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