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The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Friday, August 5, 1910
D.L. Clouse the aged father of Rev. H.H. Clouse of Rainy Mountain Mission died at the home of his son Wednesday morning. The body was shipped to Shell Rock, Ia., for interment.
Birth: 15 JAN 1822 in Hillsville, Lawrence Township, Washington Co, Penn
Death: 1910 in Shell Rock Township, Butler County, Iowa
Baptism: 9 APR 1840 Baptized on the Tuscarawas.
Burial: 1910 Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock Township, Butler Co, Iowa
Residence: 1910 Harrison, Kiowa, Oklahoma
Residence: 1850 Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Residence: 1870 Rochester,...
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The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Friday, August 5, 1910
D.L. Clouse the aged father of Rev. H.H. Clouse of Rainy Mountain Mission died at the home of his son Wednesday morning. The body was shipped to Shell Rock, Ia., for interment.
Birth: 15 JAN 1822 in Hillsville, Lawrence Township, Washington Co, Penn
Death: 1910 in Shell Rock Township, Butler County, Iowa
Baptism: 9 APR 1840 Baptized on the Tuscarawas.
Burial: 1910 Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock Township, Butler Co, Iowa
Residence: 1910 Harrison, Kiowa, Oklahoma
Residence: 1850 Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Residence: 1870 Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana
Residence: 1880 Lyon, Hamilton, Iowa
Residence: 1885 Grand Junction, Greene, Iowa
Residence: 1900 Shell Rock, Butler, Iowa
Occupation: 5 DEC 1846 Licensed to the ministry at Evanscreek Baptist Church, Coshocton County, Ohio.
Occupation: 22 OCT 1847 Ordained in the ministry at White Eyes Plains Church, Coshocton County, Ohio.
1850 Tuscarawas County, Ohio Census: Oxford Township, Page 689, dated August 11, 1850 -
D.L. Clouse, age 29, Baptist preacher, personal property $500, born Penn; Massalener, age 28, born VA;
Judson C., age 8 months, born OH.
1851 Tuscarawas County, Indiana State Census
1870 Indiana Census: Demas L. Clouse
1880 Hamilton County, Iowa Census: Lyon, Page 233B-
Demas L. Clouse, age 58, born Penn;
Masslena, age 58, born VA
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY - Shell Rock, Iowa
Clouse, Anne B. 20A1879 - 1963
Rev. Demas L. 20A1822 - 1910
Frank K. 20A1877 - 1955
J.C. 20A3-23-1850 1933 (Judson Cary Clouse)
Lyda (Wf of J.C.)20A1857 - 1928
Massalener S. 20A1822 - 1916
Demas L. CLOUSE Lyon, Hamilton, Iowa 58 Penn M Self
Masslena CLOUSE Lyon, Hamilton, Iowa 58 E. VA F Wife
1880 Federal Census:
Name: Demas L. Clouse
Age: 58
Estimated birth year:
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Minister
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Lyon, Hamilton, Iowa
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Masslena Clouse
Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother's birthplace: NJ
Iowa Cemetery Record lists Rev. Demas Clouse, Page 20, born 1822, died 1910.
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock, Butler CO, Iowa
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From the book "A Book of Remembrance of The Clouse Family Descendants of George Clouse, I" Compiled and Edited by Prietta Clouse Franklin Rt. 2 Box 408 Cookeville, Tennessee 38501
"About 1836 Demas ran away from his home when he was about fourteen and walked 150 miles to learn the cabinet making trade from his brother, Noah, in Ohio. He became a Baptist Minister at Butler County, Pennsylvania. He took the pastorate at a number of places including Illinois, Ohio, Iowa and Pennsylvania. He retired to Shell Rock, Iowa and wrote his autobiography there in 1892. In this he tells of the loss of nine of his children. At one time during his ministry, he had a very happy family of six children. An epidemic struck and little Crisswell died on the second of October. Grant died on the seventh, Emma died on the tenth and Ida died on the fourteenth. At another time death came to his home and took his little son, William. Then at another time in Warsaw, Ohio his whole family was stricken with a fever, and he lost a little daughter of the fever with congestive chills at age four years. The children were buried in the Church yard of the Zion Baptist Church in Butler County, Pennsylvania."
History of Butler County Pennsylvania - 1883 - Chapter 35 -- Franklin Township [p.328]
MUDDY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Henry SPEAR was the first Baptist minister who preached in this place. Later, Rev. Nathaniel TIBBET assisted him. Having gathered a small band of believers, these two organized a church of seventeen members on the 19th of October, 1819. Rev. Nathaniel TIBBET was the first pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. Samuel STOUGHTON, who was licensed to preach in 1822, and ordained November 28, 1823. He remained in charge of this church until about 1862--a period of forty years--during which time he labored faithfully and zealously for the upbuilding of Zion.
This church has never suffered from dissensions. Its house of worship is a brick structure, erected in 1844, and situated about three miles north of Prospect. Since Mr. STOUGHTON concluded his labors here, the church has been ministered to by Revs. D.L. CLOUSE, Enos WOODRUFF, M.L. BROWSER and W.H. MCKINNEY, the present pastor.
[End of Chapter 35--Franklin Township: History of Butler County, Pennsylvania. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Waterman, Watkins, & County, Chicago, 1883.]
History of Butler County Pennsylvania - 1883 - Chapter 38 -- Worth Township [pg. 353]
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
During the pastorate of Daniel DANIELS, a very large and substantial brick church was erected; it is situated in a beautiful forest grove three miles south of east from Harlansburg, and four miles from Portersville. Their present number is 165 members. In 1863, Rev. John TREVITT resigned his pastorate, and Rev. D. L. CLOUSE accepted the charge, and was installed the same year. His ministry covered a period of seven years. Rev. HOUSTON, the present minister, was settled in 1860. In 1881, $1,100 were expended in renovating and repairing the church -- both inside and out. A good Sabbath school is connected with the church, the Superintendent of which is William STUDEBAKER.
[End of Chapter 38 -- Worth Township: History of Butler County, Pennsylvania. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Waterman, Watkins, & County, Chicago, 1883.]
History of Butler County Pennsylvania, 1895 - Franklin Township, Chapter 53
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
In the matter of churches, Franklin township is circumstanced much like Clay or Butler township, the borough gathering within itself the greater number of houses of worship and attracting the worshippers. The old Muddy Creek Baptist church and the United Presbyterian church, astnut, are the only monuments to religious zeal outside the borough of Prospect.
MUDDY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH was organized October 19, 1819, among the members being Henry SHAFFER, Jacob ROSE, Samuel STOUGHTON, Ann SHAFFER, Margaret SPEAR, and John OELTON. Revs. Henry SPEAR and Nathaniel TIBBETT preached here prior to 1822, when Rev. Samuel STOUGHTON was chosen preacher. He remained until 1862, when Rev. D. L. CLOUSE succeeded him. In 1869 Enos WOODRUFF came and preached here until Centennial year, Rev. M. S. BOWSER being also a preacher here during the last three years of Mr. WOODRUFF's pastorate and until the fall of 1877, when Rev. W. H. H. MC KINNEY took charge. In 1885, he was succeeded by Rev. Joseph M. RAY, who remained until 1891, since which time the church has been without a regular preacher, though the society claims no less than 143 members. In 1844 a brick building was erected on the south bank of Muddy creek, three miles north of prospect, near the Franklin road, which is still in use. The old deacons of this organization were Jacob ROSE, John SHAFFER, William SHAFFER, Robert HAMPSON, C. BAKER, Andrew STOUGHTON, Daniel SMITH, Oliver PISOR, Robert MC GINNIS, Simon STICKEL, 89] SHANNON and James CRATTY. Only a few of the number were residents of Franklin, the others hailing from Brady, Muddy Creek and Connoquenessing townships.
[End of Chapter 53 - Franklin Township: History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown County, Publishers, 1895]
History of Butler County Pennsylvania, 1895 - Worth Township, Chapter 58 [p. 609]
CHURCHES
Zion Baptist Church was organized November 15, 1841, by Elders Thomas DANIELS, Reese DAVIS and Daniel DANIELS, with Brothers HAZEN and HOCKENBERRY, of Muddy Creek township, and VAUGHN and BARNES, of Muddy Creek Baptist church. The first members were John and Margaret OELTON, William and Annie BOOK, Robert and Mary HAMPSON, and Phoebe COOPER. On the same day thirteen were admitted by baptism, namely: William EMERY, Ruth BRANT, John BOOK, Thomas and Sarah JOSEPHS, Burton and Margaret JOSEPHS, Samuel and James BOOK, Harlan and Mary VOGAN, Barnard STOUGHTON and Nancy UPTEGRAFT. Services were held in the school-house until 1843, when the present brick building was erected on land donated by Jacob Fisher. In 1881 $1,100 were expended in improving the building. The first pastor was Rev. Daniel Daniels, followed by Rev. Samuel FURMAN in 1844, who remained until 1848. Rev. George T. DINSMORE was supply for six months. In 1850 Rev. Samuel STOUGHTON was appointed, and served until 1852. Rev. David PHILLIPS was pastor from 1853 to 1854. Rev. John TREVITT then served until 1863, and was followed by Rev. D.L. CLOUSE, who was pastor until 1870. Rev. Gabriel HUESTON then came and remained until 1877, when Rev. Joseph GALLAGHER arrived. He was succeeded by Rev. Joseph M. RAY, who preached until 1883. Rev. W. H. WILLAHAN is the present pastor.
[End of Chapter 58 - Worth Township: History of Butler County Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown County, Publishers, 1895]
Page 328 History of Story County, Iowa
Christian Church - (See History of Franklin Township.)
Hotel-J. B. Currents.
Blacksmith-A. Kefer.
NEVADA DIRECTORY-1886-7.
Churches - Baptist Church, D. L. Clouse pastor, thirty members
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, SHELL ROCK
The Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery on the southwestern edge of the town of Shell Rock in Shell Rock Township, Butler County, Iowa. The first grave was that of Jane E. Leverich who was born in 1817 and died in 1855. The cemetery has grown in size to become among the largest in Butler County. Following are some notes from the minutes of the Cemetery Associations meetings.
May 30, 1907: A meeting was held at the Baptist Church on Thursday afternoon for the purpose of considering the adoption of articles of incorporation for the Riverside Cemetery Association. Officers elected were: Pres. Ella Adair; Vice Pres. Mary J. Kelsey; Sec. Harriet Winship; Treas. L.A. Larkin; and Directors Mary J. Kelsey, Harriet Winship, Lill Larkin, Kate J. Carter, Helen Richardson and Rosanna Jewell.
The Baptist Church. - In the years 1852 or '53, a few friends of the Baptist faith conceived the idea of forming a Baptist Church in Greenville; purchased a lot in the central part of the town, and, aided by Baptists in adjoining counties, succeeded in building a commodious and respectable house of worship. In 1857, Rev. D. L. Clouse was ordained pastor of the three constituted churches, receiving a part of his support from the Home Mission Society, and continued in the capacity until 1863. - History of Mercer County, 1877, page 101
First Baptist Church - Greenville. -- In the winter of 1847-48 Rev. Jeremiah Hazen, of Sheakleyville, began preaching in the old academy building in Greenville to a few adherents of the Baptist faith residing in Greenville and immediate vicinity, among whom were Ransallear Heath and wife, George Hubbard, wife and mother, Mrs. Turner, Miss Porter and the Leet family. During the summer of 1848 Rev. Hazen took preliminary steps toward the erection of a house of worship, and succeeded so far as to secure a subscription of several hundred dollars and considerable building material. The building committee were Rev. Hazen, George Hubbard and Ransallear Heath, who let the contract for the erection of the frame work to a Mr. Dumars. Before the erection of the frame Mr. Heath returned to Sheakleyville, and the work was abandoned. No further effort was made toward erecting the building till the winter of 1851, when, at the urgent solicitation of contributors, Rev. Nimrod Burwell, of West Salem Township, took an active interest in the project, organized a conference in Greenville, and invited Rev. Hazen to return. That gentleman consented, and in the summer of 1852 work on the structure was resumed, and the frame put up. The following autumn Mr. Hazen found it necessary to confine his efforts to the Sheakleyville charge, and suggested to the conference the desirability of their obtaining Elder Burwell's services. The conference, acting on this advice, extended a call to Mr. Burwell, which he accepted. In December, 1852, Rev. Burwell took up his residence in Greenville, and began the prosecution of his labors. In the three years that he had charge of this church Mr. Burwell completed the building, except plastering the interior, and by vigorous and judicious management he paid for the work as it progressed, leaving no debt for his successor to pay, but considerable material to finish the interior. During the erection of the church, outside of the members of the conference, the following persons assisted Mr. Burwell by contributing labor and material: Col. Andrew Christy, David Loutzenhiser, John Speir, Dr. D. B. Packard, Samuel Goodwin and others. In November, 1855, Mr. Burwell resigned the pastorate, and for some time there was no resident minister till the coming of Rev. Demas L. Clouse in 1857.
The church was reorganized June 24, 1857. The first members of the new society were: Joseph Partridge, Bethany Partridge, Friend Cook, Emeline Cook, F. H. Leet (M. D.), Mary Leet, Susannah Leet, Elizabeth Pyatt, Miranda Hardy, Catherine Tunison, A. B. Heath, Marilla Heath, Robert Everett, Mary Ann Everett, William Emery, Lyda Emery, Samuel Godshall, Sidney Godshall, Mary Ann Godshall, Esther Ann Godshall.
The first officers were: Trustees, Joseph Partridge, Friend Cook and Robert Everett; treasurer, Joseph Partridge; church clerk, Sidney Godshall; deacons, Friend Cook and William Emery. The dedication of the church edifice occurred February 17, 1858, the program consisting, so the records say, of the following exercises Elder H. Steedman preached the sermon; Elder Godshall read the Scriptures and Elders M. C. Hendrew and Jacob Morris offered prayer. The building is a neat frame structure, and, with the lot on which it stands, cost over $3,000. On January 12, 1878, a schism occurred which threatened, for a time, the integrity of the church. A portion of the congregation withdrew, crossed the Shenango, and organized the Tabernacle Baptist Church. This society was kept up until July 9, 1881, when it decided to abandon the idea of maintaining a separate organization, and returned to the parent church in a body. Following is a complete list of its pastors, with time of service: Revs. Demas L. Clouse, January, 1858, to March, 1863; Winham Kidder, December, 1863, to November, 1865; R. L. Fuller; April, 1866, to December, 1866; J. M. Perry, May, 1867, to December, 1870; John Owens, November, 1871, to March, 1873; J. T. Griffith, June, 1876, to September, 1877; W. W. Wilgus, September, 1878, to May, 1879; E. F. Crane, January, 1880, to August, 1880, and C. S. Tinker, the present [1888] pastor, who began his labors in October, 1880. The total, number of members who have joined since the church's reorganization is 465; present [1888] membership, 233. Connected with the church is a Sunday-school, of which the pastor is superintendent, with an enrollment of 225 pupils and teachers. - History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 427-428.
Father: William CLOUSE b: 1783 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Mother: Lydia LEONARD b: JAN 1793
Marriage 1 Massalener SHECKEL b: 1822 in Va
•Married: 29 MAR 1843 in Tuscarawas Co, Oh
Children
1. Ira Corwin CLOUSE b: 1843 in Ohio
2. William Hervey CLOUSE b: ABT 1844 in Ohio
3. Cresswell CLOUSE b: ABT 1845 in Ohio
4. Grant CLOUSE b: ABT 1846 in Ohio
5. Emma CLOUSE b: ABT 1847 in Ohio
6. Ida Alpharetta CLOUSE b: ABT 1848 in Ohio
7. Judson Carey CLOUSE b: 23 MAR 1850 in Tuscarawas Co, Oh
8. Howard Haswell CLOUSE b: 9 JUL 1852 in Hillsville, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
•Death: 11 JUN 1943 in Garden Grove, California
•Death: 10 JUN 1943 in Orange County, California
•Burial: 14 JUN 1943 Fullerton Cemetery, California - could not find ??
9. Iolata CLOUSE b: ABT 1865 in Pennsylvania |
