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Jonathan Clower
Jonathan Morgan Clower
Jonathan Clower Birth: Dec. 4, 1763 in Berks Co., PA Death: Sep. 18, 1837 in Jemison, Chilton Co., Alabama (WFT Vol. 4 Tree # 0044 dtd 17 Nov 1995 stated he died 18 Sep 1836 in Chilton, Shelby Co., AL)
Revolutionary War Patriot. His wife Mary Shular Clower is buried in Campground Cemetery, Drew Co., AR.
Jonathan was buried in Caviness Gardens, Chilton Co., AL which was the family cemetery of his son-in-law. It has been lost but was re-discovered in May 2007.
The following information is added at the request of Rajordan, descendant.
"Jonathan Clower was born 3 Dec 1763 in Burk County Pennsylvania, (his original grave marker indicates in error that he was born "Dec. 3rd. 1703"), died 19 September 1837 in Shelby Co., Alabama. He is buried in Cavaniss Gardens cemetery, now located in Chilton Co., Alabama. When he enlisted as a Private in the North Carolina Continental Line he was residing in Orange County North Carolina. On 20 October 1831, at the age of 69 years and residing in Bibb Co., Alabama, he applied for a pension, number W-22802. He married in Pennsylvania on 25 October 1791 to Mary Shuler, born in October 1774. His widow, Mary Clower, aged 70 years, applied for a pension in Shelby Co., Alabama on 8 November 1844. They had 10 children. The estate of Jonathan Clower was probated in Shelby Co., Alabama in 1848, Andrew Cavaniss was appointed to serve as Administrator of the estate. Andrew Cavaniss married Lurana Rush Clower in Bibb County Alabama on 23 January 1825 by consent of her father, Jonathan Clower. On 19 October 2008 the members of the Cahaba-Coosa Chapter, Alabama Society, Sons of the American Revolution marked his burial spot in northern Chilton County Alabama with a veterans marker. Descendants who attended the dedication were Bob Latham, Scott Martin, Dena Hamby, Alice Gazaway, Ervin Clower, Grady Greene and John David Glasscock. (See the Shelby County Historical Society Quarterly magazine dated December 2008.)" [1]
also from [2], with Catherine and Elizabeth listed as daughters, both of whom married James Huckabee [Huckabee-205]: Abbrev: The Georgia Frontier: Colonial Families to the Revolutionary War Period Title: The Georgia Frontier: Colonial Families to the Revolutionary War Period Author: Jeannette Holland Austin Text: Clower of Pennsylvania; Jones & Morgan Counties Page: Pages 86 Quality: 3 Text: II. Jonathan Clower, Revolutionary War Soldier, was born 3 December 1763 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, died 18 September 1836 in Bibb County, Alabama. He married on 25 October 1791 in Middleton, Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mary Shuler (born 10 October 1774 in Hanover, Germany, died 3 September 1853 in Drew County, Arkansas. Issue: A. Elizabeth Clower, born 16 July 1792 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died 1860 in Shelby County, Alabama. B. Catherine Clower, born 27 November 1794 in Orange County, North Carolina, died in 1862. C. Miriam Clower, born 23 March 1797 in Jasper County, Georgia. D. Mary Clower, born 4 March 1799 in Jasper County, Georgia, died 3 October 1853 in Fayetteville, Alabama. E. Rebecca Clower, born 7 May 1801 in Jasper County, Georgia, died 23 May 1874 in Drew County, Arkansas. F. Nancy Clower, born 7 March 1903 in Jasper County, Georgia, died ca 1870 in Guadalupe, Texas, buried in the Bushy Cemetery. G. Delilah Clower, born 26 April 1805 in Jasper County, Georgia H. Lurana Clower, born 10 May 1807 in Jasper County, Georgia, died 22 September 1888 in Drew County, Arkansas. I. Malinda Clower, born 16 July 1809 in Jasper County, Georgia, died 18 September 1810. J. Jonathan Shuler Clower, born 10 July 1811 in Jasper County, Georgia, died 16 August 1865 Bastrop, Louisiana. K. James Lawrence Clower, born 24 August 1813 in Jasper County, Georgia, died 5 April 1889 in Drew County, Arkansas. He was aresident of Victoria, Coffee County, Alabama in 1880. Wife, Nancy born 1840 in Georgia. L. Daniel Morgan Clower, Rev., born 21 January 1817 in Jasper County, Georgia, died 7 January 1891 in Delta County, Texas, farmer. He married Manda M. Prentice on 4 May 1837. She was born 18 April 1819, died in November 1893 in Pecan Gap, Texas. The family was listed on the 1880 Delta County, Texas Census.
Mary Shuler Clower (1774 - 1853)
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