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Note: as born in Maryland in 1790. He fought in the War of 1812 as a private in Captain Wm. Steels Co. of Pennsylvania Militia. He married ANN PLUCK in 1816 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His first seven children were born there. He moved his family to Delaware where three more children were born to him -- a total of ten children. The 1840 Census of New Castle Co., Delaware shows JACOB still living there. Sometime during the next ten years he joined the Great Westward Movement, for in 1850 the census records him and his family living in Pottowattomie Co., Iowa with the Mormons. During this ten year period, he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Four of his ten children, JAMES MASON, THOMAS POULSON, WILLIAM and ELIZA ANN were also baptized during this time. During 1850-51 JACOB crossed the plains to Utah where he died 5 Dec. 1851. He is buried in Provo, Utah Co., Utah. One of JACOB's sons died in infancy and one of his daughters died as a young girl. The other eight followed his example by having large families. These children had large families also as the attached chart will show. JACOB's direct CLOWARD descendants include more than one hundred male heads of families to date (1949). The majority of them, like their grandfather were men of the soil, tilling the land and earning their bread by the sweat of their brow. Yet in JACOB's descendants today, there are probably representatives of almost every profession. Jacob Coward, pioneer and early convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, suffered extreme persecution along with many others among the Mormons. He was one of the pioneers who sacrificed his property and his health to join the Latter-day Saints in their trek to Utah. However, he did not live to realize the joys of Zion, for he died only a few weeks after reaching Provo, Utah, the fall of 1851. Jacob Cloward was born May 17, 1790, at North Milford Hundred, Cecil County, Maryland. He was the third son of William Cloward, Sr. His mother's name is unknown. <b>Jacob had two brothers, William and Thomas. </b>All were born in America. The archives of Pennsylvania, researched by Dr. Ralph Elijah Cloward in 1847, reveal that between the years of 1734 and 1758 there were five Clowards who paid taxes there in English currency. They were Thomas George, Jacob and William Cloward. Dr. Cloward found that when the first United States census was taken in 1790 there were only two Clowards listed in the entire original thirteen colonies. There were William Cloward Sr. and William Cloward Jr. They lived in North Milford, Cecil County, Maryland in adjacent dwellings and were doubtless father and son. Each had a wife and children less than sixteen years of age. Ten years later, in the census of 1800, these two Clowards appear in the same location. They were listed as "Freemen and Taxpayers. The European roots of the Cloward family are indistinct, but someone has found that an Agnes Cloward was married to John Robbins in Suffolk, England in the year 1564, and others by the Cloward name have been found living in the area of the English Channel. In 1929 Madoline Dixon queried her father, Charles E. Cloward Sr, of Payson, Utah, about his parentage. Charles said his grandfather Jacob Cloward was an Irishman, 'but not full-blooded.' His daughter Hannah Jane Cloward Baum stated the Clowards are of Jewish descent. Jacob Cloward served in the War of 1812, according to research by Glannin A. Cloward in 1949. Jacob was a private in Captain Steele's regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia. There is a copy of extract copies of four documents which form the service record of Jacob Cloward filed in the Adjutant General's Office, national Archives in Washington, D.C. The amount of his pay from 5 October 1814 to 5 December 1814 was sixteen dollars. <b>When Jacob was twenty-five years old he was married to Catherine Ann Pluck, daughter of Adam (born 1750) and Melane Pluck. They were married in Pottstown, Chester County, Pennsylvania probably 17 February 1815 when his bride was about age twenty. </b>Their first child Catherine Ann was born 19 May 1816. The Pluck family was of the Pennsylvania Dutch who are said to have come from Germany. <b>Charles Cloward said his grandmother Ann Pluck Cloward "came over" from the old country before she was married. He knew her when she was an old woman and he was a child. He said she "talked funny," that is in broken English</b>. A marriage between the Irish and the Dutch may have been the basis of a jig time tune that was sung in the Charles Cloward home to the tune "Turkey in the Straw". It goes: "Oh, the Irish and the Dutch, they don't amount to much, But the Irish are better than the darned Old Dutch!" After their marriage, Jacob and Ann moved a number of times, as is shown in the various birth places of their children. Their first two were born in Chester County, Pennsylvania:BornDied Catherine Anna16 May 1816Feb 1835 Charlotte R.8 Oct 181823 May 1870 The next two were born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania: BornDied Daniel Henry30 Aug 182014 Mar 1903 William H.4 Mar 182213 Sep 1895 It is possible that Jacob and Ann may have gone back to the place of their marriage, Bucks County, to be near her parents, who might have been living here at the time. Evidently the family, that now included four children, went back to Pottsville, Chester County, where their next three children were born: BornDied Thomas Poulson10 Dec 182316 Jan 1909 James Mason17 Oct 182627 May 1889 Jacob, Jr.19 Jul 182817 Jul 1883 The last of their children were born in New Castle, Delaware: BornDied Albert Wilson9 Jun 18309 Feb 1831 Hannah Jane12 Oct 183321 Nov 1860 Eliza Ann11 Oct 183631 Jan 1920 The census of 1840 shows the family still living in New Castle, Delaware, and in 1844 they moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, according to an autobiography written by their youngest child Anna Eliza Sperry. Jacob Cloward, Sr. was believed to be the oldest male Cloward to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints although the exact date is not given. Thomas wrote in his autobiography that he was baptized in 1844 by William A. Moore, presumably in Nauvoo, Illinois, where he said they had moved the spring of that year. Jacob and three of his sons, Thomas P., James Mason, and Jacob Jr., and his young daughter, Anna Eliza, were baptized in the ten year period between 1840 and 1850. The family was well acquainted with the prophet Joseph Smith. Hannah Jane Cloward Baum write in her autobiography that they heard the prophet's wonderful speech in which he stated that his sword would not be sheathed until his people had justice or he gave his life. Mary Ann Baum Cloward, wife of James Mason Cloward, wrote that while they were at breakfast one morning the prophet came to their home. He called Jacob aside to talk to him. A few moments later Jacob returned to the room and told his wife Ann that the prophet had told him that he needed money right away. "We must help him," Ann said. The prophet carried the money away in a basket with the understanding that if he were able to pay it back, he would do so. If not, he was welcome to it. In time the money was repaid. Mary wrote "Jacob was a good financier and among the well-to-do farmers." Her husband added that "he had to dispose of his property at a sacrifice." Hannah Jane wrote in her autobiography that her father Jacob owned several other farms and "places." She said he was a blacksmith by trade, though Eliza Ann said her father once supported his family by working in a hemp factory. Harassment of the Mormons followed the family to Nauvoo, which grew from a hamlet to a city of 15,000 people in the years from 1841 to 1846. Nauvoo was the largest city in Illinois, larger even than the capital city of Springfield. The Mormons were feared because by number they could sway the vote for or against slavery. And they were hated because of their statements about their "inheritance" and the rumors that they were practicing plural marriage. When the prophet Joseph Smith agreed to go to Carthage jail he stated, "I go as a lamb to the slaughter!" James Mason watched with the other members of the Cloward family as Joseph and his brother, Hyrum, left Nauvoo. James<i> said his mother told her husband and the children that they would never see the prophet alive again. Her statement proved to be true. </i>When the news of the deaths reached Nauvoo they said the lamentation was beyond description. Jacob went to meet the company that was bringing the bodies back to Nauvoo. He and his family later recalled events of the times. They said their sorrow was as great as if it had been their own kin. 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 queue of mourners took a last look at their beloved prophet whose body was still bleeding from the gunshot wounds. Many were heard to say that now they were as sheep without a shepherd. Later the family was in the congregation that witnessed the "transfiguration" when the mantel of Joseph fell upon Brigham young. The people wondered if the prophet had risen from the dead. After the bodies were disposed of there was much weeping among the Saints and only a short period of peace for them. Mob spirit soon broke out again. The story of the Clowards goes on through the writings of James Mason and his wife, Mary Ann. He said that one black night the mob came to Jacob's comfortable home and demanded that he take his choice, either denounce Joe Smith as a prophet of God or had his house burned. Jacob said he could not deny his testimony and that he would have to take his medicine. They were told to get out of the house or be burned. The family came out, thinking the mob would have a little mercy on them. But no, this was not to be. They loaded what they could onto a wagon and then stood by as t heir home and all of their other belongings went up in flames. The family watched it burn, shivering and weeping. Mary Ann said so many houses were burning that night that you could see to read from a printed page on many streets in the city of Nauvoo. Jacob was heart-broken and he walked away from the scene. His family did not know where he had gone. They sought him everywhere and finally began to think that he had been killed. Then, after all was in ashes, Jacob returned. He said he could not bear to see his family humiliated in such a way. It was more than he could withstand and consequently he suffered an anxiety attack. It was said this contributed to his early death. He was ill from the time the family was expelled from Nauvoo and never regained his health. With others the family crossed the Mississippi River, traveled some 200 miles across the state of Iowa, crossed the Missouri River, and finally camped on the opposite side. They spent the winter in what is known as Winter Quarters. They took up a small land grant and built temporary homes. Several of Jacob's children were by then married and starting families of their own. At this time Jacob's son Thomas P. Cloward, in his early twenties and newly married, was called by Brigham Young to become one of the original 143 Utah pioneers. They would go west and explore the Rocky Mountains. They would search for a place wanted by no other people. Ann Eliza said that no fear entered into the mind of her mother when she contemplated the trip her son was about to take. She said that Thomas was in the hands of the Lord and that He would care for him. The pioneer company departed from Winter Quarters early in the spring of 1847 and reached the valley of the Great Salt Lake in July of that year. Thomas made the first pair of shoes that were made in the valley. In September of 1847 Thomas returned to the Missouri with plans to assist his father's family in immigrating to Utah. He also planned to bring with him his wife, Mary Page Cloward, whom he had married "on the banks of the Missouri." However, they did not leave immediately and months would extend into years before the family was together in Zion. Thomas remained to see them all leave before he again headed for Utah in 1852. William Barrett wrote in his book The Restored Church, "The movement of these saints to the west was too slow to suit the presiding authorities of the church. On 21 September 1851 the First Presidency issued a sharp order to all those remaining in Iowa to bestir themselves and remove to the mountains the following spring. The result was that in 1852 the Pottawattamie lands were practically deserted and the Nauvoo saints were at last removed to the Rocky Mountains." The census of 1850 shows the Jacob Clowards residing in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, residents of dwelling #1211, family 1211, page 280: : Jacob, farmer age 60, b. Md.; Ann age 50, b. Pa.; James 24, b. Pa.; Jacob 22, b. Pa.; Hannah 16, b. Pa.; and Eliza 13, b. Pa. By 1850 Jacob was sixty years of age, a father and grandfather. His health had failed since the night the mob burned his home in Nauvoo. His daughter, Eliza Ann, said he did not seem to have as much faith or his testimony was not as strong as that of her mother. The family talked considerably about leaving and trying to make a living in a new country. The grown sons and daughters were somewhat apprehensive of the effect the move might have on their father. They finally spoke to the mother. "Aren't you afraid," they asked, "That father might die before we get there?" And her answer was, "If he does die, he will have his head pointed toward Zion!" Judge John E. Booth, who kept a journal of the activities in Provo, Utah, particularly Provo Fourth Ward, (found in the Library at Brigham Young University Provo, Utah) said that "Jacob and Ann Pluck Cloward arrived the fall of 1851." The date of their arrival in Provo agrees with the writing of Ann Eliza. She said they arrived in Provo, Utah, the fall of 1851 and by being extremely careful they had provisions enough to keep them until spring. They ate what meat they could get and sometimes used potato tops for greens. By the time the Clowards arrived in 1851 the Provo Fort had been moved from the original site of 1849 because its location near the Provo River was too damp. Hence, their first home in Utah was located at the present site of North Park on Fifth West Street, Provo. "Jacob Cloward's home," wrote Judge Booth "was not far below where T.C. Bennett now lives." Jacob lived only a short time after arriving in Provo. One of his children wrote that he lived three weeks and another said it was six weeks. The Booth journal states that he died 29 December 1851, age 61, of "consumption." He was the second person buried on Temple Hill where Brigham Young University now stands. Two years after his death the Provo City Cemetery was established (1853) and bodies from two other burial grounds were moved there. Jacob's name is to be found on a bronze plaque erected alongside the main road in the cemetery by Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1964. The plaque lists twenty pioneers whose bodies were moved to this cemetery. In 1853 under the date of May 4, Judge John E. Booth's journal states that "the Cloward family moved to Payson this spring." This probably included the men of the family, their wives and children. Some of the girls, who had married and were living in Provo, remained there. Ann Pluck Cloward may have spent her remaining years living with first one of her children and then another. Charles E. Cloward Sr stated she lived in Payson at least a part of the time. She died 2 May 1878 in Salem, Utah at the age of 81. She was buried in the Provo Cemetery beside her husband. Several years later the family was notified that the two bodies were lying in water-logged ground and they were removed to a higher and dryer location in the cemetery on Block 3, lot 4. One of Jacob's sons died in infancy, and one of his daughters died as a young girl. The other children followed his example by having large families. Descendants of Jacob Cloward (2007) number into the thousand ------------------------------------------------------------- https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/M1JG-WRX/jacob-cloward-sr-1790-1851 Found on **************************************************History of Jacob Cloward, Sr.Written Jul 1970: Blanche Cloward (great grandson’s wife) Source: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers 12 Feb 1971 Jacob Cloward was born May 17, 1790 in North Milford, Cecil, Maryland. His father's name was William and his mother's name we do not know at this time. He was the first one in his family to be baptized in the L.D.S. Church. From that time on he was a stalwart and devoted member. He fought in the War of 1812. <b>Jacob was married to Ann Pluck about February 17, 1815. Her father's name William and her mother's name we do not know except the name of Melane</b>. Ann was from Montgomery, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. All of the children, except three were born in Pennsylvania and these three were born in New Castle Co., Delaware. The children's names were Catherine Ann, who married William Oscar Sperry; Charlotte, who married Elias Harmer; Daniel Henry, who married Ruth Logan Bailey; William, who married Rebecca Searles; Thomas Paulson who married Mary Page and Mary Amelia Gardner; James Mason, who married Ellen Adelia Redding; Jacob who married Susan Mendenhall; Albert Wilson, who died as child, February 9, 1831; Hannah Jane, who married George Baum; Ann Eliza, who married William Oscar Sperry. (Catherine Ann died February 1835, and so her husband married her youngest sister, Ann Eliza, two years later, May 3, 1855.) From Delaware we do not know where they Traveled but we know after Jacob joined the Church, he must have gone where the Church leaders were forced to go. The news of the new church traveled as fast as possible in those days of poor communication. So the Jacob Cloward family finally lived in Nauvoo, Illinois. Thomas Poulson Cloward told of listening to the last public address of Lt. General Joseph when he was dressed in his uniform. There are pictures of this event which can be seen today. It could be that other members of Jacob's family could have been there to hear the Prophet make his last address. Jacob Cloward's son Thomas Poulson was with the Brigham Young Company of pioneers. He was one of eight scouts who came to the Salt Lake Valley July 22, 1847, looked over the country and reported their findings to Brigham Young. After two days Brigham Young and his party of saints arrived at their destination -- the Great Salt Lake Valley, July 24, 1847. It had taken them 110 days to make the trip. Brigham Young stayed a very short time in the valley and then in August started back to Winter Quarters with 108 men. Thomas Poulson was included with these men. He was anxious to get back to his wife, Mary Page, whom he had been married to such a short time, when he was chosen by Brigham Young to go to Zion and find a place for the Saints to live. He was married March 25, 1847 and he left with Brigham Young in April 1847. On the way back to Iowa, they met the second company of Saints on the Sweetwater River and in the Bad Lands of Wyoming. During the first year there were 2,000 Saints in Utah.Brigham Young arrived back at Winter Quarters, Nebraska the latter part of October. They held a conference, December 1847. Brigham Young was the President of the Twelve Apostles and he had taken over the leadership of the Church. It had been three and one half years since the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith. So now the Lord had made it clear to the people who attended this conference that Brigham Young was the true leader of the Church. Many had left and even now were not convinced that Brigham Young should be the President. The following year a company was made with other leaders and Brigham Young. There were2,500 men, women and children. Other companies followed until there were 5,000 in Utahby 1851. Orson Pratt writes that there were 30,000 and 35,000 people in Utah by 1853.Jacob Cloward and Ann Pluck came to Utah from Iowa in 1851. He was 61 years old. Thistrip must have been hard on these older people, and especially on Jacob. At the time of thearrival of the Clowards in Salt Lake most of the pioneers were leaving to settle in Provo, andso Jacob and Ann decided to go along with other pioneers and make their home in Provo. Jacob died soon after their arrival, December 5, 1851. Ann lived there until her death, May5, 1878. They are both buried in the Provo Cemetery.We find information that Jacob and Ann came with the 1851 pioneers in the "Heart Throbsof the West," Vol. 12. This information was gathered from many biographies andregistration papers filed in the office of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Major Glannin A. Cloward has given to us a document which he was able to obtain while inWashington, D.C. This is a very interesting document and gives much information intoJacob's life. Jacob was a soldier in the War of 1812.(Note: We do not want to get confused with the Jacob Cloward of Maryland and the JacobCloward who was born January 17, 1778 at Peterborough, England and was mentioned inthe Eliza R. Snow diary and who came with the Second Company of Pioneers in 1847.)Following are true extract copies of four documents which form the Service Record of JacobCloward, War of 1812 soldier. These documents are files in the Adjutant General's Office,national Archives,Washington, D.C.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C--3--Pa (LeFevre's Militia. JACOB CLOWARD -- Pvt., Capt. William Steel's Co. of Infantry, 3Rgt. Pa. Militia. WAR OF 1812 appears on Company Pay Roll For: Sept. 5 to Dec. 5, 1814.Roll dated ...Commencement of service Sept. 5, 1814Expiration of service or of this settlement Dec. 5, 18143 months pay per month 8 dollarsAmount of pay 24 dollars.Pay due from Sept. 5, 1814 to Dec. 5, 1814RemarksSigned Ripley, Copist- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -(LeFevre's Militia. JACOB CLOWARD. Pvt., Capt. William Steel's Co. of Infantry. 3 Pa Reg't,Pa. Militia. War of 1812 appears on Company Muster Roll For: Oct. 31 to Dec.Roll dated Dec. 1814Date of first muster: Oct. 31, 1814Expiration date of Service Dec. 5, 1814Place of rendezvous York Distance 60 miles Where discharged Baltimore Distance from place to residence 108 miles- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -PAY CERTIFICATE TO WIT: No. 6617 $16.00 Washinton 30 Dec. 1814 I HERBY CERTIFY., That there is due from the United States to JACOB CLOWARD, a Private in Captain Steel's Company, 3 Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia in the Service of the United State ... Sixteen dollars, being the amount of his pay from the 5th of Cct. 1814 to the 5th of Dec. 1814 as appears from the Muster Rolls of said Company now in my possession, payable to him or his order. Pay ... $16.00. Subsistance ... Forage ... Clothing ..X X X Pay Master 10th Military District(Note. The above was signed with three large crosses. The following was written on the reverse side in script. "Sir, I do empower Capt. William Steele to draw contents of the within bill JACOB CLOWARD". Signed William Steel.)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -New Castle County, Delaware 1800 Census and 1810 Census do not list the name of Cloward. New Castle County, Delaware. 1820 Census lists the name of John Cloward. The 1830 Census does not list the Cloward name in New Castle County, Delaware.New Castle County, Delaware 1840 Census lists Thomas Cloward and Jacob Cloward:Jacob Cloward 40 to 50 years old. Mill Creek, Page 251. 2 males under 5 yrs., 1 male 10 to 15 yrs., 1 male 20 to 30 yrs., 1 female under 5 yrs., 1 female 10 to 15 yrs., 1 female 20 to 30 yrs, 1 female 30 to 40 yrs. New Castle Count, Delaware 1850 Census shows only Thomas Cloward.November 20, 1850 Census of Pottowattamie County, Iowa, Dist. 21, page 280 shows Jacob Cloward, 60, farmer born: Maryland. Ann, 50, born Penn. James, 24, Penn. Jacob, 22, Penn. Hanna, 16, Penn. Eliza Cloward, 13.The following is from the pension file of Jacob Cloward, Adj. Gen. Office National Archives, Washington D.C.: William O. Sperry (husband to Catherine Ann) stated he is the custodian of the family record and lists the following dated 22 June 1795:Jacob Cloward born 17 May 1790 in Md. wife Ann Pluck born 18 June 1795, Pa.Children: F. Catherine Ann born 19 May 1816, Chester Co., Pa. F. Charlotte born 1 Oct. 1818, Chester Co., Pa. M. Daniel born 30 May 1820, Pa. M. William born 4 Mar. 1822, Pa.M. Thomas P. born 10 Dec. 1823, Pa. M. James M. born 18 Oct. 1826, Pa. M. Jacob Jr. born 19 July 1828, Pa. M. Albert W. born 19 Jun. 1830, New Castle Co., Del. F. Hanna Jane born 12 Oct. 1833, Del. F. Ann Eliza born 11 Oct. 1836, Del. --------------------------- 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
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