza Ann Cloward: Birth: 11 OCT 1836 in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle, Delaware. Death: 31 JAN 1920 in Provo, Utah, Utah


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a. Note:   raziest variety and went with the Prophet to Utah. There is no known link to Magdalen Mary Pluck. There allegedly already was a Mary Pluck among Catherine's sisters. This Pluck family is extremely poorly documented and it does not appear known with any precision who her siblings were. There is often confusion from the fact that German children called their children by their second names and the first name of girls was often Mary, like today girls' middle name is often Anne. Magdalen Mary Pluck, who married Jesse Dehaven, belonged to one of the Pluck families in the area, which consisted of two known families and a number of strays, some of whom, from the 1790 and 1800 censuses, clearly belonged to the two known families. Because they are Mormons, Catherine Plucks descendants often have family trees online and have done a great deal of DNA testing. Nearly 40 of them at Ancestry, and 13 of them at 23andMe, match descendants of Mary Magdalena Pluck, at the level of 4th cousins or more distant, which they would be. In my experience, that is only consistent with the idea that Magdalen Mary Pluck and CAtherine were either sisters or first cousins.
  Jacob Cloward, the subject of this biography, served in the War of1812, according to research by Glannin A. Cloward in 1949. Jacob wasa private in Captain Steele's regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia.When Jacob was about 25 years of age he was married to Catherine AnnPluck, daughter of Adam and Melane Pluck, in Bucks County,Pennsylvania. The date is uncertain, but it was before February 17,1815. Source of this date is not known to this writer. The bride wasabout 20 years of age. Their first child was born May 19, 1816. The Pluck family was of the Pennsylvania Dutch, who are said to have comefrom Germany. Charles Cloward, mentioned above, said his grandmother,Ann Pluck Cloward, "came over" from the Old Country beforeshe was married. He knew her when she was an old woman and he was achild. He said she "talked funny" -- that is, in brokenEnglish.
  William Penn'smission to Holland and Germany in 1677, touched off the largeDutch and German emigration to Pennsylvania. These GermanQuakers felt an immediate kinship to their new home, sincePennsylvania's rolling hills and fertile plains resembled theterrain of the land they had left behind. Descendants of the first German immigrants arecalled Pennsylvania Dutch ­ an Anglicization of the word "Deutsch" meaning "German."
  Among the descendants of these German Quakers were Adam Pluck and his wifeMelane. Adam was born sometime around 1750 in Norristown, Montgomery County,Pennsylvania. He and Melane, who was a couple of years younger, were married around1779 and had a family of seven children. Their youngest daughter, Catherine Ann whowent by Ann, was born on June 19, 1795 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
  When Ann was twenty years old, she married Jacob Cloward in February of 1815in Pottstown, Chester County,Pennsylvania. Their marriage date is based on a pensionrequest from Catherine Ann Pluck Cloward dated 23 September 1876 in which shestates, "Mrs. Ann Cloward, the declarant, does not remember the precise date of hermarriage, but is positive it was about the first or beginning of February 1815 and beforethe 17th of said month."
  Their first two children were born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Catherine Ann(19 May 1816) and Charlotte (6 Oct 1818). There next five children were born in BucksCounty, Pennsylvania; Daniel Henry (30 Aug 1820), William (4 Mar 1822), ThomasPoulson (10 Dec 1823), James Mason (17 Oct 1826), and Jacob Jr. (19 Jul 1828).
  In 1829 they moved to Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware where their lastthree children were born, Albert Wilson (9 Jun 1830 – 9 Feb 1831), Hannah Jane (12 Oct1833), and Elizabeth Ann (11 Oct 1836).
  While living in Wilmington, their oldest daughter, Catherine Ann, died at the age of19 in February 1835. During that time, the first of their children were married. DanielHenry married Ruth Bailey Logan on October 15, 1840 at Unionville, Delaware County,Pennsylvania.
  It was in Wilmington that the Clowards were introduced to the Church of JesusChrist of Latter­day Saints. The first to join the church were Daniel and and his wife in1841. Ann and Jacob were baptized in April of 1842. During this time, all their childrenwho were of age were also baptized. By the fall of 1843 the entire family moved toNauvoo, Illinois to join with the Saints.
  In Nauvoo, Ann and Jacob were well acquainted with Joseph Smith, the Prophet.One morning while the family was having breakfast, the Prophet came to their home.
  After exchanging greetings and visiting with the family, he called Jacob aside to talk tohim. A few moments later Jacob returned and told Ann that the Prophet had told him thathe needed money – right away. "We must help him," Ann said. The Prophet placing themoney in a basket, left with the understanding that if he was able to pay it back, he woulddo so – if not, he was welcome to it. In time, the money was repaid.
  When the Prophet and his brother, Hyrum Smith, agreed to go to Carthage andsurrender themselves to the authorities, the Cloward family watched, with others, as theyrode out of town. Ann told Jacob and the children that they would never see the Prophetalive again. Her prophecy proved to be true when the news of their deaths reachedNauvoo.
  They joined the crowd at the Mansion House, which was Joseph Smith's home,and there viewed the bodies lying side by side in their caskets. The long line of mournerstook a last look at their beloved Prophet. Later, the family was in the congregation thatsaw the transfiguration when the mantle of Joseph fell upon Brigham Young.
  Then came the night when the mob came to their home and demanded that her husband, Jacob, denounce Joseph Smith as a prophet. He had to choose between theburning of his home or denying the gospel. They burned his home, barn, sheds,granaries, and killed his animals. The Cloward family fled for their lives in the cold, wetnight. Jacob suffered a nervous breakdown as a result and never recovered from thedevastation the mob placed upon his family.
  There was another wedding in the family as Charlotte married Elias Harmer onNovember 16, 1845 in Nauvoo.They left Nauvoo in the Spring of 1846, with the main group of the Church andstayed at Winter Quarters, Iowa until 1851.
  It was in Winter Quarters that ThomasPoulson married Mary Page on March 25, 1847. In his early twenties and newly married,Thomas was called by Brigham Young go to west to the Rocky Mountains with theadvance company. In September, of that same year, he returned to assist his father'sfamily in preparing for the trek across the plains. However, they did not leave immediatelyand months extended into years before the family was ready to make their way to Zion.
  During this time, William married Rebecca Ann Searle on March 4, 1848 at WinterQuarters.
  The family talked considerably about leaving and trying to make a living in thewest. The grown sons and daughters were somewhat apprehensive of the effect themove might have on their father. They finally spoke to their mother. "Aren't you afraid,'they asked, "that Father might die before we get there?" Her answer was, "If he does die,he will have his face pointed toward Zion!"
  In the summer of 1851, Jacob, Ann, and Hannah Jane, along with Charlotte andElias and their two children started west in a company of 72 wagons. The name of thecompany with which they traveled is not known, nor is the date they began the journey.They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1851 and settled in Provo. Theyset about establishing a home and preparing a place for the rest of the family when theyarrived the following year. By being extremely careful, they had enough provisions tokeep them until spring.
  Soon after they arrived in Provo, Hannah Jane married George Baum on October 20, 1851. Jacob died shortly after arriving in the Utah Territory on December 29, 1851 inProvo, Utah at age 61 of tuberculosis, or consumption as it was called then. The rest ofthe family arrived in the Utah Territory the next year as planned and settled in the Provoarea. They lived through some frightening experiences during the Black Hawk IndianWar.
  Ann kept her home in Provo and raised her younger children. Jacob, Jr. marriedSusannah Mendenhall on December 5, 1853, Eliza Ann married William Oscar Sperry onMay 3, 1855, and James Mason married Ellen Adelia Redding on February 8, 1857 andhe then married Mary Ann Baum as a second wife on March 16, 1861. That same dayAnn received her endowments and was sealed to Jacob by proxy in the EndowmentHouse.
  History of Ann Pluck Cloward - by Nora Lund, D.U.P. Historian · 10 August 2014 · 0 Comments Ann Pluck Cloward was born 19 July 1795 in Mongomery, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Adam and Melane Pluck. On Feb. 17, 1815 she married Jacob Cloward, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Cloward, Sr. He was born 17 May 1790 in North Milford, Cecil, Co., Marland. At the time of their marriage, Ann was twenty years old and Jocob was twenty-five. He was a blacksmith by trade and he also served in the war of 1812 before his marriage. They made their home in Bucks County, where Ann gave birth to the followiing children: Catherine Ann Born 19 May 1816 (died 1853), Charlotte born 9 Oct, 1818, Daniel E. born 30 May 1820, William H. born 4 March 1822, Thomas P. born 9 Oct 1823, James born 17 Oct. 1826, Jacob Jr. born 19 July 1828. All of these children were born in Bucks County. The family group sheet shows three more children; Albert Wilson born 19 June 1830, Hannah Jane born 12 Oct 1833, and Ann Eliza born 11 Oct. 1836, all of whom were born in New Castle, Delaware. One source gives the baptism of Ann Pluck Cloward into the Mormon Church as April 1842. Thomas, her son, says that he was baptized in 1844 and went to Nauvoo, Illinois. It is presumed that the rest of the family went then also. Of course they were driven out of Nauvoo into Iowa with the rest of the Saints in 1846. Your writer has tried to find out something authentic about Ann, without much success. However, isn't it true that a mother's history is woven throught the lives of her children? So, I will record a few things that I found out about some of her children. In a short autobiography of himself, Thomas, their fifth child says that he lived with his parents in Pennsylvania until he was fifteen years old, then he was apprenticed to learn the showmaker trade and was baptized into the L.D.S. CHurch in 1844 and immigrated to Nauvoo the same year; was driven out in 1864 and helped build up a temporary settlement at Winter Quarters and married Mary Page on March 25, 1847. He was one of the one hundred forty-three chosen to come with the orginal company when they journeyed West. Leaving with Brigham Young on April 6, 1847 and arriving in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, July 24, 1847, as one of the first scouts. He made the first pair of shoes in the Valley for the wife of Heber C. Kimball, who was in that first company. In September of the same year he was called to return to Winter Quarters and assist the Saints in their Westward Trek. He returned to Utah in 1852, bringing his family with him. He settled in Provo, Utah Co., Utah. In the Book, "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah", page 812, it gives the name of Daniel Cloward, the son of Jacob and Ann Pluck Cloward, coming to Utah in 1852. It says he married Ruth Bailey Logan, who came to Utah with her husband. They were the parents of four children. The family was also at Provo, Utah Co., Utah. On Page 405, Vol. XI of "Heart Throbs of the West", it list William A. Cloward thirty-three and Rebecca A. S. Cloward, his wife, twenty-one, coming to Utah in 1850. In Vol. XII of "Heart Throbs of the West, Page 435, which lists the pioneers of the 1851 in the names of some of the Clowards. Jacob Cloward, age sixty-one, Mary Ann Pluck Cloward, fifty-six (Wrong birth date given) Charlotte Cloward, thirty-three and james Mason Cloward, fifteen. There were six organized companies crossed the plains in 1851. We are not able to say at this time, which of these companies the Clowards traveled with. No doubt the family journeyed right on to Provo, perhaps her son, William, who came in 1850, was living there. The records show that Catherine Ann married William Oscar Sperry, she died. Charlotte married Elias Harmon and died 22 May 1870, Daniel E. Married Ruth Bailey Logan and died 14 March 1903, William H. married Rebecca Searles; died 1877, Thomas P. Married first Mary Page and second Mary Amelia Gardener and died 16 Jan. 1908. James Mason married Ellen Adelia Redding and died May 1889, Jacob Jr. married Susannah Mendenhall with no death date given, Hannah Jane married George Baum in 1852 and died 20 Nov. 1860, leaving her husband and two little girls, Mary Jane and Hannah Melissah, Albert Wilson died as a child in 1831, Anna Eliza married her brother-in-law, William Oscar Sperry after the death of her sister Catherine Ann. Records show that Ann's husband, Jacob Cloward, Sr. died in Provo the 5 Dec 185. His passing left Ann a widow at the age of fifty-six and a half years old. He was sixty-one years and seven months old. It is said that Ann Pluck Cloward was a short plump woman. She was of the Pennsylvania Dutch descent. Ann lived a widow for twenty-seven years. She was looked after by her children and grandchildren. Her death came on 5 May 1878 in Salem, Utah. She was perhaps living there with some of her family members. She was buried in the Provo City Cemetery. She lacked just two months of being eighty-three years old. Source: History of Ann Pluck CLoward Information given by Lisle Thomas. History written by Nora Lund D.U.P. Historian  

Note:   Catherine Pluck married Jacob Cloward, they became Mormons of the half c


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