Hi All: Will the person who was interested in the CLOUGH family please e-mail me privately? Thank you Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association http://www.rawsonfamily.org/ afranks1@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Hello I have been in touch with a Granddaughter of the last CLOUGH to live on this huge farm, So we are now working to locate her family's roots; Here are excerpts of our recent email conversations This is part of her information and anyone who has info please contact me or Debbie or both; The house and barns are haunting me and I haven't even ever seen them. I'm sure my grandfather, Levi Sr. b 11, Feb 1848 d. 13 May 1927., was the one who loved the land and the farm. He seems to have been the one who invested so much care and all into it. I'm afraid the generation that followed didn't treasure it as he did - at least not those of that generation who had the resources to take care of it. He was the son of WALTER Clough, and Melissa SMYTHE He married to Dora Maria DAVIS b 4 Jan 1868, d 1 Mar 1922 -She was born in New York State,dau of George DAVIS, born in Vermont and Marion FINLEY, born in NY State Son of Levi, Levi Clough JR born ca 1897, married to Deborah's mother, who was 20 years his Jr, he died in 1957, one year after her birth, a newspaper clipping from the T.M. & O. (??) dated 31 May 1968 with the headline, "Clough Farm Sold" The following is the item verbatim: >> The historic Clough Farm in the Spring Creek area has been sold, but for the time being, nothing much will change, a representative of the buyer said Monday. Fisher and Young Lumber Company of Titusville has bought the farm from the Clough heirs, Philip Cochran, company spokesman said. He did not disclose the purchase price. According to Cochran, the firm has purchased the 1,200 acre landmark property to be added to the Titusville lumbering operation's holdings. There will be no lumbering activity there for the time being but a good second growth of timber on the land will be held for future use. No plans have yet been made for the house and barns although Cochran said the company had inquiries on the house. The famed barns, among the largest ever built in Pennsylvania, were used for a dairy operation and cattle breeding which saw the farm importing cattle from Scotland. The larger of the two barns could house 260 milk cows, Cochran said.<<<<<<< That's the end of the article - not much but something. My family anecdotal info says the farm was originally 1,500 acres. Apparently, my father, Levi Jr., borrowed money from sister Marion against some of his share of this farm and when he wasn't able to repay ( he fell ill in the mid-late 1950's, and died 1957 - a year after I was born), she sold that portion at a Sheriff's auction. This smaller portion may be what everyone talks about as being auctioned. Again - the Bed & Breakfast people researched their property deed and traced it back to a Sheriff's Sale. This has got to be the smaller house my parents lived in - that has been refurbished for the B&B. There were apparently also other substantial land holdings in the family. Mother mentioned a farm in Greenville - I have no idea where that is. The elder Clough's also apparently had a home in Saratoga Springs, mother remembers much talk about that and family lore relates a story about the old man - Levi, Sr. being on his deathbed in Spring Creek and one of his earlier wives being on hers at the same time in Saratoga Springs. She apparently had a son from a previous marriage and the heirs on both sides were anxiously awaiting to see who would die first! Old Levi recuperated - the wife didn't, so her heirs got nothing and he went on to remarry a few more times! Levi Sr., Levi Jr, Dora and a couple of other wives are buried in Oakland Cemetery in Warren. There is a family plot, but I can't remember who is in it other than those three. I've been there, but it's been 20 years ago. All of this is making me VERY homesick. I actually grew up in Erie, but all my relatives were in Warren County, so I spent a lot of time there. I came to Texas in 1984, and brought my mother down a few years later. I don't have any close relatives up there any more, so I haven't been back since I left. I miss it terribly - my roots are deeply set in Warren County. I'd give anything to get up there and have the time to explore the old farm and the areas my families came from - and maybe try to find some relatives! I'd especially like to find relatives on the Clough side. Debbie (Brooks) Clough Baisden dbaisden@yahoo.com

Is there anyone who could check the Wrightsville Cemetery to check to see if they have any records on 3 people, all brothers. Elmer Neer d:abt1931, Charles Neer d: abt1909 and Elroy Neer d:?? and see if there is any information as to their parents. 2 of the their children's funerals was handled by Templeton Funeral home. maybe they might have some records on them. any help is greattly appreciated * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Beryl ( Bud ) Neer Jr. * * mailto:bfnjr@icdc.com * * icq:14242915 * * AOL Instant Messenger: bfnjr * * Visit my home page, check out my surnames * * <http://www.icdc.com/~bfnjr/> * * Researching Family History of Neer>Pa, Morrison>Pa, Loomis>Pa., Crooks>Pa, * Gray>N.Y. and Leasher>Pa, * Visit the 40/8 Pages also * * <http://www.icdc.com/~bfnjr/index1.htm> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

There is one Clough in the Meadville, PA phone book. One in Titusville Pa, and one in the Fredonia section of the phone book. The address states Mercer, but the name is not listed in the Mercer section of the book. These are all NW PA locations. Nance ----- Original Message ----- From: Alison Gene Franks <afranks1@juno.com> To: <PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 8:48 AM Subject: Re: CLOUGH PS/

Hi Dee: There are Clough's in Vermont. In fact there is a Clough family who is also descended from Edward Rawson. I chuckle every time I think of my cousin Shannon (Clough) Rawson saying she's not the Rawson, Ralph is! I proved that Shannon is every bit the Rawson her husband Ralph Rawson is! These Cloughs were first in NH then moved to Windham Co., VT. Yeah I'll bet somewhere along the way, they managed to wander over to Chautauqua Co., NY and then slide back and forth across the state line as those Hazeltines, Davis, Halls, Jones, Rogers, etc do! There is also a Clough Genealogy which I've looked at a time or too. However, as I wasn't looking for Cloughs in PA, but VT, didn't delve into other than the area in which I was interested in. Sorry. I also checked my Marriage and Death Notices Extracted from Warren Co., PA Newspapers (3 vols). There are no Cloughs listed. Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association http://www.rawsonfamily.org/ afranks1@juno.com ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Here is a bit more on this family of CLOUGH a PS/ from Debbie CLOUGH Forgot to mention in my response to your other query, that Levi Smythe CLOUGH's wife's name was Dora DAVIS. She was my grandmother, although I never knew her - she died a few decades before I was born. Dora was actually Levi's fourth wife (I believe. Either 4th or 5th.) I don't know how many, if any of the previous wives lived on the farm. She was his last wife. You do have the pronunciation of the name correct - "cluff" My father would say, "Rhymes with Rough, Tough!" There are apparently soem other Cloughs in and around Warren Co. who are not related, who pronounce it "clow" - like plow. Look forward to hearing from you. Feel free to email me directly if you'd like. I'm so thrilled to correspond with anyone who has even heard of the CLOUGH's! I believe any other references on the Warren Query list must be mine - I've not connected with anyone else. Debbie Clough Baisden dbaisden@yahoo.com My bet is Debbie has lots of Warren Co Cousins even though they sound like CLOW Dee

Hello Debbie I am so happy you wrote, and there is some one you may like to talk to he is Edia SILVIA, and is a descendant of the BROOKS family and has helped me in the past, I am going ot copy/paste your reply to our PAFOREST mail list at rootsweb, you may want to get on It is for the Warren Co area, PAFOREST-L-request@rootsweb.com subscribe in the body of the letter. to POST email to PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com I am sad to say that this home is now open to the elements and animals, porches fallen in,etc. and it's really a sad shame. I knew it must have been once wonderful inside, and could be so again. Here is Debbies reply to the CLOUGH family farm/ Spring Creek; The CLOUGH farm in Warren County belonged to my family. My grandfather, Levi Smythe CLOUGH raised prize show cattle (Ayreshire) on the farm. The barns were once well known as the largest in PA - until the Hershey barns were built - you might be able to date them that way. One was a horse barn and one was a cow barn. Don't know the year they were built - or the farm itself, but the Clough family had lived there quite some time when my mother married my father (Lee Clough, Jr.) in the early 1940's. My mother and father lived on the farm, both in the big house you mentioned until after WWII and later in a smaller house on the farm. Mother has said the farm was a bit of heaven on earth and she remembers hoping she would never have to leave that place. (Alas, things happen.) She tells me the big house was decorated with murals and such by a well known artist from New York. He lived alone in the house while it was being built and painted the murals and bedroom decorations. He stayed for quite some time, but left when the wine cellar was depleted! I wonder if any of his work survives. Levi Clough, Sr. apparently showed his special cattle all over the country and Mother remembers a huge picture of a prize show bull hanging in the living room of the big house. I have more history - but too much for here. My father, Lee Clough, died when I was a baby - in 1957. I never knew him or any of the surviving relatives. I've never seen the farm - except through Mother's memory. I live in Texas now and haven't been able to get back just to explore. I am connected to the Warren County GenWeb because I have been trying for years to dig up any information I could on the Clough family and the farms. My maternal line, BROOKS, is also several generations rooted in Warren County. But, as far as we know, the Brooks' who lived on Blue Eye Road, and are connected to Brooks' Rocks, are not related to us. Our Brooks' came from Wrightsville, Freehold Township. Other surnames related to the CLOUGH line are DAVIS, maybe FINLEY. Other surnames related to the BROOKS line are: SCHATZ, PHILLIPS, MEAD, DAVIS, CHAPPELL, SPARLING. I would dearly love any further information anyone could offer on any of this. I'd love to see the farm. Debbie Clough Baisden Austin, Texas dbaisden@yahoo.com

Hello I am very interested in finding about the family who built the abandoned farm in Warren Co. PA. Spring Creek Township, near Blue Eye Road, on the old Route 77 and Jackson Hill road corner, there are 2 enormous barns, a falling down very large home and other outbuildings, a man in the neighborhood called it the Clough Farm/ sounded like CLUFF, I have no spelling for it, I woulld like to know WHO built this farm, WHY, What these huge buildings were used for, , and WHEN.and what is going to happen to this, it once must have been a wonderful place to live. The ever curious Dee Chautauqua Co NY

Hello list members and Neighbors; I thought you might like to know there are several new listings for Cemetery information that have been added to the Gen Web for Chautauqua Co NY, and you may not know of the ones already there. Today I submitted Greenwood Cemetery in Stockton, It is very large, and I am very slow/poor typist..There are several years of information lost, but this is what is availabe. Previously, Kelley Hill, Northville in Ripley, South Ripley, were added, there are more coming, The locations are listed for each Cemetery. Use your edit/ Find/ to look for Surnames, I have added as many SPOUSE surnames as I could find. Many of these are from my own family information, http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/INDEX.HTM Go to data SOURCES or by TOWNS http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/TOWN_CEM.HTM Or just search your SURNAME http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/Search.html Submitting info into the archives for all to share , is VERY easily done, just type it up into your word processor and send it off email to Jay Priest. he does all the rest, and a fine job too. Dee to join our mail list in Chautauqua Co. NY send email to majordomo@genweb.net you will recieve confirmation is a few minutes; in the BODY of the message only write subscribe chautauqua-ny do not forget the - To POST to the list; send email to chautauqua-ny@genweb.net if you have any problems, let me know To join any of the other mail lists you see here, I can help Dee

Hi All: You might be surprised at what you find in here. I clicked on to A. Hazeltine since he was a Rawson desc. and found out quite a bit of data that was related to him. Chautauqua Co., NY-Warren Co., PA Kidders were there and they came from VT! Regards, Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association http://www.rawsonfamily.org/ afranks1@juno.com --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Laurel O'Donnell" <lod@zapix.com> To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 17:46:45 -0400 Subject: [CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L] Amherst College Biographical Record (1821-1921) Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991006174645.00c1d560@zapix.com> Hello everyone, The following resource was brought to my attention when the transcriber asked about establishing a link to USGenWeb western MA counties, something I am happy to do. I feel it represents a significant enough effort to alert everyone to it. This resource may be of interest to some people who have ancestors that attended Amherst College in Hampshire County, MA. The Amherst College Biographical Record (1821-1921) lists Amherst College students from 1822-1925 with brief biographies and in some cases an accompanying image. Data may be accessed by class year as well as by geographical location. While there is still work to be completed on this project, this represents a significant amount of work -- it looks like at least two-thirds is already online and is available now at: http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco/genealogy/acbiorecord/menu.html Hopefully this will be of interest to researchers. Cheers, Laurel O'Donnell ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== To search my town histories that I have submitted to the Ct-River-Valley list up to this date: go to: http://searchs.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ...type in Ct-River Valley ..and when the query pages comes up, put in the name of town and state ---Connecticut River Valley--- Ct-River-Valley-L ============================== Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Does anyone out there know what organization erected the monument to Captain Warren in Warren, PA? Looking for record of where Samuel Campbell is buried (b 1738 - died circa 1826 - listed on the monument as buried in Warren County). Served in the Rev War - would like to find grave site. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Bonnie Prete (preteb@plante-moran.com or mprete@neo.lrun.com)

Does ANYONE have any information on this family? Carrie A. KANISTANAUX born about 1857, Canada Sex: F spouse: Frederic Hix HORTON born c 1852, N Boston, Erie Co NY Son of Frederick Smith Horton and Sabra? Marriage: 6 Dec 1879 Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York I don't know where they went, or where SHE came from, Dee Chautauqua Co NY

Here is a link to see the years of the Epidemics when you may have lost traces of your family, .and what caused the epidemic. http://www.rootsweb.com/~genclass/epidemics.htm Dee

Am seeking information on the Crooks family of the warren area. Looking for the parents of Donald born abt 1909 and Lee born abt 1918 either around Warren or corydon areas * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Beryl ( Bud ) Neer Jr. * * mailto:bfnjr@icdc.com * * icq:14242915 * * AOL Instant Messenger: bfnjr * * Visit my home page, check out my surnames * * <http://www.icdc.com/~bfnjr/> * * Researching Family History of Neer>Pa, Morrison>Pa, Loomis>Pa., Crooks>Pa, * Gray>N.Y. and Leasher>Pa, * Visit the 40/8 Pages also * * <http://www.icdc.com/~bfnjr/index1.htm> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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For easy translations of documents you may want to try this site. German to English is one of their many choices. http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate? Judy Litwin Penn State Proud in Scappoose, OR

Hello Bill, and all who responded; Well I never gave the Amish a thought, I am in the midst of a very large Amish community, What a great idea. I have had a lot of response also, all think it's some sort of passport, I thought perhaps some sort of a ships list, there are so many different looking names, and signatures. I have already called the friend/owner to have a copy made for me, it was too late to do it when I saw it. Thanks to all who have responded, I need a copy to go further. When I have the info, so shall you all Aren't these lists great? Dee Bill Edwards wrote: > Reise is German for travel. My guess is that it is an early form of > passport. I have a german dictionary, but don't know German. I have a > document from 1854. I showed it to a german friend and he couldn't read it > because it was written in "high german". High german was discontinued in > german schools in the 1930's (Hitler I think). Your best bet may be to ask > an Amish, They probably still use the high german. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dee Davidson <jcricket@cecomet.net> > > > >Hello again > >Last night a friend in Cherry Grove PA, showed me a German language > >document, dated April 1845, it is 5 or 6 pages, has 2 lists of German > >names written in German, one list on the front, the second is 2 rows of > >names, like a ships passenger list, or something similar, about 3 rd > >page, ALL is hand written, with different looking handwriting, > >there are 4 different seals or stamps, also german, and blurred. > >the top of the first page says > >REISE PASS, > >This document was found in an old home he demolished.In Cherry Grove . > >Any clues? I am far from my German speaking friends now. > >Dee > >

Hello again Last night a friend in Cherry Grove PA, showed me a German language document, dated April 1845, it is 5 or 6 pages, has 2 lists of German names written in German, one list on the front, the second is 2 rows of names, like a ships passenger list, or something similar, about 3 rd page, ALL is hand written, with different looking handwriting, there are 4 different seals or stamps, also german, and blurred. the top of the first page says REISE PASS, This document was found in an old home he demolished.In Cherry Grove . Any clues? I am far from my German speaking friends now. Dee

Hello All Here is an url with amazing information on about everything that has ever gone on in this world of ours, scroll to see what's here, passed on from another list. It's called "Primary Sources" http://www.universitylake.org/primarysources.html Dee

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars" ---------- > From: CHARLOU <charlou@madbbs.com> > To: chautauqua-ny@genweb.net > Subject: Warren Co. Sugar Grove Twp. Deceased Civil War as of 1895 > Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:05 PM > > Harry Trusier, Co. E. 145th Regt. Pa. Vols., killed in the battle of the > Wilderness > Porter Winn, Co. E. 145th Regt. Pa., Vols., died in Salisbury Prison > F. Lyons, Co. F. 151st Regt. Pa., Vols., died in the hospital at Gettsburg > Fletcher Hamblin, Bucktails, Regt. killed at Gettysburg > Enoch Trusler, Western Regt. died in hospital > Lieut. George Finch, Co. E. 145th Regt. Pa., Vols., killed at Gettysburg > J. Brockney, Co. K. 49th N.Y., died in Oskosh, Win. > John P. Lawson Pa. Cal. Indiana Co., attached to battery, died March 10, > 1884 > James L. Lott, orderly serg. Co E., 151st Pa., Vol., and 2nd Lieut, colored > Regt. died at Lottsville 1884 > Darius Morton, 9th Cav. N.Y., killed near Alexandria, Va. > Sherman Holcomb, Co. H. 76th Pa., Vols. died at Bermuda Hundred > J. L. Barroughs, Co. G. 211th Regt. Pa., Vols., died Aug. 13, 1888 > G. W. Arters, Co. K 12th Pa. Cav. died in Kansas, July 20, 1887 > H. Milton Lewis, Co. K. 49th Regt. N.Y. Vols. killed at Yorktown, Va., > April 5, 1862 > Ira H. Dennison, Co. H 10th Pa. Vol., enlisted Aug. 31, 1861 discharged > Dec. 16, 1861. Died at Soldiers Home, Erie Pa., Oct. 29, 1893 or 1998 (hard > to read) > Amos H. Johnson, Co. D, 1st Pa. Rifles, enlisted May 6, 1861, discharged > June 11, 1864. Died at Jamestown, N.Y., July 11, 1898 > Seth W. Rowley, Co. G. 211th Pa. Vols., enlisted Sept. 3, 1864 discharged > June 2, 1865 > Joseph Riker, Co. H., 76th Pa. Vols., enlisted Sept 3, 1864 discharged July > 17, 1865. Died Oct. 7, 1893 > James Pike, Co. B. 111th Pa. Vols died at Sugar Grove. > > More to follow > > "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars"