Christina Clover

Cal 1761 - 1850  (88 years)

• Name	Christina Clover
  Birth	Cal 11 Aug 1761	West Virginia, United States
  	Date calculated from age on headstone "88yrs. 6mo. 14days.". Almost certainly born in what is now West Virginia (then Virginia) where her parents were established. In 1880 census sons Joshua and Samuel gave mother's birthplace as Virginia ( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBN-99H3 and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB6-9GJB ).
  Gender	Female
  Residence	From Abt 1816	Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States   [1, 2]
  	History of Ross and Highland Counties (p. 337) has "John Fernow and family settled in the township [Buckskin] three years later [1818]". Clark (2005) (p. 78) acknowledges the "confusion" over when John Ferneau moved to Ohio and concludes that he arrived about 1818. He was of Ross County, Ohio, when he purchased land in there 31 Aug 1816 (Ross County, Ohio. Deeds, v. 13, p. 455-456 [FSL DGS 8330720, images 256-257 of 390]). Of note is the fact that John's sons Philip and John were both of Ross County when the former sold land in that county to the latter on 2 Feb 1815 (Ross County, Ohio. Deeds, v. 12, p. 318-319 [FSL DGS 8193280, image 490 of 591]). All of the family except Daniel moved to Ohio.
  Death	25 Feb 1850	United States
  	Date from gravestone. Almost certainly died in Ohio. Not found in 1850 mortality schedules.
  Burial	Aft 25 Feb 1850	Old Burying Ground, Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I106	Cook-Delmotte Family | Cook
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Philip Clover,   b. Bef 1743, ? d. AFT 14 Aug 1802, United States (Age > 60 years)
  Mother	Unknown Unknown,   b. ?, ? d. ?, United States
  Notes	"Unfortunately, some years ago, an inexperienced researcher read this [1764] deed and decided that the reason it was odd was that Philip's wife was a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Shepherd. Since then, this myth has taken on a life of its own and appears in the International Genealogical Index, the Ancestral File, early issues of the Clover Family Exchange (which I did not publish), and every possible place you could possibly find a Clover family tree. However, there is absolutely no proof that Philip was married to one of Shepherd's daughter[s]. In actual fact, Thomas Shepherd's will, dated 23 March 1776, and the will of his wife, Elizabeth Shepherd, dated 10 July 1793, identify their children. The Shepherd family was an important one in the area and has been extensively researched. All of his daughters are accounted for and it is physically impossible for any of them to have been married to Philip Clover. ... The first names of two of Philip's wives are known, but their surnames are not. On 16 September 1773, Philip and his wife, Elizabeth, sold 15 acres. ... So we know that in 1773, Philip was married to an Elizabeth. Note that this does not prove that she was the mother of anyone in particular. However, she is the most likely candidate. There is no clue as to her actual surname. ... Sometime between 1780 and 1781, Philip remarried someone with the first name of Susannah. Her identity is not known." (June Clover Byrne, "Philip Clover of Frederick County and Berkeley County, Virginia") [4]
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Ferneau,   b. 21 Feb 1760, Herleshausen, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Hesse, Germany d. 9 Aug 1825, United States (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1784	United States
  	First child Phillip born about 1785. [5]
  Children	+ 1. David Fernow,   b. Abt 1797, Morgan County, West Virginia, United States d. 9 Jan 1876, Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F54	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Documents

  Will of John Ferneau (1822) Ross County, Ohio. Wills, v. ABCD, p. 212-213 (FSL DGS 5865652, image 139 of 361).

  
  

• Sources

  [S396] History of Ross and Highland Counties, Ohio, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, (Cleveland: Williams Bros., 1880), p. 337, https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/koha:1913406. [S399] Clark, Julie Fearnow, Johannes Ferneau, (The Hessians: Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, v. 8 (2005), p. 73-80), p. 76 and 78, https://www.familysearch.org/memories/memory/146720777. [S1] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24743156/christiana_virnau-ferneau. [S402] Byrne, June Clover, Philip Clover of Frederick County and Berkeley County, Virginia, (Clover Family Research Compendium, updated 12 Feb 2012), https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~clover/genealogy/va/vaphilipstory.html. [S399] Clark, Julie Fearnow, Johannes Ferneau, (The Hessians: Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, v. 8 (2005), p. 73-80), p.76, https://www.familysearch.org/memories/memory/146720777.