Daniel Levi Klock was born 8 April 1838, a son of Daniel D. Klock and Nancy Alter. He was generally known as Levi Klock. He had one brother, Sylvester, a sister, Mrs. Julia Stewart, and a half-sister, Mrs. Mary C. Chant, and a half-brother, John Drumm.
Levi's granddaughter, Daisy Owens Lewis, recorded the following information about him: "Grandfather Levi Klock I believe was born in Holland. At least, was where his parents [ancestors] were from - both died when he was quite young. I've often heard him tell, how his mother craved a certain food, he'd fed her and wanted more. While he was out buying the food to prepare for her, she died suddenly. He was quite young, and worked as a grocer clerk for a good while. There was an overland wagon train of folk coming to the new territory to get land grants. He joined as a helper with their stock, and worked his way to Macoupin County [IL] where he secured work in a store (I believe in Mt. Olive, or near there somewhere) when he met and woed Ann Doscia Sawyer, eldest of the Sawyer clan. He never mined until many years later and was badly burned in a gas explosion in the mine and had a long illness afterward. Later, he moved to the farm with grandmother (her home). He took up farming and dairy business and did a good business for those early days of the big mines in and around Sawyerville."
Levi's granddaughter, Daisy Owens Lewis, recorded the following information about him: "Grandfather Levi Klock I believe was born in Holland. At least, was where his parents [ancestors] were from - both died when he was quite young. I've often heard him tell, how his mother craved a certain food, he'd fed her and wanted more. While he was out buying the food to prepare for her, she died suddenly. He was quite young, and worked as a grocer clerk for a good while. There was an overland wagon train of folk coming to the new territory to get land grants. He joined as a helper with their stock, and worked his way to Macoupin County [IL] where he secured work in a store (I believe in Mt. Olive, or near there somewhere) when he met and woed Ann Doscia Sawyer, eldest of the Sawyer clan. He never mined until many years later and was badly burned in a gas explosion in the mine and had a long illness afterward. Later, he moved to the farm with grandmother (her home). He took up farming and dairy business and did a good business for those early days of the big mines in and around Sawyerville."
Daniel Levi Klock was born 8 April 1838, a son of Daniel D. Klock and Nancy Alter. He was generally known as Levi Klock. He had one brother, Sylvester, a sister, Mrs. Julia Stewart, and a half-sister, Mrs. Mary C. Chant, and a half-brother, John Drumm.
Levi's granddaughter, Daisy Owens Lewis, recorded the following information about him: "Grandfather Levi Klock I believe was born in Holland. At least, was where his parents [ancestors] were from - both died when he was quite young. I've often heard him tell, how his mother craved a certain food, he'd fed her and wanted more. While he was out buying the food to prepare for her, she died suddenly. He was quite young, and worked as a grocer clerk for a good while. There was an overland wagon train of folk coming to the new territory to get land grants. He joined as a helper with their stock, and worked his way to Macoupin County [IL] where he secured work in a store (I believe in Mt. Olive, or near there somewhere) when he met and woed Ann Doscia Sawyer, eldest of the Sawyer clan. He never mined until many years later and was badly burned in a gas explosion in the mine and had a long illness afterward. Later, he moved to the farm with grandmother (her home). He took up farming and dairy business and did a good business for those early days of the big mines in and around Sawyerville."
Levi's granddaughter, Daisy Owens Lewis, recorded the following information about him: "Grandfather Levi Klock I believe was born in Holland. At least, was where his parents [ancestors] were from - both died when he was quite young. I've often heard him tell, how his mother craved a certain food, he'd fed her and wanted more. While he was out buying the food to prepare for her, she died suddenly. He was quite young, and worked as a grocer clerk for a good while. There was an overland wagon train of folk coming to the new territory to get land grants. He joined as a helper with their stock, and worked his way to Macoupin County [IL] where he secured work in a store (I believe in Mt. Olive, or near there somewhere) when he met and woed Ann Doscia Sawyer, eldest of the Sawyer clan. He never mined until many years later and was badly burned in a gas explosion in the mine and had a long illness afterward. Later, he moved to the farm with grandmother (her home). He took up farming and dairy business and did a good business for those early days of the big mines in and around Sawyerville."
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