This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cloer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1UB.2ACE/8553.2.1 Message Board Post: All I know is James C. Cloer was bedridden because of a spinal problem. He died 1906 at the age of 40 yrs. His daughter Lillie said that her brothers Walter and Ira had to go to work in the mines at a young age because James was bedridden. Carolyn