From Cookeville Press
CLOUSE, T. J.: Rev. T. J. Clouse, of Board Valley, died Monday night. He was taken violently ill Sunday and sank rapidly. Bro. Clouse was a most excellent gentleman and a good preacher. His presence will be greatly missed in his community. [Date 11/14/1895, Vol. IX, No. 3, Page 5]
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:
"Thomas, Jr.'s father moved from the Cedar Creek area when Thomas was a very small boy, and settled in the 11th District on a land entry on the mountain between the Little Caney Fork and the Calfkiller Rivers. This land was entered October 16, 1839. He lived there when the census of 1840 of White County was taken.
Little Thomas' mother died when he was ten years old. His oldest half-brother Charles Lee was born March 16, 1848, when Thomas was eleven years old. His step-mother was Euphanna (Isom) Long, a widow with two small sons. George who was born about 1840 and Lewis "Tip" who was born about 1843. These children grew up together in the same household, and it is interesting to note that many years later Thomas's son Simp married a daughter of Tip Long. Her name was Fanie Catherine Long.
Thomas was married to Eunetta "Una" Bumbalough, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Bumbalough. She was born March 18, 1839. She was of a large family. It may be good to include other members of her family at this time due to the fact that there are so many connections with the Bumbalough and Clouse families. Rhoda Jane born c1837 and married Benjamin Weaver. Lee Ann born c1840 who married Freelin Roberson. William J. born c1843 and married Mary Holman. Levi S. born c1848 and married Betsy Clouse who was a niece of Thomas Clouse. Jesse Sewell born Feb. 22, 1850 married Eliza ????. Elijah W. born December 10, 1852 who married Rachel Pennington a daughter of Emery and Juliann Pennington. James Wesley "Jim" born March 21, 1859 and married Tabitha Kinnard. Norman and Dona who married Arollas Randolph.
Thomas was ordained to preach in White County, Tennessee when a young man, and his life was spent as a Baptist Minister. Then came the Civil War. He was strongly opposed to slavery and often preached openly against it. In late December 1862, Thomas was holding a revival on the Calfkiller River. He was in the pulpit when the Guerillas came into the church and took him. They took him to Murfreesboro, arriving there December 31, 1862 at the Battle of the Stones River. He somehow managed to escape and made his way to the Union forces where he joined them. He worked in the hospitals and served as Union Army Chaplain throughout Kentucky and Ohio until the end of the war.
He left three small Sons when he was taken away to the war. Twin sons, John Newton and William Jasper were born November 19, 1859 and Crockett Simpson "Simp" was born October 29, 1861. Thomas arrived at Stones River on the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. He only made one trip home during the time of the war. he came home and Aunt Una was cooking a meal for him. She became scared that he might be found, so she asked him to find a cave in which to hide out and she would carry his food to him. He hid out there for about two weeks and returned to the Union Army. Only a few minutes after he had left the guerillas came looking for him. He barely escaped. Ne never returned home again until the end of the war.
As the war raged throughout the Southland, the enemy soldiers and guerillas were a constant threat to the families the men had left behind. One night while Thomas was away and his wife was all alone with her three small sons, suddenly there was a big lumbering noise on the front porch of her home. Of course she was sure that she was being invaded by the plundering soldiers. She called "Who is there?". No one answered, but the noise continued. So she quickly took the long fire poker and stuck it into the huge fireplace letting it become red hot. She then quietly slipped to the door, threw open the door and rammed the red hot poker at the first thing that moved. Her milk cow bawled and bellowed and scrambled off the porch.
Thomas Clouse's home was in the upper end of the Board Valley in Putnam County. He built his home there from one huge tree. It was not uncommon to see trees nine feet in diameter in that country at that time. It is said that Thomas and Greene Selby cut the tree and rolled the log to the sawmill. This house is still standing and is in fair condition. It is my hope it will be restored and kept in its original style. Many fond memories are enjoyed by descendants of his as they remember grandfather and grandmother. Three generations have lived their lives in this house. The few of his grandchildren whose are still living tell of how there was a grist mill there at the big spring that flowed out of the mountain side where the people in the area carried their corn to the mill. He also ran a blacksmith shop and a store. It was a lively place in those days. Kelly Hall, who is now 89 years old and who married the oldest daughter of Thomas's son Simp tells how he remembers how he used to carry a turn of corn on his back to Tom Clouse's mill when he was a small boy.
He also continued his preaching after he returned from the War. He rode horseback and preached throughout the Cumberland area. He at one time owned a large farm in the Dry Valley which is now the Clarence Bartlett place and lived there for a few years. The community was called Goffton at the time. He rode horseback from the Dry Valley and held a meeting at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He also rode a horse and pastored a church in Nashville, Tennessee according his grandson Beecher Lee.
On July 18, 1872 his father died. He was buried in the old cemetery that was on his farm at what was known as Possum Trot. On February 3, 1879 his sons made a deed to their step-mother Margaret (Eller) Clouse Bumbalough for their interest of their father's estate. She had remarried to Francis Marion Bumbalough. He was Unetta's Uncle. Three years later Thomas bought the 371 acres of land formerly owned by his father. Deed dated February 20, 1882. On October 26, 1889 Thomas sold the 371 acres to W.J. Bumbalough, who was Eunett's brother. He exempted two acres for the cemetery and a right-of-way thereto. The original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and a new deed was issued by the heirs of Thomas J. Clouse, Jr. on May 13, 1889.
One Sunday morning in November 1895 he filled his regular appointment at the Farley's Seminary and walked home with the Joseph Dowell family for lunch. (His youngest son Wynne later married a daughter of Joseph Dowell). Linnie Dowell Clouse told me the story of the way she remembered it. She remembered as they walked home that he picked up some hickory nuts and ate a few while dinner was being prepared. Very soon he became seriously ill and fast riders were sent to bring his family and one went to Sparta to get a doctor. The doctor arrived the next morning, but as the doctor asked him where his paid was, he raised his hand to show him, it fell to his chest, and he was gone. Thomas Clouse had gone at not quite 59 years. He died November 11, 1895. He was buried in what was to become the Clouse Cemetery. He had just a short time before given a tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He was the second person to be buried there.
Aunt Eunetta died August 6, 1918, having survived her husband by twenty-three years. She was seventy-nine years old. Her son Lee Clouse, who purchased the old homeplace of his father, continued to live there until March 10, 1924. He then sold the land to Alonzo Clouse who was a son of Simp Clouse son of Thomas. He then lived there the remainder of his life and died there July 18, 1941 at the age of fifty-three. His widow, known as "Aunt Fannie" continued to live there and reared her large family and died at the age of sixty-seven. After her death, her son James Edward "Edd" purchased the land from the other heirs and the old homeplace so fondly remembered is still owned by a descendant of Thomas Clouse, Jr. This farm has now been in the family for over one hundred years.
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The following church history was written by the late Judge Ernest Houston Boyd Sr. as part of a series of historical articles in the Putnam County Herald. It was published December 31,1953. The articles were compiled by Christine Spivey Jones into a book called Nuggets of Putnam County History.
The Free Union Baptist congregation is one of the oldest Baptist congregations in Putnam County. Its church building is located on the head of Martin's Creek, in the 18th District of Putnam County.
From 1865 until 1918 this was a Christian Baptist congregation, but since 1918 it has been affiliated with the Missionary Baptist denomination.
In the early history of the Free Union Church it was a large congregation, but on account of the building of other churches and the organization of new congregations in the section in which this church is located, its present membership is much smaller than it was in former years. This is also, partly due to deaths and removal from the community of a number of families active in this church in former years.
In its early history, when the congregation was a large one, the annual sessions of the Stone Christian Baptist Association were frequently held at this church.
The old minutes of that Association show that both the 1891 and 1892 annual sessions of that Association were held with the Free Union Church. It seldomhappen in the history of that Association that a second annual session of the
Association, in succession, was held at the same church.
Among the pioneer families of that section actively identified with the Free Union Church in its early history were the Gillen, Carrington, Rodgers and Brown families.
Among the early pastors of this church were T. J. Clouse, J. L. Kinnaird, F. M. Flatt, Benjamin Clouse, W. B. Gentry and J. W. Stone.
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Our History-Past Minutes
1879 Annual Association
The Delegates comprising the Fourteenth Anniversary of the Stone Association assembled at the Laurel Creek Church, Cumberland county, Tennessee on Friday, the 3d day of October ,a d., 1879.
After prayer by Elder John Kinnaird, the Introductory Sermon was preached by Elder John Brewster from the 15th Chapter of the Gospel recorded by St. John, and the first clause of the 5th verse, "I am the vine, ye are the branches."
The delegates from the different Churches being called, came forward and took their seats. The Association then proceeded to organize, by electing Elder Benjamin Clouse, Moderator, and Bro.R. L Gentry, Clerk. Letters from the different Churches were then called for and were read and received. The door to admit sister Churches as members of the Association was then opened, when there were two presented themselves by their delegates-T. C. Peek and John Brewster, duly appointed, and were received in due form, they having presented petitionary letters, which letters were read and received. On motion, the Association adjourned until 4 o'clock p. m.
Afternoon Session-Met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by the moderator, proceeded to business. Corresponding letters were called for,when
one from New Union Association of United Baptist was presented by its delegates, duly appointed, to wit: A. D. Jones, William Massa, J. H.Brannum, M.
Curtis, and W. H. Trammel, which letter was read and received, and the delegates invited to seats: that being present, came forward and took their seats. On motion, the Association adjourned until Saturday morning , 8 O'clock.
Saturday-The Association met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by Elder T. J. Clouse, proceeded to business. On motion, and in pursuance of Section 9 of the Declaration of Rights,there were appointed as Presbyters, Elders T. J. Clouse, John Brewster, Joseph A. Moyers, G. L. Moyers and John Stowers for the next associational year. On motion, the ministers were appointed to attend the several churches as pastors thereof, to-wit:
Antioch - Willis Bush and John Fuquay
Board Valley - Benjamin Clouse and E. Pennington
Blackburn's Fork - Jesse Allen and John Kinnard
Bethel - T. J. Clouse
Calf Killer - Benjamin Clouse
Caney Fork - E. Pennington and Lewis Howell
Crooked Creek -W. P. Brown and John Brewster
Cane Creek - Willis Bush and John Fuquay
Copeland Creek - G. L. Moyers, Joseph Moyers and john Stowers
Chapel Hill - Lewis Howell and Benjamin Clouse
Dodson's Branch - Jesse Allen and Nathan Judd
England Cove - E. Pennington and Benjamin Clouse
Highland - John Kinnard and J. J. Speck
High Rock - Mathias Judd and John Judd
Indian Creek - C. Alred and W. Y. Tinch
Laurel Creek - G. L. Moyers and Joseph A. Moyers
Liberty - W. B. Isbell
Macedonia - Nathan Judd and Mathias Judd
Mt. Pisgah - Joseph A. Moyers and John Brewster
Shady Grove - John Kinnard and J. J. Speck
Viola - T. J. Clouse and Mansfield Howell
Zion Hill, P. C. - Benjamin Clouse, Mansfield Howell and R. L. Gentry
Zion Hill, C. C. - Joseph A. Moyers and G. L. Moyers
Elder James A. Moyers, at his own request, was released from pastoral labor for the next associational year. Elder W. E. Smith, upon the report of the Board of Presbyters, was dismissed from the Association, and his credentials declared null and void. On motion, it was agreed that we have correspondence with New Union Association of United Baptist, and one Messenger from each Church from this
Association was appointed, to wit: John Fuquay, Benjamin Clouse, R. F. Pippin, Robert Horn, John A. Brown, John Brewster, James A. Moyers, Wm. Boisley, Lewis Howell, Jesse Allen, Wm. Emery, James Crabtree, Center Alred, G. L
Moyers, Joseph Whieaker, Jackson Lee, Jr: Joseph A. Moyers, Thomas Neal, R. L. Gentry, Mansfield Howell, John Judd, T. J. Clouse and W. B. Isbell, and that this Association send up a letter of correspondence to New Union Association, when convened with the Indian Creek Church, Dekalb County, Tenn., on Friday before the second Lord's Day in September, 1880.
On application of R. L. Gentry and J. J. Speck, and they being recommended as candidates for the Ministry, and being declared qualified by the Board of Presbyters, they were ordained to the office of Elder by prayer and the imposition of bonds. On motion, it was resolved that the next Association be held with Church at Zion Hill, Putnam County, Tennessee, commencing on Friday before the third Lords Day in October, 1880, and that Elder G. L. Moyers be appointed to preach the introductory sermon, and Elder Benjamin Clouse his alternate. Resolved, That the following be the form of letters of correspondence to the Annual Association, to wit:
We, the Christian Baptist Church of Christ, at________County, Tenn, to the Stone Association.
Dear Brethren: We have chosen our Messengers, _________, _________, _________ to represent us in your body. The statistics of our church are as follows: Increase by baptism ____ by letter ____, by restoration _____, Our decrease by letter ____, by death ____ by exclusion __ Total in Fellowship ______. Our day of meeting is the ___ Sabbath. We send contribution, $_____
_________________ Moderator, _________________Clerk.
Declaration Of Rights
Section 1. That all power of Church Government is inherent in the people and the Preachers, that is the churches; that they have a right through their representatives to establish, alter or amend their form of Church Government,
two-thirds agreeing thereto.
Sec. 2. That a Christian Church is a society of believers in Jesus Christ and is a divine institition, Christ Jesus being the head of the Church, and the Bible the only rule of faith and practice.
Sec. 3. That no rule of faith and doctrine shall ever be established in the Christian Baptist Church contrary to the Bible.
Sec. 4. No person who loves the Lord Jesus Christ and obeys the gospel should be deprived of church membership.
Sec. 5. Every man has an inalienable right to private judgement in matters of religion, and may speak freely of the same in a way that will not violate the law of
God, or the laws of his country, or the rights of his fellow-men.
Sec. 6. Church trials should be conducted on Gospel principles only, and no minister or member should be excommunicated except for immorality, or the propagation of unchristian doctrine, or neglect of duty enjoined by the word of God, or the rules of the church.
Sec. 7. The church has a right to form and enforce such rules and regulations only, as are in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, and may be necessary to carry into effect the great system of practical Christianity.
Sec. 8. There may be three grades of Associations established in the Christian Baptist Church. 1st.-The Monthly Association. 2d.- The Annual Association. 3d.-The General Association, all of which may be established by the rules of the church.
Sec. 9. The Annual Association has the right to elect Presbyters for the purpose, and with the power to ordain candidates to the ministry, and to pass upon and declare the credentials of any Minister not found worthy or qualified for the ministry, null and void.
Sec. 10. That the Church has the right to elect their leaders and delegates to the annual association. All the members are entitled to a vote in the elections and church trials.
Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of every church to elect two deacons and one clerk.
Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of each church to send up their delegates with letters to the Annual Association.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Annual Association to send to the general Association, delegates with corresponding letters in order.
Rules Of Decorum
We, the Christian Baptist Church of Christ, believing it to be our duty to convene ourselves together in an associated capacity, in order to set forth our principles, and also rules of decorum for the churches to be governed by in the future, the following rules shall be our decorum:
1st. - The Association shall be composed of the members chosen from sister Churches of the same faith and order.
2nd.-This Association shall be opened by prayer to Almighty God.
3rd.-One of the members of this Association shall be chosen to preside, who shall be addressed by the name of Brother Moderator, and to him every speech shall be directed, and he shall not have the liberty of discussing any subject
unless the chair is filled by someone else.
4th.-And we will have the liberty of choosing our own clerk, and there shall be a door open for sister churches into the Association.
5th.-No complaint shall be brought in the church against transgressing members until the aggreived party comply with the directions given by our Lord in St. Matt., 18th. Chap. 15, 16 and 17 verses.
6th,-Every motion made and seconded, shall come under the consideration of the Association unless withdrawn by those who made it.
7th.-If the minority are at any time grieved by the majority, they are hereby directed to make the same known immediately to the association, and if satisfaction cannot be attained, it may be necessary in that case to call help
from other associations.
8th.-If at any time the Association should deem it necessary to make amendments, it may be done provided two-thirds of the Association be in favor of it.
9th.-All the business of the Association shall be recorded by the clerk, and before the association rises, the same shall be read and corrected, if need be.
10th.-It shall be the duty of the delegates of the different churches, who have been elected, to bring up letters in order to the Annual Association.
11th.-It shall be the duty of the deacons of the churches to go to transgressing members, talk to them, admonish them, and they shall have until the second church meeting to make reconciliation. It may be the duty of the church to choose a committee to settle questions of aggreaved cases.
12th.-It shall be the duty of the deacons to advise the church to promote means to sustain their churches and preachers.
13th.-It shall be the duty of each minister on receiving members into the church, to ask the applicant the following questions; first, do you feel that you love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength? Second, are you a believer with all your heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Third, are you willing to walk in all his precepts?
14th.-It shall be the duty of all persons who become members of the Christian Baptist Church to attend the ordinance of Baptism.
15th.-Each Annual Association shall elect a Treasurer, whose duty it shall be to hold all the funds which shall come into the Treasury. There shall also at the same time be a clerk elected, whose duty is shall be to record all the business of said Treasury. All moneys paid into the Treasury shall be subject to the order of the Association.
16th.-It shall be the duty of the several churches of this Association to organize a Church Treasury in like manner to rule 15th, to defray Church expenses.
Articles Of Faith-Christian Baptist Church
Article 1.-We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word Of God, and the only rule of faith and practice.
Art. 2.-But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him, and the one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him. 1st Cor., 8 chap. And 6th verse.
Art. 3-We believe that man is unable to recover himself from the fallen state that he is in by reason of sin, only by the grace of God through the exercise of faith.
Art. 4.-We believe that baptism and the Lord's supper and the washing of saints feet are ordinances of Jesus Christ and that immersion is the only true baptism, not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Art. 5.-We believe that no minister has a right to administer these ordinances except such as are legally ordained.
Art. 6.-We believe in the Resurrection of the dead, and a general Judgement, the punishment of the wicked and the joys of the righteous are eternal.
Art. 7,-We receive no persons into the Christian Baptist Church of Christ only on the principle of their conversion.
Art. 8.-We believe that no persons are members of the Church of Christ, only those that have the witness within themselves.
Art. 9.-We believe that all the members of the Church of Christ have a right to the Sacrament table, upon the principle of their acceptance with Him, for St. Paul
says, "But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup." 1st Cor. ,11th chap. 28th verse.
Church Statistics
Increased By, Decreased By, Total
Church Delegates, Baptism Letter, Restored Letter, Excluded Death Members Contribution
Antioch Smith Bryant, George Rodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0.50
Board Valley Benj Clouse, F. S. Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 1.00
Blackmans Fork Lafeyette Byers, D.G. Bradford 12 0 0 0 1 0 90 1.80
Bethel T. C. Peek 45 0 0 0 0 0 45 0.75
Calf Killer T. J. Clouse 11 1 0 0 0 1 64 1.00
Caney Fork Taylor Hudgens 3 0 0 0 0 3 40 0.60
Crooked Creek John Brewster 0 1 0 0 8 0 46 0.20
Cane Creek Jas. A. Moyers, J. L. Welch 11 1 0 0 1 1 75 1.20
Copeland Creek Wm. Boisley, Benj. Clouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.50
Chapel Hill 7 0 0 0 2 1 97 0.95
Dodsons Branch
England Cove Elijah England, John Dubois 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0.50
Highrock 6 0 0 1 0 0 47 0.50
Highland J. J. Speck 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.35
Indian Creek John Brewster 0 2 0 3 1 0 20
Laurel Creek Jas. A. Moyers, Wm. Brewer 0 1 0 2 0 1 28 1.70
Liberty John Brewster 0 15 0 0 0 0 15
Macedonia 9 0 0 0 0 0 34 0.25
Mount Pisgah John Judd 1 0 1 0 1 1 26 0.20
Shady Grove E. H. Henry 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 0.70
Viola J. L. Gentry, N. L. Crawley 2 5 0 0 0 0 27 0.90
Zion Hill P.C. J. V. Martin, A. W. Tilley 1 0 0 0 2 5 122 1.00
Zion Hill C.C. Jas. E. Vanwinkle, G. L. Moyers 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.60
Totals
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111 76 1 6 16 15 1091 15.20
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Age 58 years
Born on 1 January 1837 in Cedar Creek, White Co., Tenn.
Married Unetta Zina Bumbalough b Mar. 13, 1839 d. Aug. 6, 1918 (Daughter of Isaac Sylvester Bumbalough and Margaret Sparks) in 1858 in White Co.
Father: Thomas James (or Jefferson) CLOUSE, Sr. b: 8 JAN 1801 in Washington CO, TN
Mother:
Married Eunetta "Zina" BUMBALOUGH b: 18 MAR 1839 in Tn
Married: BEF. 1858 in White Co., Tn
Children
- Sadie CLOUSE
- John Newton "Newt" CLOUSE b: 19 NOV 1858
- William Jasper "Jas" CLOUSE b: 19 NOV 1858 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Crockett Simpson "Simp" CLOUSE b: 29 OCT 1861 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Lenard Winchester "Ches" CLOUSE b: 22 SEP 1864 in Board Valley, Putnam Co., Tn
- Amanda E. CLOUSE b: 15 DEC 1867 in Dry Valley, Tn
- Mary Magdalene CLOUSE b: MAY 1870
- Sarah Elzadie "Zada" CLOUSE b: 9 JUL 1872
- Thomas F. CLOUSE b: ABT. 1875 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Robert Lee CLOUSE b: 31 JUL 1878 in White Co., Tn
- James Garfield "Gar" CLOUSE b: FEB 1881
- Isaac Winfield CLOUSE b: 29 AUG 1883
- Wynne F. CLOUSE b: ABT. 1884
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Children of Thomas Jefferson Clouse and Unetta Zin Bumbalough are
Wynne F. Clouse b. 1884 (married Linnie Shine Dowel on Dec. 23, 1907 in TN) d. 1944 in Franklin, Williamson Co., TN, buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. Occupation was US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923., 1921
Sadie Clouse, married S. L. Hudgens
William Jasper Clouse b. Nov. 19, 1858 in Putnam
John Newton Clouse b. Nov. 19, 1858 (married Mary Sehon July 8, 1900) d. Apr. 4, 1935 in Putnam Co. TN, buried at Whittaker Cemetery in Putnam, Grandchildren from marriage are
- Fred Clouse
- Hattie Bell Clouse b. May 2, 1886
- Grace Clouse b. 1889
- Sallie Lea Clouse b. 1891
- John Edburn Clouse b. May 16, 1892
- Ola C. Clouse b. 1895
- Franklin Sehon Clouse b. Jul. 8, 1900, d. Aug. 24, 1961, Putnum Co., buried at Whitaker Cemetery
Crockett Simpson Clouse b. Oct. 29, 1861 (married Famey Catherine Long in 1884 in TN) d. Mar. 19, 1939 in Board Valley, Grandchildren of marriage are
- Ella Nora Clouse b. Dec. 4, 1884
- Charles Clouse b. Mar. 31, 1886
- Isaac Alonzo Clouse b. Sept. 5, 1888
- Thomas H. Clouse b. Feb. 20, 1890
- Dora Clouse b. Feb. 3, 1893
- John Lester Clouse b. Oct. 13, 1894
- Flora Eunetta Clouse b. Jul. 14, 1896
- Annie M. Clouse b. May 9, 1898
- Sadie Clouse b. Feb. 12, 1900
- Bertha Clouse b. May 11, 1903
Leonard Chester Clouse b. Sept. 22, 1864 (married Mattie Finley) d. Nov. 25 1919 in Board Valley, Grandchildren from marriage are
- Claude Lee Clouse b. 1902 d. 1961
- Ethel May Clouse b. 1904 d. 1986
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Amanda E. Clouse b. Dec. 15, 1867 d. Nov. 2, 1947 in TN (married Joseph C. Lee), Grandchildren from marriage are
- Ester Lee
Mary Magdalene Clouse b. May 1870 in Jackson, TN d. 1935 in Fla., (married Isaac Daniel Jaquess)
- Margaret Flossie Jaquess
- Mary Jaquess
- Leonard Fred Jaquess
Sarah Elzadie Clouse b. July 9, 1871 (married Seth Hudgens about 1888)
Thomas F. Clouse b. 1875 (married Pearl Ewing in 1901 in Davidson Co. TN) d. 1930, Granchildren of marriage are
- Ewing Clouse
Robert Lee Clouse b. July 31, 1878 (married Bertha Jane Brown on Jan. 28, 1905 in TN) d. May 3, 1939, Putnam ,TN, buried at Alice Clouse Stone Seminary: Putnam #10388
James Garfield Clouse b. Feb. 1881 (married Della E. Swift in Putnam Co. TN Della was born in 1886 in TN and died in Hardee Co., FL.)
He and Della Emily Swift had 7 children. They are:
1 b-1909 Alberta d-at birth
2 b-Jun 24 1910 James Earl d-1964
3 b-Nov 19 1912 Loretta Jewell d-1992
4 b-Oct 27 1916 Ivor Jareline (Jerry)
5 b-Jan 7 1920 Eschol Wynn d-2008
6 b-June 6 1922 Valeria Pearl d-June 21, 2011
7 b-Feb 7 1926 Edward Ray d-1946
Isaac Winfield Clouse b. Aug. 29, 1883
Note:
From the book "A Book of Remembrance of The Clouse Family Descendants of George Clouse, I" Compiled and Edited by Prietta Clouse Franklin, Cookeville, Tennessee 38501:
"Thomas, Jr.'s father moved from the Cedar Creek area when Thomas was a very small boy, and settled in the 11th District on a land entry on the mountain between the Little Caney Fork and the Calfkiller Rivers. This land was entered October 16, 1839. He lived there when the census of 1840 of White County was taken.
Little Thomas' mother died when he was ten years old. His oldest half-brother Charles Lee was born March 16, 1848, when Thomas was eleven years old. His step-mother was Euphanna (Isom) Long, a widow with two small sons. George who was born about 1840 and Lewis "Tip" who was born about 1843. These children grew up together in the same household, and it is interesting to note that many years later Thomas's son Simp married a daughter of Tip Long. Her name was Fanie Catherine Long.
Thomas was married to Eunetta "Una" Bumbalough, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Bumbalough. She was born March 18, 1839. She was of a large family. It may be good to include other members of her family at this time due to the fact that there are so many connections with the Bumbalough and Clouse families. Rhoda Jane born c1837 and married Benjamin Weaver. Lee Ann born c1840 who married Freelin Roberson. William J. born c1843 and married Mary Holman. Levi S. born c1848 and married Betsy Clouse who was a niece of Thomas Clouse. Jesse Sewell born Feb. 22, 1850 married Eliza ????. Elijah W. born December 10, 1852 who married Rachel Pennington a daughter of Emery and Juliann Pennington. James Wesley "Jim" born March 21, 1859 and married Tabitha Kinnard. Norman and Dona who married Arollas Randolph.
Thomas was ordained to preach in White County, Tennessee when a young man, and his life was spent as a Baptist Minister. Then came the Civil War. He was strongly opposed to slavery and often preached openly against it. In late December 1862, Thomas was holding a revival on the Calfkiller River. He was in the pulpit when the Guerillas came into the church and took him. They took him to Murfreesboro, arriving there December 31, 1862 at the Battle of the Stones River. He somehow managed to escape and made his way to the Union forces where he joined them. He worked in the hospitals and served as Union Army Chaplain throughout Kentucky and Ohio until the end of the war.
He left three small Sons when he was taken away to the war. Twin sons, John Newton and William Jasper were born November 19, 1859 and Crockett Simpson "Simp" was born October 29, 1861. Thomas arrived at Stones River on the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. He only made one trip home during the time of the war. he came home and Aunt Una was cooking a meal for him. She became scared that he might be found, so she asked him to find a cave in which to hide out and she would carry his food to him. He hid out there for about two weeks and returned to the Union Army. Only a few minutes after he had left the guerillas came looking for him. He barely escaped. Ne never returned home again until the end of the war.
As the war raged throughout the Southland, the enemy soldiers and guerillas were a constant threat to the families the men had left behind. One night while Thomas was away and his wife was all alone with her three small sons, suddenly there was a big lumbering noise on the front porch of her home. Of course she was sure that she was being invaded by the plundering soldiers. She called "Who is there?". No one answered, but the noise continued. So she quickly took the long fire poker and stuck it into the huge fireplace letting it become red hot. She then quietly slipped to the door, threw open the door and rammed the red hot poker at the first thing that moved. Her milk cow bawled and bellowed and scrambled off the porch.
Thomas Clouse's home was in the upper end of the Board Valley in Putnam County. He built his home there from one huge tree. It was not uncommon to see trees nine feet in diameter in that country at that time. It is said that Thomas and Greene Selby cut the tree and rolled the log to the sawmill. This house is still standing and is in fair condition. It is my hope it will be restored and kept in its original style. Many fond memories are enjoyed by descendants of his as they remember grandfather and grandmother. Three generations have lived their lives in this house. The few of his grandchildren whose are still living tell of how there was a grist mill there at the big spring that flowed out of the mountain side where the people in the area carried their corn to the mill. He also ran a blacksmith shop and a store. It was a lively place in those days. Kelly Hall, who is now 89 years old and who married the oldest daughter of Thomas's son Simp tells how he remembers how he used to carry a turn of corn on his back to Tom Clouse's mill when he was a small boy.
He also continued his preaching after he returned from the War. He rode horseback and preached throughout the Cumberland area. He at one time owned a large farm in the Dry Valley which is now the Clarence Bartlett place and lived there for a few years. The community was called Goffton at the time. He rode horseback from the Dry Valley and held a meeting at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He also rode a horse and pastored a church in Nashville, Tennessee according his grandson Beecher Lee.
On July 18, 1872 his father died. He was buried in the old cemetery that was on his farm at what was known as Possum Trot. On February 3, 1879 his sons made a deed to their step-mother Margaret (Eller) Clouse Bumbalough for their interest of their father's estate. She had remarried to Francis Marion Bumbalough. He was Unetta's Uncle. Three years later Thomas bought the 371 acres of land formerly owned by his father. Deed dated February 20, 1882. On October 26, 1889 Thomas sold the 371 acres to W. J. Bumbalough, who was Eunett's brother. He exempted two acres for the cemetery and a right-of-way thereto. The original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and a new deed was issued by the heirs of Thomas J. Clouse, Jr. on May 13, 1889.
One Sunday morning in November 1895 he filled his regular appointment at the Farley's Seminary and walked home with the Joseph Dowell family for lunch. (His youngest son Wynne later married a daughter of Joseph Dowell). Linnie Dowell Clouse told me the story of the way she remembered it. She remembered as they walked home that he picked up some hickory nuts and ate a few while dinner was being prepared. Very soon he became seriously ill and fast riders were sent to bring his family and one went to Sparta to get a doctor. The doctor arrived the next morning, but as the doctor asked him where his pain was, he raised his hand to show him, it fell to his chest, and he was gone. Thomas Clouse had gone at not quite 59 years. He died November 11, 1895. He was buried in what was to become the Clouse Cemetery. He had just a short time before given a tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He was the second person to be buried there.
Aunt Eunetta died August 6, 1918, having survived her husband by twenty-three years. She was seventy-nine years old. Her son Lee Clouse, who purchased the old homeplace of his father, continued to live there until March 10, 1924. He then sold the land to Alonzo Clouse who was a son of Simp Clouse son of Thomas. He then lived there the remainder of his life and died there July 18, 1941 at the age of fifty-three. His widow, known as "Aunt Fannie" continued to live there and reared her large family and died at the age of sixty-seven. After her death, her son James Edward "Edd" purchased the land from the other heirs and the old homeplace so fondly remembered is still owned by a descendant of Thomas Clouse, Jr. This farm has now been in the family for over one hundred years.
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I have seen some family trees that show Thomas's mother to be Thaney. This conflicts with information that I have found in other places. Just to note one source, The TN Genealogical Magazine "Ansearchin" News Vol. 30 Fall 1983 Issue #3, in the Article on the Families of White Co. TN in 1860, page 135, Thomas Clouse's family is listed under property 1206-1191. Thomas Clouse is listed as 22 years old and married to Unita. In the note that was added by the contributor, it says that Thomas Jr. was the son of Thomas Sr. and Thaney Clouse. This url can be found at
http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1983-3.pdf
1206-1191 Thomas CLOUSE 22 TN. farmer. Unita
[b 13 Mar 1839]. Wm J. 1. John A. 1. (They also
had Crockett Simpson b 29 Oct 1861. Thomas
J. was a son of Thomas & Thaney Clouse &
Unita was a dau of Isaac BRUMBALOUGH & Margaret
JACKSON.)
CLOUSE, T. J.: Rev. T. J. Clouse, of Board Valley, died Monday night. He was taken violently ill Sunday and sank rapidly. Bro. Clouse was a most excellent gentleman and a good preacher. His presence will be greatly missed in his community. [Date 11/14/1895, Vol. IX, No. 3, Page 5]
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:
"Thomas, Jr.'s father moved from the Cedar Creek area when Thomas was a very small boy, and settled in the 11th District on a land entry on the mountain between the Little Caney Fork and the Calfkiller Rivers. This land was entered October 16, 1839. He lived there when the census of 1840 of White County was taken.
Little Thomas' mother died when he was ten years old. His oldest half-brother Charles Lee was born March 16, 1848, when Thomas was eleven years old. His step-mother was Euphanna (Isom) Long, a widow with two small sons. George who was born about 1840 and Lewis "Tip" who was born about 1843. These children grew up together in the same household, and it is interesting to note that many years later Thomas's son Simp married a daughter of Tip Long. Her name was Fanie Catherine Long.
Thomas was married to Eunetta "Una" Bumbalough, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Bumbalough. She was born March 18, 1839. She was of a large family. It may be good to include other members of her family at this time due to the fact that there are so many connections with the Bumbalough and Clouse families. Rhoda Jane born c1837 and married Benjamin Weaver. Lee Ann born c1840 who married Freelin Roberson. William J. born c1843 and married Mary Holman. Levi S. born c1848 and married Betsy Clouse who was a niece of Thomas Clouse. Jesse Sewell born Feb. 22, 1850 married Eliza ????. Elijah W. born December 10, 1852 who married Rachel Pennington a daughter of Emery and Juliann Pennington. James Wesley "Jim" born March 21, 1859 and married Tabitha Kinnard. Norman and Dona who married Arollas Randolph.
Thomas was ordained to preach in White County, Tennessee when a young man, and his life was spent as a Baptist Minister. Then came the Civil War. He was strongly opposed to slavery and often preached openly against it. In late December 1862, Thomas was holding a revival on the Calfkiller River. He was in the pulpit when the Guerillas came into the church and took him. They took him to Murfreesboro, arriving there December 31, 1862 at the Battle of the Stones River. He somehow managed to escape and made his way to the Union forces where he joined them. He worked in the hospitals and served as Union Army Chaplain throughout Kentucky and Ohio until the end of the war.
He left three small Sons when he was taken away to the war. Twin sons, John Newton and William Jasper were born November 19, 1859 and Crockett Simpson "Simp" was born October 29, 1861. Thomas arrived at Stones River on the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. He only made one trip home during the time of the war. he came home and Aunt Una was cooking a meal for him. She became scared that he might be found, so she asked him to find a cave in which to hide out and she would carry his food to him. He hid out there for about two weeks and returned to the Union Army. Only a few minutes after he had left the guerillas came looking for him. He barely escaped. Ne never returned home again until the end of the war.
As the war raged throughout the Southland, the enemy soldiers and guerillas were a constant threat to the families the men had left behind. One night while Thomas was away and his wife was all alone with her three small sons, suddenly there was a big lumbering noise on the front porch of her home. Of course she was sure that she was being invaded by the plundering soldiers. She called "Who is there?". No one answered, but the noise continued. So she quickly took the long fire poker and stuck it into the huge fireplace letting it become red hot. She then quietly slipped to the door, threw open the door and rammed the red hot poker at the first thing that moved. Her milk cow bawled and bellowed and scrambled off the porch.
Thomas Clouse's home was in the upper end of the Board Valley in Putnam County. He built his home there from one huge tree. It was not uncommon to see trees nine feet in diameter in that country at that time. It is said that Thomas and Greene Selby cut the tree and rolled the log to the sawmill. This house is still standing and is in fair condition. It is my hope it will be restored and kept in its original style. Many fond memories are enjoyed by descendants of his as they remember grandfather and grandmother. Three generations have lived their lives in this house. The few of his grandchildren whose are still living tell of how there was a grist mill there at the big spring that flowed out of the mountain side where the people in the area carried their corn to the mill. He also ran a blacksmith shop and a store. It was a lively place in those days. Kelly Hall, who is now 89 years old and who married the oldest daughter of Thomas's son Simp tells how he remembers how he used to carry a turn of corn on his back to Tom Clouse's mill when he was a small boy.
He also continued his preaching after he returned from the War. He rode horseback and preached throughout the Cumberland area. He at one time owned a large farm in the Dry Valley which is now the Clarence Bartlett place and lived there for a few years. The community was called Goffton at the time. He rode horseback from the Dry Valley and held a meeting at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He also rode a horse and pastored a church in Nashville, Tennessee according his grandson Beecher Lee.
On July 18, 1872 his father died. He was buried in the old cemetery that was on his farm at what was known as Possum Trot. On February 3, 1879 his sons made a deed to their step-mother Margaret (Eller) Clouse Bumbalough for their interest of their father's estate. She had remarried to Francis Marion Bumbalough. He was Unetta's Uncle. Three years later Thomas bought the 371 acres of land formerly owned by his father. Deed dated February 20, 1882. On October 26, 1889 Thomas sold the 371 acres to W.J. Bumbalough, who was Eunett's brother. He exempted two acres for the cemetery and a right-of-way thereto. The original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and a new deed was issued by the heirs of Thomas J. Clouse, Jr. on May 13, 1889.
One Sunday morning in November 1895 he filled his regular appointment at the Farley's Seminary and walked home with the Joseph Dowell family for lunch. (His youngest son Wynne later married a daughter of Joseph Dowell). Linnie Dowell Clouse told me the story of the way she remembered it. She remembered as they walked home that he picked up some hickory nuts and ate a few while dinner was being prepared. Very soon he became seriously ill and fast riders were sent to bring his family and one went to Sparta to get a doctor. The doctor arrived the next morning, but as the doctor asked him where his paid was, he raised his hand to show him, it fell to his chest, and he was gone. Thomas Clouse had gone at not quite 59 years. He died November 11, 1895. He was buried in what was to become the Clouse Cemetery. He had just a short time before given a tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He was the second person to be buried there.
Aunt Eunetta died August 6, 1918, having survived her husband by twenty-three years. She was seventy-nine years old. Her son Lee Clouse, who purchased the old homeplace of his father, continued to live there until March 10, 1924. He then sold the land to Alonzo Clouse who was a son of Simp Clouse son of Thomas. He then lived there the remainder of his life and died there July 18, 1941 at the age of fifty-three. His widow, known as "Aunt Fannie" continued to live there and reared her large family and died at the age of sixty-seven. After her death, her son James Edward "Edd" purchased the land from the other heirs and the old homeplace so fondly remembered is still owned by a descendant of Thomas Clouse, Jr. This farm has now been in the family for over one hundred years.
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The following church history was written by the late Judge Ernest Houston Boyd Sr. as part of a series of historical articles in the Putnam County Herald. It was published December 31,1953. The articles were compiled by Christine Spivey Jones into a book called Nuggets of Putnam County History.
The Free Union Baptist congregation is one of the oldest Baptist congregations in Putnam County. Its church building is located on the head of Martin's Creek, in the 18th District of Putnam County.
From 1865 until 1918 this was a Christian Baptist congregation, but since 1918 it has been affiliated with the Missionary Baptist denomination.
In the early history of the Free Union Church it was a large congregation, but on account of the building of other churches and the organization of new congregations in the section in which this church is located, its present membership is much smaller than it was in former years. This is also, partly due to deaths and removal from the community of a number of families active in this church in former years.
In its early history, when the congregation was a large one, the annual sessions of the Stone Christian Baptist Association were frequently held at this church.
The old minutes of that Association show that both the 1891 and 1892 annual sessions of that Association were held with the Free Union Church. It seldomhappen in the history of that Association that a second annual session of the
Association, in succession, was held at the same church.
Among the pioneer families of that section actively identified with the Free Union Church in its early history were the Gillen, Carrington, Rodgers and Brown families.
Among the early pastors of this church were T. J. Clouse, J. L. Kinnaird, F. M. Flatt, Benjamin Clouse, W. B. Gentry and J. W. Stone.
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http://www.osafreewillbaptist.org/historyminutesannual1879.html
Our History-Past Minutes
1879 Annual Association
The Delegates comprising the Fourteenth Anniversary of the Stone Association assembled at the Laurel Creek Church, Cumberland county, Tennessee on Friday, the 3d day of October ,a d., 1879.
After prayer by Elder John Kinnaird, the Introductory Sermon was preached by Elder John Brewster from the 15th Chapter of the Gospel recorded by St. John, and the first clause of the 5th verse, "I am the vine, ye are the branches."
The delegates from the different Churches being called, came forward and took their seats. The Association then proceeded to organize, by electing Elder Benjamin Clouse, Moderator, and Bro.R. L Gentry, Clerk. Letters from the different Churches were then called for and were read and received. The door to admit sister Churches as members of the Association was then opened, when there were two presented themselves by their delegates-T. C. Peek and John Brewster, duly appointed, and were received in due form, they having presented petitionary letters, which letters were read and received. On motion, the Association adjourned until 4 o'clock p. m.
Afternoon Session-Met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by the moderator, proceeded to business. Corresponding letters were called for,when
one from New Union Association of United Baptist was presented by its delegates, duly appointed, to wit: A. D. Jones, William Massa, J. H.Brannum, M.
Curtis, and W. H. Trammel, which letter was read and received, and the delegates invited to seats: that being present, came forward and took their seats. On motion, the Association adjourned until Saturday morning , 8 O'clock.
Saturday-The Association met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by Elder T. J. Clouse, proceeded to business. On motion, and in pursuance of Section 9 of the Declaration of Rights,there were appointed as Presbyters, Elders T. J. Clouse, John Brewster, Joseph A. Moyers, G. L. Moyers and John Stowers for the next associational year. On motion, the ministers were appointed to attend the several churches as pastors thereof, to-wit:
Antioch - Willis Bush and John Fuquay
Board Valley - Benjamin Clouse and E. Pennington
Blackburn's Fork - Jesse Allen and John Kinnard
Bethel - T. J. Clouse
Calf Killer - Benjamin Clouse
Caney Fork - E. Pennington and Lewis Howell
Crooked Creek -W. P. Brown and John Brewster
Cane Creek - Willis Bush and John Fuquay
Copeland Creek - G. L. Moyers, Joseph Moyers and john Stowers
Chapel Hill - Lewis Howell and Benjamin Clouse
Dodson's Branch - Jesse Allen and Nathan Judd
England Cove - E. Pennington and Benjamin Clouse
Highland - John Kinnard and J. J. Speck
High Rock - Mathias Judd and John Judd
Indian Creek - C. Alred and W. Y. Tinch
Laurel Creek - G. L. Moyers and Joseph A. Moyers
Liberty - W. B. Isbell
Macedonia - Nathan Judd and Mathias Judd
Mt. Pisgah - Joseph A. Moyers and John Brewster
Shady Grove - John Kinnard and J. J. Speck
Viola - T. J. Clouse and Mansfield Howell
Zion Hill, P. C. - Benjamin Clouse, Mansfield Howell and R. L. Gentry
Zion Hill, C. C. - Joseph A. Moyers and G. L. Moyers
Elder James A. Moyers, at his own request, was released from pastoral labor for the next associational year. Elder W. E. Smith, upon the report of the Board of Presbyters, was dismissed from the Association, and his credentials declared null and void. On motion, it was agreed that we have correspondence with New Union Association of United Baptist, and one Messenger from each Church from this
Association was appointed, to wit: John Fuquay, Benjamin Clouse, R. F. Pippin, Robert Horn, John A. Brown, John Brewster, James A. Moyers, Wm. Boisley, Lewis Howell, Jesse Allen, Wm. Emery, James Crabtree, Center Alred, G. L
Moyers, Joseph Whieaker, Jackson Lee, Jr: Joseph A. Moyers, Thomas Neal, R. L. Gentry, Mansfield Howell, John Judd, T. J. Clouse and W. B. Isbell, and that this Association send up a letter of correspondence to New Union Association, when convened with the Indian Creek Church, Dekalb County, Tenn., on Friday before the second Lord's Day in September, 1880.
On application of R. L. Gentry and J. J. Speck, and they being recommended as candidates for the Ministry, and being declared qualified by the Board of Presbyters, they were ordained to the office of Elder by prayer and the imposition of bonds. On motion, it was resolved that the next Association be held with Church at Zion Hill, Putnam County, Tennessee, commencing on Friday before the third Lords Day in October, 1880, and that Elder G. L. Moyers be appointed to preach the introductory sermon, and Elder Benjamin Clouse his alternate. Resolved, That the following be the form of letters of correspondence to the Annual Association, to wit:
We, the Christian Baptist Church of Christ, at________County, Tenn, to the Stone Association.
Dear Brethren: We have chosen our Messengers, _________, _________, _________ to represent us in your body. The statistics of our church are as follows: Increase by baptism ____ by letter ____, by restoration _____, Our decrease by letter ____, by death ____ by exclusion __ Total in Fellowship ______. Our day of meeting is the ___ Sabbath. We send contribution, $_____
_________________ Moderator, _________________Clerk.
Declaration Of Rights
Section 1. That all power of Church Government is inherent in the people and the Preachers, that is the churches; that they have a right through their representatives to establish, alter or amend their form of Church Government,
two-thirds agreeing thereto.
Sec. 2. That a Christian Church is a society of believers in Jesus Christ and is a divine institition, Christ Jesus being the head of the Church, and the Bible the only rule of faith and practice.
Sec. 3. That no rule of faith and doctrine shall ever be established in the Christian Baptist Church contrary to the Bible.
Sec. 4. No person who loves the Lord Jesus Christ and obeys the gospel should be deprived of church membership.
Sec. 5. Every man has an inalienable right to private judgement in matters of religion, and may speak freely of the same in a way that will not violate the law of
God, or the laws of his country, or the rights of his fellow-men.
Sec. 6. Church trials should be conducted on Gospel principles only, and no minister or member should be excommunicated except for immorality, or the propagation of unchristian doctrine, or neglect of duty enjoined by the word of God, or the rules of the church.
Sec. 7. The church has a right to form and enforce such rules and regulations only, as are in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, and may be necessary to carry into effect the great system of practical Christianity.
Sec. 8. There may be three grades of Associations established in the Christian Baptist Church. 1st.-The Monthly Association. 2d.- The Annual Association. 3d.-The General Association, all of which may be established by the rules of the church.
Sec. 9. The Annual Association has the right to elect Presbyters for the purpose, and with the power to ordain candidates to the ministry, and to pass upon and declare the credentials of any Minister not found worthy or qualified for the ministry, null and void.
Sec. 10. That the Church has the right to elect their leaders and delegates to the annual association. All the members are entitled to a vote in the elections and church trials.
Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of every church to elect two deacons and one clerk.
Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of each church to send up their delegates with letters to the Annual Association.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Annual Association to send to the general Association, delegates with corresponding letters in order.
Rules Of Decorum
We, the Christian Baptist Church of Christ, believing it to be our duty to convene ourselves together in an associated capacity, in order to set forth our principles, and also rules of decorum for the churches to be governed by in the future, the following rules shall be our decorum:
1st. - The Association shall be composed of the members chosen from sister Churches of the same faith and order.
2nd.-This Association shall be opened by prayer to Almighty God.
3rd.-One of the members of this Association shall be chosen to preside, who shall be addressed by the name of Brother Moderator, and to him every speech shall be directed, and he shall not have the liberty of discussing any subject
unless the chair is filled by someone else.
4th.-And we will have the liberty of choosing our own clerk, and there shall be a door open for sister churches into the Association.
5th.-No complaint shall be brought in the church against transgressing members until the aggreived party comply with the directions given by our Lord in St. Matt., 18th. Chap. 15, 16 and 17 verses.
6th,-Every motion made and seconded, shall come under the consideration of the Association unless withdrawn by those who made it.
7th.-If the minority are at any time grieved by the majority, they are hereby directed to make the same known immediately to the association, and if satisfaction cannot be attained, it may be necessary in that case to call help
from other associations.
8th.-If at any time the Association should deem it necessary to make amendments, it may be done provided two-thirds of the Association be in favor of it.
9th.-All the business of the Association shall be recorded by the clerk, and before the association rises, the same shall be read and corrected, if need be.
10th.-It shall be the duty of the delegates of the different churches, who have been elected, to bring up letters in order to the Annual Association.
11th.-It shall be the duty of the deacons of the churches to go to transgressing members, talk to them, admonish them, and they shall have until the second church meeting to make reconciliation. It may be the duty of the church to choose a committee to settle questions of aggreaved cases.
12th.-It shall be the duty of the deacons to advise the church to promote means to sustain their churches and preachers.
13th.-It shall be the duty of each minister on receiving members into the church, to ask the applicant the following questions; first, do you feel that you love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength? Second, are you a believer with all your heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Third, are you willing to walk in all his precepts?
14th.-It shall be the duty of all persons who become members of the Christian Baptist Church to attend the ordinance of Baptism.
15th.-Each Annual Association shall elect a Treasurer, whose duty it shall be to hold all the funds which shall come into the Treasury. There shall also at the same time be a clerk elected, whose duty is shall be to record all the business of said Treasury. All moneys paid into the Treasury shall be subject to the order of the Association.
16th.-It shall be the duty of the several churches of this Association to organize a Church Treasury in like manner to rule 15th, to defray Church expenses.
Articles Of Faith-Christian Baptist Church
Article 1.-We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word Of God, and the only rule of faith and practice.
Art. 2.-But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him, and the one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him. 1st Cor., 8 chap. And 6th verse.
Art. 3-We believe that man is unable to recover himself from the fallen state that he is in by reason of sin, only by the grace of God through the exercise of faith.
Art. 4.-We believe that baptism and the Lord's supper and the washing of saints feet are ordinances of Jesus Christ and that immersion is the only true baptism, not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Art. 5.-We believe that no minister has a right to administer these ordinances except such as are legally ordained.
Art. 6.-We believe in the Resurrection of the dead, and a general Judgement, the punishment of the wicked and the joys of the righteous are eternal.
Art. 7,-We receive no persons into the Christian Baptist Church of Christ only on the principle of their conversion.
Art. 8.-We believe that no persons are members of the Church of Christ, only those that have the witness within themselves.
Art. 9.-We believe that all the members of the Church of Christ have a right to the Sacrament table, upon the principle of their acceptance with Him, for St. Paul
says, "But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup." 1st Cor. ,11th chap. 28th verse.
Church Statistics
Increased By, Decreased By, Total
Church Delegates, Baptism Letter, Restored Letter, Excluded Death Members Contribution
Antioch Smith Bryant, George Rodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0.50
Board Valley Benj Clouse, F. S. Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 1.00
Blackmans Fork Lafeyette Byers, D.G. Bradford 12 0 0 0 1 0 90 1.80
Bethel T. C. Peek 45 0 0 0 0 0 45 0.75
Calf Killer T. J. Clouse 11 1 0 0 0 1 64 1.00
Caney Fork Taylor Hudgens 3 0 0 0 0 3 40 0.60
Crooked Creek John Brewster 0 1 0 0 8 0 46 0.20
Cane Creek Jas. A. Moyers, J. L. Welch 11 1 0 0 1 1 75 1.20
Copeland Creek Wm. Boisley, Benj. Clouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.50
Chapel Hill 7 0 0 0 2 1 97 0.95
Dodsons Branch
England Cove Elijah England, John Dubois 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0.50
Highrock 6 0 0 1 0 0 47 0.50
Highland J. J. Speck 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.35
Indian Creek John Brewster 0 2 0 3 1 0 20
Laurel Creek Jas. A. Moyers, Wm. Brewer 0 1 0 2 0 1 28 1.70
Liberty John Brewster 0 15 0 0 0 0 15
Macedonia 9 0 0 0 0 0 34 0.25
Mount Pisgah John Judd 1 0 1 0 1 1 26 0.20
Shady Grove E. H. Henry 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 0.70
Viola J. L. Gentry, N. L. Crawley 2 5 0 0 0 0 27 0.90
Zion Hill P.C. J. V. Martin, A. W. Tilley 1 0 0 0 2 5 122 1.00
Zion Hill C.C. Jas. E. Vanwinkle, G. L. Moyers 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.60
Totals
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111 76 1 6 16 15 1091 15.20
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Age 58 years
Born on 1 January 1837 in Cedar Creek, White Co., Tenn.
Married Unetta Zina Bumbalough b Mar. 13, 1839 d. Aug. 6, 1918 (Daughter of Isaac Sylvester Bumbalough and Margaret Sparks) in 1858 in White Co.
Father: Thomas James (or Jefferson) CLOUSE, Sr. b: 8 JAN 1801 in Washington CO, TN
Mother:
Married Eunetta "Zina" BUMBALOUGH b: 18 MAR 1839 in Tn
Married: BEF. 1858 in White Co., Tn
Children
- Sadie CLOUSE
- John Newton "Newt" CLOUSE b: 19 NOV 1858
- William Jasper "Jas" CLOUSE b: 19 NOV 1858 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Crockett Simpson "Simp" CLOUSE b: 29 OCT 1861 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Lenard Winchester "Ches" CLOUSE b: 22 SEP 1864 in Board Valley, Putnam Co., Tn
- Amanda E. CLOUSE b: 15 DEC 1867 in Dry Valley, Tn
- Mary Magdalene CLOUSE b: MAY 1870
- Sarah Elzadie "Zada" CLOUSE b: 9 JUL 1872
- Thomas F. CLOUSE b: ABT. 1875 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Robert Lee CLOUSE b: 31 JUL 1878 in White Co., Tn
- James Garfield "Gar" CLOUSE b: FEB 1881
- Isaac Winfield CLOUSE b: 29 AUG 1883
- Wynne F. CLOUSE b: ABT. 1884
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Children of Thomas Jefferson Clouse and Unetta Zin Bumbalough are
Wynne F. Clouse b. 1884 (married Linnie Shine Dowel on Dec. 23, 1907 in TN) d. 1944 in Franklin, Williamson Co., TN, buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. Occupation was US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923., 1921
Sadie Clouse, married S. L. Hudgens
William Jasper Clouse b. Nov. 19, 1858 in Putnam
John Newton Clouse b. Nov. 19, 1858 (married Mary Sehon July 8, 1900) d. Apr. 4, 1935 in Putnam Co. TN, buried at Whittaker Cemetery in Putnam, Grandchildren from marriage are
- Fred Clouse
- Hattie Bell Clouse b. May 2, 1886
- Grace Clouse b. 1889
- Sallie Lea Clouse b. 1891
- John Edburn Clouse b. May 16, 1892
- Ola C. Clouse b. 1895
- Franklin Sehon Clouse b. Jul. 8, 1900, d. Aug. 24, 1961, Putnum Co., buried at Whitaker Cemetery
Crockett Simpson Clouse b. Oct. 29, 1861 (married Famey Catherine Long in 1884 in TN) d. Mar. 19, 1939 in Board Valley, Grandchildren of marriage are
- Ella Nora Clouse b. Dec. 4, 1884
- Charles Clouse b. Mar. 31, 1886
- Isaac Alonzo Clouse b. Sept. 5, 1888
- Thomas H. Clouse b. Feb. 20, 1890
- Dora Clouse b. Feb. 3, 1893
- John Lester Clouse b. Oct. 13, 1894
- Flora Eunetta Clouse b. Jul. 14, 1896
- Annie M. Clouse b. May 9, 1898
- Sadie Clouse b. Feb. 12, 1900
- Bertha Clouse b. May 11, 1903
Leonard Chester Clouse b. Sept. 22, 1864 (married Mattie Finley) d. Nov. 25 1919 in Board Valley, Grandchildren from marriage are
- Claude Lee Clouse b. 1902 d. 1961
- Ethel May Clouse b. 1904 d. 1986
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Amanda E. Clouse b. Dec. 15, 1867 d. Nov. 2, 1947 in TN (married Joseph C. Lee), Grandchildren from marriage are
- Ester Lee
Mary Magdalene Clouse b. May 1870 in Jackson, TN d. 1935 in Fla., (married Isaac Daniel Jaquess)
- Margaret Flossie Jaquess
- Mary Jaquess
- Leonard Fred Jaquess
Sarah Elzadie Clouse b. July 9, 1871 (married Seth Hudgens about 1888)
Thomas F. Clouse b. 1875 (married Pearl Ewing in 1901 in Davidson Co. TN) d. 1930, Granchildren of marriage are
- Ewing Clouse
Robert Lee Clouse b. July 31, 1878 (married Bertha Jane Brown on Jan. 28, 1905 in TN) d. May 3, 1939, Putnam ,TN, buried at Alice Clouse Stone Seminary: Putnam #10388
James Garfield Clouse b. Feb. 1881 (married Della E. Swift in Putnam Co. TN Della was born in 1886 in TN and died in Hardee Co., FL.)
He and Della Emily Swift had 7 children. They are:
1 b-1909 Alberta d-at birth
2 b-Jun 24 1910 James Earl d-1964
3 b-Nov 19 1912 Loretta Jewell d-1992
4 b-Oct 27 1916 Ivor Jareline (Jerry)
5 b-Jan 7 1920 Eschol Wynn d-2008
6 b-June 6 1922 Valeria Pearl d-June 21, 2011
7 b-Feb 7 1926 Edward Ray d-1946
Isaac Winfield Clouse b. Aug. 29, 1883
Note:
From the book "A Book of Remembrance of The Clouse Family Descendants of George Clouse, I" Compiled and Edited by Prietta Clouse Franklin, Cookeville, Tennessee 38501:
"Thomas, Jr.'s father moved from the Cedar Creek area when Thomas was a very small boy, and settled in the 11th District on a land entry on the mountain between the Little Caney Fork and the Calfkiller Rivers. This land was entered October 16, 1839. He lived there when the census of 1840 of White County was taken.
Little Thomas' mother died when he was ten years old. His oldest half-brother Charles Lee was born March 16, 1848, when Thomas was eleven years old. His step-mother was Euphanna (Isom) Long, a widow with two small sons. George who was born about 1840 and Lewis "Tip" who was born about 1843. These children grew up together in the same household, and it is interesting to note that many years later Thomas's son Simp married a daughter of Tip Long. Her name was Fanie Catherine Long.
Thomas was married to Eunetta "Una" Bumbalough, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Bumbalough. She was born March 18, 1839. She was of a large family. It may be good to include other members of her family at this time due to the fact that there are so many connections with the Bumbalough and Clouse families. Rhoda Jane born c1837 and married Benjamin Weaver. Lee Ann born c1840 who married Freelin Roberson. William J. born c1843 and married Mary Holman. Levi S. born c1848 and married Betsy Clouse who was a niece of Thomas Clouse. Jesse Sewell born Feb. 22, 1850 married Eliza ????. Elijah W. born December 10, 1852 who married Rachel Pennington a daughter of Emery and Juliann Pennington. James Wesley "Jim" born March 21, 1859 and married Tabitha Kinnard. Norman and Dona who married Arollas Randolph.
Thomas was ordained to preach in White County, Tennessee when a young man, and his life was spent as a Baptist Minister. Then came the Civil War. He was strongly opposed to slavery and often preached openly against it. In late December 1862, Thomas was holding a revival on the Calfkiller River. He was in the pulpit when the Guerillas came into the church and took him. They took him to Murfreesboro, arriving there December 31, 1862 at the Battle of the Stones River. He somehow managed to escape and made his way to the Union forces where he joined them. He worked in the hospitals and served as Union Army Chaplain throughout Kentucky and Ohio until the end of the war.
He left three small Sons when he was taken away to the war. Twin sons, John Newton and William Jasper were born November 19, 1859 and Crockett Simpson "Simp" was born October 29, 1861. Thomas arrived at Stones River on the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. He only made one trip home during the time of the war. he came home and Aunt Una was cooking a meal for him. She became scared that he might be found, so she asked him to find a cave in which to hide out and she would carry his food to him. He hid out there for about two weeks and returned to the Union Army. Only a few minutes after he had left the guerillas came looking for him. He barely escaped. Ne never returned home again until the end of the war.
As the war raged throughout the Southland, the enemy soldiers and guerillas were a constant threat to the families the men had left behind. One night while Thomas was away and his wife was all alone with her three small sons, suddenly there was a big lumbering noise on the front porch of her home. Of course she was sure that she was being invaded by the plundering soldiers. She called "Who is there?". No one answered, but the noise continued. So she quickly took the long fire poker and stuck it into the huge fireplace letting it become red hot. She then quietly slipped to the door, threw open the door and rammed the red hot poker at the first thing that moved. Her milk cow bawled and bellowed and scrambled off the porch.
Thomas Clouse's home was in the upper end of the Board Valley in Putnam County. He built his home there from one huge tree. It was not uncommon to see trees nine feet in diameter in that country at that time. It is said that Thomas and Greene Selby cut the tree and rolled the log to the sawmill. This house is still standing and is in fair condition. It is my hope it will be restored and kept in its original style. Many fond memories are enjoyed by descendants of his as they remember grandfather and grandmother. Three generations have lived their lives in this house. The few of his grandchildren whose are still living tell of how there was a grist mill there at the big spring that flowed out of the mountain side where the people in the area carried their corn to the mill. He also ran a blacksmith shop and a store. It was a lively place in those days. Kelly Hall, who is now 89 years old and who married the oldest daughter of Thomas's son Simp tells how he remembers how he used to carry a turn of corn on his back to Tom Clouse's mill when he was a small boy.
He also continued his preaching after he returned from the War. He rode horseback and preached throughout the Cumberland area. He at one time owned a large farm in the Dry Valley which is now the Clarence Bartlett place and lived there for a few years. The community was called Goffton at the time. He rode horseback from the Dry Valley and held a meeting at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He also rode a horse and pastored a church in Nashville, Tennessee according his grandson Beecher Lee.
On July 18, 1872 his father died. He was buried in the old cemetery that was on his farm at what was known as Possum Trot. On February 3, 1879 his sons made a deed to their step-mother Margaret (Eller) Clouse Bumbalough for their interest of their father's estate. She had remarried to Francis Marion Bumbalough. He was Unetta's Uncle. Three years later Thomas bought the 371 acres of land formerly owned by his father. Deed dated February 20, 1882. On October 26, 1889 Thomas sold the 371 acres to W. J. Bumbalough, who was Eunett's brother. He exempted two acres for the cemetery and a right-of-way thereto. The original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and a new deed was issued by the heirs of Thomas J. Clouse, Jr. on May 13, 1889.
One Sunday morning in November 1895 he filled his regular appointment at the Farley's Seminary and walked home with the Joseph Dowell family for lunch. (His youngest son Wynne later married a daughter of Joseph Dowell). Linnie Dowell Clouse told me the story of the way she remembered it. She remembered as they walked home that he picked up some hickory nuts and ate a few while dinner was being prepared. Very soon he became seriously ill and fast riders were sent to bring his family and one went to Sparta to get a doctor. The doctor arrived the next morning, but as the doctor asked him where his pain was, he raised his hand to show him, it fell to his chest, and he was gone. Thomas Clouse had gone at not quite 59 years. He died November 11, 1895. He was buried in what was to become the Clouse Cemetery. He had just a short time before given a tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He was the second person to be buried there.
Aunt Eunetta died August 6, 1918, having survived her husband by twenty-three years. She was seventy-nine years old. Her son Lee Clouse, who purchased the old homeplace of his father, continued to live there until March 10, 1924. He then sold the land to Alonzo Clouse who was a son of Simp Clouse son of Thomas. He then lived there the remainder of his life and died there July 18, 1941 at the age of fifty-three. His widow, known as "Aunt Fannie" continued to live there and reared her large family and died at the age of sixty-seven. After her death, her son James Edward "Edd" purchased the land from the other heirs and the old homeplace so fondly remembered is still owned by a descendant of Thomas Clouse, Jr. This farm has now been in the family for over one hundred years.
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I have seen some family trees that show Thomas's mother to be Thaney. This conflicts with information that I have found in other places. Just to note one source, The TN Genealogical Magazine "Ansearchin" News Vol. 30 Fall 1983 Issue #3, in the Article on the Families of White Co. TN in 1860, page 135, Thomas Clouse's family is listed under property 1206-1191. Thomas Clouse is listed as 22 years old and married to Unita. In the note that was added by the contributor, it says that Thomas Jr. was the son of Thomas Sr. and Thaney Clouse. This url can be found at
http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1983-3.pdf
1206-1191 Thomas CLOUSE 22 TN. farmer. Unita
[b 13 Mar 1839]. Wm J. 1. John A. 1. (They also
had Crockett Simpson b 29 Oct 1861. Thomas
J. was a son of Thomas & Thaney Clouse &
Unita was a dau of Isaac BRUMBALOUGH & Margaret
JACKSON.)
From Cookeville Press
CLOUSE, T. J.: Rev. T. J. Clouse, of Board Valley, died Monday night. He was taken violently ill Sunday and sank rapidly. Bro. Clouse was a most excellent gentleman and a good preacher. His presence will be greatly missed in his community. [Date 11/14/1895, Vol. IX, No. 3, Page 5]
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:
"Thomas, Jr.'s father moved from the Cedar Creek area when Thomas was a very small boy, and settled in the 11th District on a land entry on the mountain between the Little Caney Fork and the Calfkiller Rivers. This land was entered October 16, 1839. He lived there when the census of 1840 of White County was taken.
Little Thomas' mother died when he was ten years old. His oldest half-brother Charles Lee was born March 16, 1848, when Thomas was eleven years old. His step-mother was Euphanna (Isom) Long, a widow with two small sons. George who was born about 1840 and Lewis "Tip" who was born about 1843. These children grew up together in the same household, and it is interesting to note that many years later Thomas's son Simp married a daughter of Tip Long. Her name was Fanie Catherine Long.
Thomas was married to Eunetta "Una" Bumbalough, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Bumbalough. She was born March 18, 1839. She was of a large family. It may be good to include other members of her family at this time due to the fact that there are so many connections with the Bumbalough and Clouse families. Rhoda Jane born c1837 and married Benjamin Weaver. Lee Ann born c1840 who married Freelin Roberson. William J. born c1843 and married Mary Holman. Levi S. born c1848 and married Betsy Clouse who was a niece of Thomas Clouse. Jesse Sewell born Feb. 22, 1850 married Eliza ????. Elijah W. born December 10, 1852 who married Rachel Pennington a daughter of Emery and Juliann Pennington. James Wesley "Jim" born March 21, 1859 and married Tabitha Kinnard. Norman and Dona who married Arollas Randolph.
Thomas was ordained to preach in White County, Tennessee when a young man, and his life was spent as a Baptist Minister. Then came the Civil War. He was strongly opposed to slavery and often preached openly against it. In late December 1862, Thomas was holding a revival on the Calfkiller River. He was in the pulpit when the Guerillas came into the church and took him. They took him to Murfreesboro, arriving there December 31, 1862 at the Battle of the Stones River. He somehow managed to escape and made his way to the Union forces where he joined them. He worked in the hospitals and served as Union Army Chaplain throughout Kentucky and Ohio until the end of the war.
He left three small Sons when he was taken away to the war. Twin sons, John Newton and William Jasper were born November 19, 1859 and Crockett Simpson "Simp" was born October 29, 1861. Thomas arrived at Stones River on the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. He only made one trip home during the time of the war. he came home and Aunt Una was cooking a meal for him. She became scared that he might be found, so she asked him to find a cave in which to hide out and she would carry his food to him. He hid out there for about two weeks and returned to the Union Army. Only a few minutes after he had left the guerillas came looking for him. He barely escaped. Ne never returned home again until the end of the war.
As the war raged throughout the Southland, the enemy soldiers and guerillas were a constant threat to the families the men had left behind. One night while Thomas was away and his wife was all alone with her three small sons, suddenly there was a big lumbering noise on the front porch of her home. Of course she was sure that she was being invaded by the plundering soldiers. She called "Who is there?". No one answered, but the noise continued. So she quickly took the long fire poker and stuck it into the huge fireplace letting it become red hot. She then quietly slipped to the door, threw open the door and rammed the red hot poker at the first thing that moved. Her milk cow bawled and bellowed and scrambled off the porch.
Thomas Clouse's home was in the upper end of the Board Valley in Putnam County. He built his home there from one huge tree. It was not uncommon to see trees nine feet in diameter in that country at that time. It is said that Thomas and Greene Selby cut the tree and rolled the log to the sawmill. This house is still standing and is in fair condition. It is my hope it will be restored and kept in its original style. Many fond memories are enjoyed by descendants of his as they remember grandfather and grandmother. Three generations have lived their lives in this house. The few of his grandchildren whose are still living tell of how there was a grist mill there at the big spring that flowed out of the mountain side where the people in the area carried their corn to the mill. He also ran a blacksmith shop and a store. It was a lively place in those days. Kelly Hall, who is now 89 years old and who married the oldest daughter of Thomas's son Simp tells how he remembers how he used to carry a turn of corn on his back to Tom Clouse's mill when he was a small boy.
He also continued his preaching after he returned from the War. He rode horseback and preached throughout the Cumberland area. He at one time owned a large farm in the Dry Valley which is now the Clarence Bartlett place and lived there for a few years. The community was called Goffton at the time. He rode horseback from the Dry Valley and held a meeting at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He also rode a horse and pastored a church in Nashville, Tennessee according his grandson Beecher Lee.
On July 18, 1872 his father died. He was buried in the old cemetery that was on his farm at what was known as Possum Trot. On February 3, 1879 his sons made a deed to their step-mother Margaret (Eller) Clouse Bumbalough for their interest of their father's estate. She had remarried to Francis Marion Bumbalough. He was Unetta's Uncle. Three years later Thomas bought the 371 acres of land formerly owned by his father. Deed dated February 20, 1882. On October 26, 1889 Thomas sold the 371 acres to W.J. Bumbalough, who was Eunett's brother. He exempted two acres for the cemetery and a right-of-way thereto. The original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and a new deed was issued by the heirs of Thomas J. Clouse, Jr. on May 13, 1889.
One Sunday morning in November 1895 he filled his regular appointment at the Farley's Seminary and walked home with the Joseph Dowell family for lunch. (His youngest son Wynne later married a daughter of Joseph Dowell). Linnie Dowell Clouse told me the story of the way she remembered it. She remembered as they walked home that he picked up some hickory nuts and ate a few while dinner was being prepared. Very soon he became seriously ill and fast riders were sent to bring his family and one went to Sparta to get a doctor. The doctor arrived the next morning, but as the doctor asked him where his paid was, he raised his hand to show him, it fell to his chest, and he was gone. Thomas Clouse had gone at not quite 59 years. He died November 11, 1895. He was buried in what was to become the Clouse Cemetery. He had just a short time before given a tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He was the second person to be buried there.
Aunt Eunetta died August 6, 1918, having survived her husband by twenty-three years. She was seventy-nine years old. Her son Lee Clouse, who purchased the old homeplace of his father, continued to live there until March 10, 1924. He then sold the land to Alonzo Clouse who was a son of Simp Clouse son of Thomas. He then lived there the remainder of his life and died there July 18, 1941 at the age of fifty-three. His widow, known as "Aunt Fannie" continued to live there and reared her large family and died at the age of sixty-seven. After her death, her son James Edward "Edd" purchased the land from the other heirs and the old homeplace so fondly remembered is still owned by a descendant of Thomas Clouse, Jr. This farm has now been in the family for over one hundred years.
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The following church history was written by the late Judge Ernest Houston Boyd Sr. as part of a series of historical articles in the Putnam County Herald. It was published December 31,1953. The articles were compiled by Christine Spivey Jones into a book called Nuggets of Putnam County History.
The Free Union Baptist congregation is one of the oldest Baptist congregations in Putnam County. Its church building is located on the head of Martin's Creek, in the 18th District of Putnam County.
From 1865 until 1918 this was a Christian Baptist congregation, but since 1918 it has been affiliated with the Missionary Baptist denomination.
In the early history of the Free Union Church it was a large congregation, but on account of the building of other churches and the organization of new congregations in the section in which this church is located, its present membership is much smaller than it was in former years. This is also, partly due to deaths and removal from the community of a number of families active in this church in former years.
In its early history, when the congregation was a large one, the annual sessions of the Stone Christian Baptist Association were frequently held at this church.
The old minutes of that Association show that both the 1891 and 1892 annual sessions of that Association were held with the Free Union Church. It seldomhappen in the history of that Association that a second annual session of the
Association, in succession, was held at the same church.
Among the pioneer families of that section actively identified with the Free Union Church in its early history were the Gillen, Carrington, Rodgers and Brown families.
Among the early pastors of this church were T. J. Clouse, J. L. Kinnaird, F. M. Flatt, Benjamin Clouse, W. B. Gentry and J. W. Stone.
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http://www.osafreewillbaptist.org/historyminutesannual1879.html
Our History-Past Minutes
1879 Annual Association
The Delegates comprising the Fourteenth Anniversary of the Stone Association assembled at the Laurel Creek Church, Cumberland county, Tennessee on Friday, the 3d day of October ,a d., 1879.
After prayer by Elder John Kinnaird, the Introductory Sermon was preached by Elder John Brewster from the 15th Chapter of the Gospel recorded by St. John, and the first clause of the 5th verse, "I am the vine, ye are the branches."
The delegates from the different Churches being called, came forward and took their seats. The Association then proceeded to organize, by electing Elder Benjamin Clouse, Moderator, and Bro.R. L Gentry, Clerk. Letters from the different Churches were then called for and were read and received. The door to admit sister Churches as members of the Association was then opened, when there were two presented themselves by their delegates-T. C. Peek and John Brewster, duly appointed, and were received in due form, they having presented petitionary letters, which letters were read and received. On motion, the Association adjourned until 4 o'clock p. m.
Afternoon Session-Met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by the moderator, proceeded to business. Corresponding letters were called for,when
one from New Union Association of United Baptist was presented by its delegates, duly appointed, to wit: A. D. Jones, William Massa, J. H.Brannum, M.
Curtis, and W. H. Trammel, which letter was read and received, and the delegates invited to seats: that being present, came forward and took their seats. On motion, the Association adjourned until Saturday morning , 8 O'clock.
Saturday-The Association met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by Elder T. J. Clouse, proceeded to business. On motion, and in pursuance of Section 9 of the Declaration of Rights,there were appointed as Presbyters, Elders T. J. Clouse, John Brewster, Joseph A. Moyers, G. L. Moyers and John Stowers for the next associational year. On motion, the ministers were appointed to attend the several churches as pastors thereof, to-wit:
Antioch - Willis Bush and John Fuquay
Board Valley - Benjamin Clouse and E. Pennington
Blackburn's Fork - Jesse Allen and John Kinnard
Bethel - T. J. Clouse
Calf Killer - Benjamin Clouse
Caney Fork - E. Pennington and Lewis Howell
Crooked Creek -W. P. Brown and John Brewster
Cane Creek - Willis Bush and John Fuquay
Copeland Creek - G. L. Moyers, Joseph Moyers and john Stowers
Chapel Hill - Lewis Howell and Benjamin Clouse
Dodson's Branch - Jesse Allen and Nathan Judd
England Cove - E. Pennington and Benjamin Clouse
Highland - John Kinnard and J. J. Speck
High Rock - Mathias Judd and John Judd
Indian Creek - C. Alred and W. Y. Tinch
Laurel Creek - G. L. Moyers and Joseph A. Moyers
Liberty - W. B. Isbell
Macedonia - Nathan Judd and Mathias Judd
Mt. Pisgah - Joseph A. Moyers and John Brewster
Shady Grove - John Kinnard and J. J. Speck
Viola - T. J. Clouse and Mansfield Howell
Zion Hill, P. C. - Benjamin Clouse, Mansfield Howell and R. L. Gentry
Zion Hill, C. C. - Joseph A. Moyers and G. L. Moyers
Elder James A. Moyers, at his own request, was released from pastoral labor for the next associational year. Elder W. E. Smith, upon the report of the Board of Presbyters, was dismissed from the Association, and his credentials declared null and void. On motion, it was agreed that we have correspondence with New Union Association of United Baptist, and one Messenger from each Church from this
Association was appointed, to wit: John Fuquay, Benjamin Clouse, R. F. Pippin, Robert Horn, John A. Brown, John Brewster, James A. Moyers, Wm. Boisley, Lewis Howell, Jesse Allen, Wm. Emery, James Crabtree, Center Alred, G. L
Moyers, Joseph Whieaker, Jackson Lee, Jr: Joseph A. Moyers, Thomas Neal, R. L. Gentry, Mansfield Howell, John Judd, T. J. Clouse and W. B. Isbell, and that this Association send up a letter of correspondence to New Union Association, when convened with the Indian Creek Church, Dekalb County, Tenn., on Friday before the second Lord's Day in September, 1880.
On application of R. L. Gentry and J. J. Speck, and they being recommended as candidates for the Ministry, and being declared qualified by the Board of Presbyters, they were ordained to the office of Elder by prayer and the imposition of bonds. On motion, it was resolved that the next Association be held with Church at Zion Hill, Putnam County, Tennessee, commencing on Friday before the third Lords Day in October, 1880, and that Elder G. L. Moyers be appointed to preach the introductory sermon, and Elder Benjamin Clouse his alternate. Resolved, That the following be the form of letters of correspondence to the Annual Association, to wit:
We, the Christian Baptist Church of Christ, at________County, Tenn, to the Stone Association.
Dear Brethren: We have chosen our Messengers, _________, _________, _________ to represent us in your body. The statistics of our church are as follows: Increase by baptism ____ by letter ____, by restoration _____, Our decrease by letter ____, by death ____ by exclusion __ Total in Fellowship ______. Our day of meeting is the ___ Sabbath. We send contribution, $_____
_________________ Moderator, _________________Clerk.
Declaration Of Rights
Section 1. That all power of Church Government is inherent in the people and the Preachers, that is the churches; that they have a right through their representatives to establish, alter or amend their form of Church Government,
two-thirds agreeing thereto.
Sec. 2. That a Christian Church is a society of believers in Jesus Christ and is a divine institition, Christ Jesus being the head of the Church, and the Bible the only rule of faith and practice.
Sec. 3. That no rule of faith and doctrine shall ever be established in the Christian Baptist Church contrary to the Bible.
Sec. 4. No person who loves the Lord Jesus Christ and obeys the gospel should be deprived of church membership.
Sec. 5. Every man has an inalienable right to private judgement in matters of religion, and may speak freely of the same in a way that will not violate the law of
God, or the laws of his country, or the rights of his fellow-men.
Sec. 6. Church trials should be conducted on Gospel principles only, and no minister or member should be excommunicated except for immorality, or the propagation of unchristian doctrine, or neglect of duty enjoined by the word of God, or the rules of the church.
Sec. 7. The church has a right to form and enforce such rules and regulations only, as are in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, and may be necessary to carry into effect the great system of practical Christianity.
Sec. 8. There may be three grades of Associations established in the Christian Baptist Church. 1st.-The Monthly Association. 2d.- The Annual Association. 3d.-The General Association, all of which may be established by the rules of the church.
Sec. 9. The Annual Association has the right to elect Presbyters for the purpose, and with the power to ordain candidates to the ministry, and to pass upon and declare the credentials of any Minister not found worthy or qualified for the ministry, null and void.
Sec. 10. That the Church has the right to elect their leaders and delegates to the annual association. All the members are entitled to a vote in the elections and church trials.
Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of every church to elect two deacons and one clerk.
Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of each church to send up their delegates with letters to the Annual Association.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Annual Association to send to the general Association, delegates with corresponding letters in order.
Rules Of Decorum
We, the Christian Baptist Church of Christ, believing it to be our duty to convene ourselves together in an associated capacity, in order to set forth our principles, and also rules of decorum for the churches to be governed by in the future, the following rules shall be our decorum:
1st. - The Association shall be composed of the members chosen from sister Churches of the same faith and order.
2nd.-This Association shall be opened by prayer to Almighty God.
3rd.-One of the members of this Association shall be chosen to preside, who shall be addressed by the name of Brother Moderator, and to him every speech shall be directed, and he shall not have the liberty of discussing any subject
unless the chair is filled by someone else.
4th.-And we will have the liberty of choosing our own clerk, and there shall be a door open for sister churches into the Association.
5th.-No complaint shall be brought in the church against transgressing members until the aggreived party comply with the directions given by our Lord in St. Matt., 18th. Chap. 15, 16 and 17 verses.
6th,-Every motion made and seconded, shall come under the consideration of the Association unless withdrawn by those who made it.
7th.-If the minority are at any time grieved by the majority, they are hereby directed to make the same known immediately to the association, and if satisfaction cannot be attained, it may be necessary in that case to call help
from other associations.
8th.-If at any time the Association should deem it necessary to make amendments, it may be done provided two-thirds of the Association be in favor of it.
9th.-All the business of the Association shall be recorded by the clerk, and before the association rises, the same shall be read and corrected, if need be.
10th.-It shall be the duty of the delegates of the different churches, who have been elected, to bring up letters in order to the Annual Association.
11th.-It shall be the duty of the deacons of the churches to go to transgressing members, talk to them, admonish them, and they shall have until the second church meeting to make reconciliation. It may be the duty of the church to choose a committee to settle questions of aggreaved cases.
12th.-It shall be the duty of the deacons to advise the church to promote means to sustain their churches and preachers.
13th.-It shall be the duty of each minister on receiving members into the church, to ask the applicant the following questions; first, do you feel that you love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength? Second, are you a believer with all your heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Third, are you willing to walk in all his precepts?
14th.-It shall be the duty of all persons who become members of the Christian Baptist Church to attend the ordinance of Baptism.
15th.-Each Annual Association shall elect a Treasurer, whose duty it shall be to hold all the funds which shall come into the Treasury. There shall also at the same time be a clerk elected, whose duty is shall be to record all the business of said Treasury. All moneys paid into the Treasury shall be subject to the order of the Association.
16th.-It shall be the duty of the several churches of this Association to organize a Church Treasury in like manner to rule 15th, to defray Church expenses.
Articles Of Faith-Christian Baptist Church
Article 1.-We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word Of God, and the only rule of faith and practice.
Art. 2.-But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him, and the one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him. 1st Cor., 8 chap. And 6th verse.
Art. 3-We believe that man is unable to recover himself from the fallen state that he is in by reason of sin, only by the grace of God through the exercise of faith.
Art. 4.-We believe that baptism and the Lord's supper and the washing of saints feet are ordinances of Jesus Christ and that immersion is the only true baptism, not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Art. 5.-We believe that no minister has a right to administer these ordinances except such as are legally ordained.
Art. 6.-We believe in the Resurrection of the dead, and a general Judgement, the punishment of the wicked and the joys of the righteous are eternal.
Art. 7,-We receive no persons into the Christian Baptist Church of Christ only on the principle of their conversion.
Art. 8.-We believe that no persons are members of the Church of Christ, only those that have the witness within themselves.
Art. 9.-We believe that all the members of the Church of Christ have a right to the Sacrament table, upon the principle of their acceptance with Him, for St. Paul
says, "But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup." 1st Cor. ,11th chap. 28th verse.
Church Statistics
Increased By, Decreased By, Total
Church Delegates, Baptism Letter, Restored Letter, Excluded Death Members Contribution
Antioch Smith Bryant, George Rodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0.50
Board Valley Benj Clouse, F. S. Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 1.00
Blackmans Fork Lafeyette Byers, D.G. Bradford 12 0 0 0 1 0 90 1.80
Bethel T. C. Peek 45 0 0 0 0 0 45 0.75
Calf Killer T. J. Clouse 11 1 0 0 0 1 64 1.00
Caney Fork Taylor Hudgens 3 0 0 0 0 3 40 0.60
Crooked Creek John Brewster 0 1 0 0 8 0 46 0.20
Cane Creek Jas. A. Moyers, J. L. Welch 11 1 0 0 1 1 75 1.20
Copeland Creek Wm. Boisley, Benj. Clouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.50
Chapel Hill 7 0 0 0 2 1 97 0.95
Dodsons Branch
England Cove Elijah England, John Dubois 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0.50
Highrock 6 0 0 1 0 0 47 0.50
Highland J. J. Speck 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.35
Indian Creek John Brewster 0 2 0 3 1 0 20
Laurel Creek Jas. A. Moyers, Wm. Brewer 0 1 0 2 0 1 28 1.70
Liberty John Brewster 0 15 0 0 0 0 15
Macedonia 9 0 0 0 0 0 34 0.25
Mount Pisgah John Judd 1 0 1 0 1 1 26 0.20
Shady Grove E. H. Henry 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 0.70
Viola J. L. Gentry, N. L. Crawley 2 5 0 0 0 0 27 0.90
Zion Hill P.C. J. V. Martin, A. W. Tilley 1 0 0 0 2 5 122 1.00
Zion Hill C.C. Jas. E. Vanwinkle, G. L. Moyers 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.60
Totals
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111 76 1 6 16 15 1091 15.20
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Age 58 years
Born on 1 January 1837 in Cedar Creek, White Co., Tenn.
Married Unetta Zina Bumbalough b Mar. 13, 1839 d. Aug. 6, 1918 (Daughter of Isaac Sylvester Bumbalough and Margaret Sparks) in 1858 in White Co.
Father: Thomas James (or Jefferson) CLOUSE, Sr. b: 8 JAN 1801 in Washington CO, TN
Mother:
Married Eunetta "Zina" BUMBALOUGH b: 18 MAR 1839 in Tn
Married: BEF. 1858 in White Co., Tn
Children
- Sadie CLOUSE
- John Newton "Newt" CLOUSE b: 19 NOV 1858
- William Jasper "Jas" CLOUSE b: 19 NOV 1858 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Crockett Simpson "Simp" CLOUSE b: 29 OCT 1861 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Lenard Winchester "Ches" CLOUSE b: 22 SEP 1864 in Board Valley, Putnam Co., Tn
- Amanda E. CLOUSE b: 15 DEC 1867 in Dry Valley, Tn
- Mary Magdalene CLOUSE b: MAY 1870
- Sarah Elzadie "Zada" CLOUSE b: 9 JUL 1872
- Thomas F. CLOUSE b: ABT. 1875 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Robert Lee CLOUSE b: 31 JUL 1878 in White Co., Tn
- James Garfield "Gar" CLOUSE b: FEB 1881
- Isaac Winfield CLOUSE b: 29 AUG 1883
- Wynne F. CLOUSE b: ABT. 1884
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Children of Thomas Jefferson Clouse and Unetta Zin Bumbalough are
Wynne F. Clouse b. 1884 (married Linnie Shine Dowel on Dec. 23, 1907 in TN) d. 1944 in Franklin, Williamson Co., TN, buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. Occupation was US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923., 1921
Sadie Clouse, married S. L. Hudgens
William Jasper Clouse b. Nov. 19, 1858 in Putnam
John Newton Clouse b. Nov. 19, 1858 (married Mary Sehon July 8, 1900) d. Apr. 4, 1935 in Putnam Co. TN, buried at Whittaker Cemetery in Putnam, Grandchildren from marriage are
- Fred Clouse
- Hattie Bell Clouse b. May 2, 1886
- Grace Clouse b. 1889
- Sallie Lea Clouse b. 1891
- John Edburn Clouse b. May 16, 1892
- Ola C. Clouse b. 1895
- Franklin Sehon Clouse b. Jul. 8, 1900, d. Aug. 24, 1961, Putnum Co., buried at Whitaker Cemetery
Crockett Simpson Clouse b. Oct. 29, 1861 (married Famey Catherine Long in 1884 in TN) d. Mar. 19, 1939 in Board Valley, Grandchildren of marriage are
- Ella Nora Clouse b. Dec. 4, 1884
- Charles Clouse b. Mar. 31, 1886
- Isaac Alonzo Clouse b. Sept. 5, 1888
- Thomas H. Clouse b. Feb. 20, 1890
- Dora Clouse b. Feb. 3, 1893
- John Lester Clouse b. Oct. 13, 1894
- Flora Eunetta Clouse b. Jul. 14, 1896
- Annie M. Clouse b. May 9, 1898
- Sadie Clouse b. Feb. 12, 1900
- Bertha Clouse b. May 11, 1903
Leonard Chester Clouse b. Sept. 22, 1864 (married Mattie Finley) d. Nov. 25 1919 in Board Valley, Grandchildren from marriage are
- Claude Lee Clouse b. 1902 d. 1961
- Ethel May Clouse b. 1904 d. 1986
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Amanda E. Clouse b. Dec. 15, 1867 d. Nov. 2, 1947 in TN (married Joseph C. Lee), Grandchildren from marriage are
- Ester Lee
Mary Magdalene Clouse b. May 1870 in Jackson, TN d. 1935 in Fla., (married Isaac Daniel Jaquess)
- Margaret Flossie Jaquess
- Mary Jaquess
- Leonard Fred Jaquess
Sarah Elzadie Clouse b. July 9, 1871 (married Seth Hudgens about 1888)
Thomas F. Clouse b. 1875 (married Pearl Ewing in 1901 in Davidson Co. TN) d. 1930, Granchildren of marriage are
- Ewing Clouse
Robert Lee Clouse b. July 31, 1878 (married Bertha Jane Brown on Jan. 28, 1905 in TN) d. May 3, 1939, Putnam ,TN, buried at Alice Clouse Stone Seminary: Putnam #10388
James Garfield Clouse b. Feb. 1881 (married Della E. Swift in Putnam Co. TN Della was born in 1886 in TN and died in Hardee Co., FL.)
He and Della Emily Swift had 7 children. They are:
1 b-1909 Alberta d-at birth
2 b-Jun 24 1910 James Earl d-1964
3 b-Nov 19 1912 Loretta Jewell d-1992
4 b-Oct 27 1916 Ivor Jareline (Jerry)
5 b-Jan 7 1920 Eschol Wynn d-2008
6 b-June 6 1922 Valeria Pearl d-June 21, 2011
7 b-Feb 7 1926 Edward Ray d-1946
Isaac Winfield Clouse b. Aug. 29, 1883
Note:
From the book "A Book of Remembrance of The Clouse Family Descendants of George Clouse, I" Compiled and Edited by Prietta Clouse Franklin, Cookeville, Tennessee 38501:
"Thomas, Jr.'s father moved from the Cedar Creek area when Thomas was a very small boy, and settled in the 11th District on a land entry on the mountain between the Little Caney Fork and the Calfkiller Rivers. This land was entered October 16, 1839. He lived there when the census of 1840 of White County was taken.
Little Thomas' mother died when he was ten years old. His oldest half-brother Charles Lee was born March 16, 1848, when Thomas was eleven years old. His step-mother was Euphanna (Isom) Long, a widow with two small sons. George who was born about 1840 and Lewis "Tip" who was born about 1843. These children grew up together in the same household, and it is interesting to note that many years later Thomas's son Simp married a daughter of Tip Long. Her name was Fanie Catherine Long.
Thomas was married to Eunetta "Una" Bumbalough, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Bumbalough. She was born March 18, 1839. She was of a large family. It may be good to include other members of her family at this time due to the fact that there are so many connections with the Bumbalough and Clouse families. Rhoda Jane born c1837 and married Benjamin Weaver. Lee Ann born c1840 who married Freelin Roberson. William J. born c1843 and married Mary Holman. Levi S. born c1848 and married Betsy Clouse who was a niece of Thomas Clouse. Jesse Sewell born Feb. 22, 1850 married Eliza ????. Elijah W. born December 10, 1852 who married Rachel Pennington a daughter of Emery and Juliann Pennington. James Wesley "Jim" born March 21, 1859 and married Tabitha Kinnard. Norman and Dona who married Arollas Randolph.
Thomas was ordained to preach in White County, Tennessee when a young man, and his life was spent as a Baptist Minister. Then came the Civil War. He was strongly opposed to slavery and often preached openly against it. In late December 1862, Thomas was holding a revival on the Calfkiller River. He was in the pulpit when the Guerillas came into the church and took him. They took him to Murfreesboro, arriving there December 31, 1862 at the Battle of the Stones River. He somehow managed to escape and made his way to the Union forces where he joined them. He worked in the hospitals and served as Union Army Chaplain throughout Kentucky and Ohio until the end of the war.
He left three small Sons when he was taken away to the war. Twin sons, John Newton and William Jasper were born November 19, 1859 and Crockett Simpson "Simp" was born October 29, 1861. Thomas arrived at Stones River on the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. He only made one trip home during the time of the war. he came home and Aunt Una was cooking a meal for him. She became scared that he might be found, so she asked him to find a cave in which to hide out and she would carry his food to him. He hid out there for about two weeks and returned to the Union Army. Only a few minutes after he had left the guerillas came looking for him. He barely escaped. Ne never returned home again until the end of the war.
As the war raged throughout the Southland, the enemy soldiers and guerillas were a constant threat to the families the men had left behind. One night while Thomas was away and his wife was all alone with her three small sons, suddenly there was a big lumbering noise on the front porch of her home. Of course she was sure that she was being invaded by the plundering soldiers. She called "Who is there?". No one answered, but the noise continued. So she quickly took the long fire poker and stuck it into the huge fireplace letting it become red hot. She then quietly slipped to the door, threw open the door and rammed the red hot poker at the first thing that moved. Her milk cow bawled and bellowed and scrambled off the porch.
Thomas Clouse's home was in the upper end of the Board Valley in Putnam County. He built his home there from one huge tree. It was not uncommon to see trees nine feet in diameter in that country at that time. It is said that Thomas and Greene Selby cut the tree and rolled the log to the sawmill. This house is still standing and is in fair condition. It is my hope it will be restored and kept in its original style. Many fond memories are enjoyed by descendants of his as they remember grandfather and grandmother. Three generations have lived their lives in this house. The few of his grandchildren whose are still living tell of how there was a grist mill there at the big spring that flowed out of the mountain side where the people in the area carried their corn to the mill. He also ran a blacksmith shop and a store. It was a lively place in those days. Kelly Hall, who is now 89 years old and who married the oldest daughter of Thomas's son Simp tells how he remembers how he used to carry a turn of corn on his back to Tom Clouse's mill when he was a small boy.
He also continued his preaching after he returned from the War. He rode horseback and preached throughout the Cumberland area. He at one time owned a large farm in the Dry Valley which is now the Clarence Bartlett place and lived there for a few years. The community was called Goffton at the time. He rode horseback from the Dry Valley and held a meeting at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He also rode a horse and pastored a church in Nashville, Tennessee according his grandson Beecher Lee.
On July 18, 1872 his father died. He was buried in the old cemetery that was on his farm at what was known as Possum Trot. On February 3, 1879 his sons made a deed to their step-mother Margaret (Eller) Clouse Bumbalough for their interest of their father's estate. She had remarried to Francis Marion Bumbalough. He was Unetta's Uncle. Three years later Thomas bought the 371 acres of land formerly owned by his father. Deed dated February 20, 1882. On October 26, 1889 Thomas sold the 371 acres to W. J. Bumbalough, who was Eunett's brother. He exempted two acres for the cemetery and a right-of-way thereto. The original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and a new deed was issued by the heirs of Thomas J. Clouse, Jr. on May 13, 1889.
One Sunday morning in November 1895 he filled his regular appointment at the Farley's Seminary and walked home with the Joseph Dowell family for lunch. (His youngest son Wynne later married a daughter of Joseph Dowell). Linnie Dowell Clouse told me the story of the way she remembered it. She remembered as they walked home that he picked up some hickory nuts and ate a few while dinner was being prepared. Very soon he became seriously ill and fast riders were sent to bring his family and one went to Sparta to get a doctor. The doctor arrived the next morning, but as the doctor asked him where his pain was, he raised his hand to show him, it fell to his chest, and he was gone. Thomas Clouse had gone at not quite 59 years. He died November 11, 1895. He was buried in what was to become the Clouse Cemetery. He had just a short time before given a tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He was the second person to be buried there.
Aunt Eunetta died August 6, 1918, having survived her husband by twenty-three years. She was seventy-nine years old. Her son Lee Clouse, who purchased the old homeplace of his father, continued to live there until March 10, 1924. He then sold the land to Alonzo Clouse who was a son of Simp Clouse son of Thomas. He then lived there the remainder of his life and died there July 18, 1941 at the age of fifty-three. His widow, known as "Aunt Fannie" continued to live there and reared her large family and died at the age of sixty-seven. After her death, her son James Edward "Edd" purchased the land from the other heirs and the old homeplace so fondly remembered is still owned by a descendant of Thomas Clouse, Jr. This farm has now been in the family for over one hundred years.
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I have seen some family trees that show Thomas's mother to be Thaney. This conflicts with information that I have found in other places. Just to note one source, The TN Genealogical Magazine "Ansearchin" News Vol. 30 Fall 1983 Issue #3, in the Article on the Families of White Co. TN in 1860, page 135, Thomas Clouse's family is listed under property 1206-1191. Thomas Clouse is listed as 22 years old and married to Unita. In the note that was added by the contributor, it says that Thomas Jr. was the son of Thomas Sr. and Thaney Clouse. This url can be found at
http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1983-3.pdf
1206-1191 Thomas CLOUSE 22 TN. farmer. Unita
[b 13 Mar 1839]. Wm J. 1. John A. 1. (They also
had Crockett Simpson b 29 Oct 1861. Thomas
J. was a son of Thomas & Thaney Clouse &
Unita was a dau of Isaac BRUMBALOUGH & Margaret
JACKSON.)
CLOUSE, T. J.: Rev. T. J. Clouse, of Board Valley, died Monday night. He was taken violently ill Sunday and sank rapidly. Bro. Clouse was a most excellent gentleman and a good preacher. His presence will be greatly missed in his community. [Date 11/14/1895, Vol. IX, No. 3, Page 5]
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:
"Thomas, Jr.'s father moved from the Cedar Creek area when Thomas was a very small boy, and settled in the 11th District on a land entry on the mountain between the Little Caney Fork and the Calfkiller Rivers. This land was entered October 16, 1839. He lived there when the census of 1840 of White County was taken.
Little Thomas' mother died when he was ten years old. His oldest half-brother Charles Lee was born March 16, 1848, when Thomas was eleven years old. His step-mother was Euphanna (Isom) Long, a widow with two small sons. George who was born about 1840 and Lewis "Tip" who was born about 1843. These children grew up together in the same household, and it is interesting to note that many years later Thomas's son Simp married a daughter of Tip Long. Her name was Fanie Catherine Long.
Thomas was married to Eunetta "Una" Bumbalough, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Bumbalough. She was born March 18, 1839. She was of a large family. It may be good to include other members of her family at this time due to the fact that there are so many connections with the Bumbalough and Clouse families. Rhoda Jane born c1837 and married Benjamin Weaver. Lee Ann born c1840 who married Freelin Roberson. William J. born c1843 and married Mary Holman. Levi S. born c1848 and married Betsy Clouse who was a niece of Thomas Clouse. Jesse Sewell born Feb. 22, 1850 married Eliza ????. Elijah W. born December 10, 1852 who married Rachel Pennington a daughter of Emery and Juliann Pennington. James Wesley "Jim" born March 21, 1859 and married Tabitha Kinnard. Norman and Dona who married Arollas Randolph.
Thomas was ordained to preach in White County, Tennessee when a young man, and his life was spent as a Baptist Minister. Then came the Civil War. He was strongly opposed to slavery and often preached openly against it. In late December 1862, Thomas was holding a revival on the Calfkiller River. He was in the pulpit when the Guerillas came into the church and took him. They took him to Murfreesboro, arriving there December 31, 1862 at the Battle of the Stones River. He somehow managed to escape and made his way to the Union forces where he joined them. He worked in the hospitals and served as Union Army Chaplain throughout Kentucky and Ohio until the end of the war.
He left three small Sons when he was taken away to the war. Twin sons, John Newton and William Jasper were born November 19, 1859 and Crockett Simpson "Simp" was born October 29, 1861. Thomas arrived at Stones River on the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. He only made one trip home during the time of the war. he came home and Aunt Una was cooking a meal for him. She became scared that he might be found, so she asked him to find a cave in which to hide out and she would carry his food to him. He hid out there for about two weeks and returned to the Union Army. Only a few minutes after he had left the guerillas came looking for him. He barely escaped. Ne never returned home again until the end of the war.
As the war raged throughout the Southland, the enemy soldiers and guerillas were a constant threat to the families the men had left behind. One night while Thomas was away and his wife was all alone with her three small sons, suddenly there was a big lumbering noise on the front porch of her home. Of course she was sure that she was being invaded by the plundering soldiers. She called "Who is there?". No one answered, but the noise continued. So she quickly took the long fire poker and stuck it into the huge fireplace letting it become red hot. She then quietly slipped to the door, threw open the door and rammed the red hot poker at the first thing that moved. Her milk cow bawled and bellowed and scrambled off the porch.
Thomas Clouse's home was in the upper end of the Board Valley in Putnam County. He built his home there from one huge tree. It was not uncommon to see trees nine feet in diameter in that country at that time. It is said that Thomas and Greene Selby cut the tree and rolled the log to the sawmill. This house is still standing and is in fair condition. It is my hope it will be restored and kept in its original style. Many fond memories are enjoyed by descendants of his as they remember grandfather and grandmother. Three generations have lived their lives in this house. The few of his grandchildren whose are still living tell of how there was a grist mill there at the big spring that flowed out of the mountain side where the people in the area carried their corn to the mill. He also ran a blacksmith shop and a store. It was a lively place in those days. Kelly Hall, who is now 89 years old and who married the oldest daughter of Thomas's son Simp tells how he remembers how he used to carry a turn of corn on his back to Tom Clouse's mill when he was a small boy.
He also continued his preaching after he returned from the War. He rode horseback and preached throughout the Cumberland area. He at one time owned a large farm in the Dry Valley which is now the Clarence Bartlett place and lived there for a few years. The community was called Goffton at the time. He rode horseback from the Dry Valley and held a meeting at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He also rode a horse and pastored a church in Nashville, Tennessee according his grandson Beecher Lee.
On July 18, 1872 his father died. He was buried in the old cemetery that was on his farm at what was known as Possum Trot. On February 3, 1879 his sons made a deed to their step-mother Margaret (Eller) Clouse Bumbalough for their interest of their father's estate. She had remarried to Francis Marion Bumbalough. He was Unetta's Uncle. Three years later Thomas bought the 371 acres of land formerly owned by his father. Deed dated February 20, 1882. On October 26, 1889 Thomas sold the 371 acres to W.J. Bumbalough, who was Eunett's brother. He exempted two acres for the cemetery and a right-of-way thereto. The original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and a new deed was issued by the heirs of Thomas J. Clouse, Jr. on May 13, 1889.
One Sunday morning in November 1895 he filled his regular appointment at the Farley's Seminary and walked home with the Joseph Dowell family for lunch. (His youngest son Wynne later married a daughter of Joseph Dowell). Linnie Dowell Clouse told me the story of the way she remembered it. She remembered as they walked home that he picked up some hickory nuts and ate a few while dinner was being prepared. Very soon he became seriously ill and fast riders were sent to bring his family and one went to Sparta to get a doctor. The doctor arrived the next morning, but as the doctor asked him where his paid was, he raised his hand to show him, it fell to his chest, and he was gone. Thomas Clouse had gone at not quite 59 years. He died November 11, 1895. He was buried in what was to become the Clouse Cemetery. He had just a short time before given a tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He was the second person to be buried there.
Aunt Eunetta died August 6, 1918, having survived her husband by twenty-three years. She was seventy-nine years old. Her son Lee Clouse, who purchased the old homeplace of his father, continued to live there until March 10, 1924. He then sold the land to Alonzo Clouse who was a son of Simp Clouse son of Thomas. He then lived there the remainder of his life and died there July 18, 1941 at the age of fifty-three. His widow, known as "Aunt Fannie" continued to live there and reared her large family and died at the age of sixty-seven. After her death, her son James Edward "Edd" purchased the land from the other heirs and the old homeplace so fondly remembered is still owned by a descendant of Thomas Clouse, Jr. This farm has now been in the family for over one hundred years.
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The following church history was written by the late Judge Ernest Houston Boyd Sr. as part of a series of historical articles in the Putnam County Herald. It was published December 31,1953. The articles were compiled by Christine Spivey Jones into a book called Nuggets of Putnam County History.
The Free Union Baptist congregation is one of the oldest Baptist congregations in Putnam County. Its church building is located on the head of Martin's Creek, in the 18th District of Putnam County.
From 1865 until 1918 this was a Christian Baptist congregation, but since 1918 it has been affiliated with the Missionary Baptist denomination.
In the early history of the Free Union Church it was a large congregation, but on account of the building of other churches and the organization of new congregations in the section in which this church is located, its present membership is much smaller than it was in former years. This is also, partly due to deaths and removal from the community of a number of families active in this church in former years.
In its early history, when the congregation was a large one, the annual sessions of the Stone Christian Baptist Association were frequently held at this church.
The old minutes of that Association show that both the 1891 and 1892 annual sessions of that Association were held with the Free Union Church. It seldomhappen in the history of that Association that a second annual session of the
Association, in succession, was held at the same church.
Among the pioneer families of that section actively identified with the Free Union Church in its early history were the Gillen, Carrington, Rodgers and Brown families.
Among the early pastors of this church were T. J. Clouse, J. L. Kinnaird, F. M. Flatt, Benjamin Clouse, W. B. Gentry and J. W. Stone.
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http://www.osafreewillbaptist.org/historyminutesannual1879.html
Our History-Past Minutes
1879 Annual Association
The Delegates comprising the Fourteenth Anniversary of the Stone Association assembled at the Laurel Creek Church, Cumberland county, Tennessee on Friday, the 3d day of October ,a d., 1879.
After prayer by Elder John Kinnaird, the Introductory Sermon was preached by Elder John Brewster from the 15th Chapter of the Gospel recorded by St. John, and the first clause of the 5th verse, "I am the vine, ye are the branches."
The delegates from the different Churches being called, came forward and took their seats. The Association then proceeded to organize, by electing Elder Benjamin Clouse, Moderator, and Bro.R. L Gentry, Clerk. Letters from the different Churches were then called for and were read and received. The door to admit sister Churches as members of the Association was then opened, when there were two presented themselves by their delegates-T. C. Peek and John Brewster, duly appointed, and were received in due form, they having presented petitionary letters, which letters were read and received. On motion, the Association adjourned until 4 o'clock p. m.
Afternoon Session-Met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by the moderator, proceeded to business. Corresponding letters were called for,when
one from New Union Association of United Baptist was presented by its delegates, duly appointed, to wit: A. D. Jones, William Massa, J. H.Brannum, M.
Curtis, and W. H. Trammel, which letter was read and received, and the delegates invited to seats: that being present, came forward and took their seats. On motion, the Association adjourned until Saturday morning , 8 O'clock.
Saturday-The Association met pursuant to adjournment, and after prayer by Elder T. J. Clouse, proceeded to business. On motion, and in pursuance of Section 9 of the Declaration of Rights,there were appointed as Presbyters, Elders T. J. Clouse, John Brewster, Joseph A. Moyers, G. L. Moyers and John Stowers for the next associational year. On motion, the ministers were appointed to attend the several churches as pastors thereof, to-wit:
Antioch - Willis Bush and John Fuquay
Board Valley - Benjamin Clouse and E. Pennington
Blackburn's Fork - Jesse Allen and John Kinnard
Bethel - T. J. Clouse
Calf Killer - Benjamin Clouse
Caney Fork - E. Pennington and Lewis Howell
Crooked Creek -W. P. Brown and John Brewster
Cane Creek - Willis Bush and John Fuquay
Copeland Creek - G. L. Moyers, Joseph Moyers and john Stowers
Chapel Hill - Lewis Howell and Benjamin Clouse
Dodson's Branch - Jesse Allen and Nathan Judd
England Cove - E. Pennington and Benjamin Clouse
Highland - John Kinnard and J. J. Speck
High Rock - Mathias Judd and John Judd
Indian Creek - C. Alred and W. Y. Tinch
Laurel Creek - G. L. Moyers and Joseph A. Moyers
Liberty - W. B. Isbell
Macedonia - Nathan Judd and Mathias Judd
Mt. Pisgah - Joseph A. Moyers and John Brewster
Shady Grove - John Kinnard and J. J. Speck
Viola - T. J. Clouse and Mansfield Howell
Zion Hill, P. C. - Benjamin Clouse, Mansfield Howell and R. L. Gentry
Zion Hill, C. C. - Joseph A. Moyers and G. L. Moyers
Elder James A. Moyers, at his own request, was released from pastoral labor for the next associational year. Elder W. E. Smith, upon the report of the Board of Presbyters, was dismissed from the Association, and his credentials declared null and void. On motion, it was agreed that we have correspondence with New Union Association of United Baptist, and one Messenger from each Church from this
Association was appointed, to wit: John Fuquay, Benjamin Clouse, R. F. Pippin, Robert Horn, John A. Brown, John Brewster, James A. Moyers, Wm. Boisley, Lewis Howell, Jesse Allen, Wm. Emery, James Crabtree, Center Alred, G. L
Moyers, Joseph Whieaker, Jackson Lee, Jr: Joseph A. Moyers, Thomas Neal, R. L. Gentry, Mansfield Howell, John Judd, T. J. Clouse and W. B. Isbell, and that this Association send up a letter of correspondence to New Union Association, when convened with the Indian Creek Church, Dekalb County, Tenn., on Friday before the second Lord's Day in September, 1880.
On application of R. L. Gentry and J. J. Speck, and they being recommended as candidates for the Ministry, and being declared qualified by the Board of Presbyters, they were ordained to the office of Elder by prayer and the imposition of bonds. On motion, it was resolved that the next Association be held with Church at Zion Hill, Putnam County, Tennessee, commencing on Friday before the third Lords Day in October, 1880, and that Elder G. L. Moyers be appointed to preach the introductory sermon, and Elder Benjamin Clouse his alternate. Resolved, That the following be the form of letters of correspondence to the Annual Association, to wit:
We, the Christian Baptist Church of Christ, at________County, Tenn, to the Stone Association.
Dear Brethren: We have chosen our Messengers, _________, _________, _________ to represent us in your body. The statistics of our church are as follows: Increase by baptism ____ by letter ____, by restoration _____, Our decrease by letter ____, by death ____ by exclusion __ Total in Fellowship ______. Our day of meeting is the ___ Sabbath. We send contribution, $_____
_________________ Moderator, _________________Clerk.
Declaration Of Rights
Section 1. That all power of Church Government is inherent in the people and the Preachers, that is the churches; that they have a right through their representatives to establish, alter or amend their form of Church Government,
two-thirds agreeing thereto.
Sec. 2. That a Christian Church is a society of believers in Jesus Christ and is a divine institition, Christ Jesus being the head of the Church, and the Bible the only rule of faith and practice.
Sec. 3. That no rule of faith and doctrine shall ever be established in the Christian Baptist Church contrary to the Bible.
Sec. 4. No person who loves the Lord Jesus Christ and obeys the gospel should be deprived of church membership.
Sec. 5. Every man has an inalienable right to private judgement in matters of religion, and may speak freely of the same in a way that will not violate the law of
God, or the laws of his country, or the rights of his fellow-men.
Sec. 6. Church trials should be conducted on Gospel principles only, and no minister or member should be excommunicated except for immorality, or the propagation of unchristian doctrine, or neglect of duty enjoined by the word of God, or the rules of the church.
Sec. 7. The church has a right to form and enforce such rules and regulations only, as are in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, and may be necessary to carry into effect the great system of practical Christianity.
Sec. 8. There may be three grades of Associations established in the Christian Baptist Church. 1st.-The Monthly Association. 2d.- The Annual Association. 3d.-The General Association, all of which may be established by the rules of the church.
Sec. 9. The Annual Association has the right to elect Presbyters for the purpose, and with the power to ordain candidates to the ministry, and to pass upon and declare the credentials of any Minister not found worthy or qualified for the ministry, null and void.
Sec. 10. That the Church has the right to elect their leaders and delegates to the annual association. All the members are entitled to a vote in the elections and church trials.
Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of every church to elect two deacons and one clerk.
Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of each church to send up their delegates with letters to the Annual Association.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the Annual Association to send to the general Association, delegates with corresponding letters in order.
Rules Of Decorum
We, the Christian Baptist Church of Christ, believing it to be our duty to convene ourselves together in an associated capacity, in order to set forth our principles, and also rules of decorum for the churches to be governed by in the future, the following rules shall be our decorum:
1st. - The Association shall be composed of the members chosen from sister Churches of the same faith and order.
2nd.-This Association shall be opened by prayer to Almighty God.
3rd.-One of the members of this Association shall be chosen to preside, who shall be addressed by the name of Brother Moderator, and to him every speech shall be directed, and he shall not have the liberty of discussing any subject
unless the chair is filled by someone else.
4th.-And we will have the liberty of choosing our own clerk, and there shall be a door open for sister churches into the Association.
5th.-No complaint shall be brought in the church against transgressing members until the aggreived party comply with the directions given by our Lord in St. Matt., 18th. Chap. 15, 16 and 17 verses.
6th,-Every motion made and seconded, shall come under the consideration of the Association unless withdrawn by those who made it.
7th.-If the minority are at any time grieved by the majority, they are hereby directed to make the same known immediately to the association, and if satisfaction cannot be attained, it may be necessary in that case to call help
from other associations.
8th.-If at any time the Association should deem it necessary to make amendments, it may be done provided two-thirds of the Association be in favor of it.
9th.-All the business of the Association shall be recorded by the clerk, and before the association rises, the same shall be read and corrected, if need be.
10th.-It shall be the duty of the delegates of the different churches, who have been elected, to bring up letters in order to the Annual Association.
11th.-It shall be the duty of the deacons of the churches to go to transgressing members, talk to them, admonish them, and they shall have until the second church meeting to make reconciliation. It may be the duty of the church to choose a committee to settle questions of aggreaved cases.
12th.-It shall be the duty of the deacons to advise the church to promote means to sustain their churches and preachers.
13th.-It shall be the duty of each minister on receiving members into the church, to ask the applicant the following questions; first, do you feel that you love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength? Second, are you a believer with all your heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Third, are you willing to walk in all his precepts?
14th.-It shall be the duty of all persons who become members of the Christian Baptist Church to attend the ordinance of Baptism.
15th.-Each Annual Association shall elect a Treasurer, whose duty it shall be to hold all the funds which shall come into the Treasury. There shall also at the same time be a clerk elected, whose duty is shall be to record all the business of said Treasury. All moneys paid into the Treasury shall be subject to the order of the Association.
16th.-It shall be the duty of the several churches of this Association to organize a Church Treasury in like manner to rule 15th, to defray Church expenses.
Articles Of Faith-Christian Baptist Church
Article 1.-We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word Of God, and the only rule of faith and practice.
Art. 2.-But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in Him, and the one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him. 1st Cor., 8 chap. And 6th verse.
Art. 3-We believe that man is unable to recover himself from the fallen state that he is in by reason of sin, only by the grace of God through the exercise of faith.
Art. 4.-We believe that baptism and the Lord's supper and the washing of saints feet are ordinances of Jesus Christ and that immersion is the only true baptism, not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Art. 5.-We believe that no minister has a right to administer these ordinances except such as are legally ordained.
Art. 6.-We believe in the Resurrection of the dead, and a general Judgement, the punishment of the wicked and the joys of the righteous are eternal.
Art. 7,-We receive no persons into the Christian Baptist Church of Christ only on the principle of their conversion.
Art. 8.-We believe that no persons are members of the Church of Christ, only those that have the witness within themselves.
Art. 9.-We believe that all the members of the Church of Christ have a right to the Sacrament table, upon the principle of their acceptance with Him, for St. Paul
says, "But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup." 1st Cor. ,11th chap. 28th verse.
Church Statistics
Increased By, Decreased By, Total
Church Delegates, Baptism Letter, Restored Letter, Excluded Death Members Contribution
Antioch Smith Bryant, George Rodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0.50
Board Valley Benj Clouse, F. S. Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 1.00
Blackmans Fork Lafeyette Byers, D.G. Bradford 12 0 0 0 1 0 90 1.80
Bethel T. C. Peek 45 0 0 0 0 0 45 0.75
Calf Killer T. J. Clouse 11 1 0 0 0 1 64 1.00
Caney Fork Taylor Hudgens 3 0 0 0 0 3 40 0.60
Crooked Creek John Brewster 0 1 0 0 8 0 46 0.20
Cane Creek Jas. A. Moyers, J. L. Welch 11 1 0 0 1 1 75 1.20
Copeland Creek Wm. Boisley, Benj. Clouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.50
Chapel Hill 7 0 0 0 2 1 97 0.95
Dodsons Branch
England Cove Elijah England, John Dubois 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0.50
Highrock 6 0 0 1 0 0 47 0.50
Highland J. J. Speck 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.35
Indian Creek John Brewster 0 2 0 3 1 0 20
Laurel Creek Jas. A. Moyers, Wm. Brewer 0 1 0 2 0 1 28 1.70
Liberty John Brewster 0 15 0 0 0 0 15
Macedonia 9 0 0 0 0 0 34 0.25
Mount Pisgah John Judd 1 0 1 0 1 1 26 0.20
Shady Grove E. H. Henry 0 0 0 0 0 2 44 0.70
Viola J. L. Gentry, N. L. Crawley 2 5 0 0 0 0 27 0.90
Zion Hill P.C. J. V. Martin, A. W. Tilley 1 0 0 0 2 5 122 1.00
Zion Hill C.C. Jas. E. Vanwinkle, G. L. Moyers 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.60
Totals
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111 76 1 6 16 15 1091 15.20
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Age 58 years
Born on 1 January 1837 in Cedar Creek, White Co., Tenn.
Married Unetta Zina Bumbalough b Mar. 13, 1839 d. Aug. 6, 1918 (Daughter of Isaac Sylvester Bumbalough and Margaret Sparks) in 1858 in White Co.
Father: Thomas James (or Jefferson) CLOUSE, Sr. b: 8 JAN 1801 in Washington CO, TN
Mother:
Married Eunetta "Zina" BUMBALOUGH b: 18 MAR 1839 in Tn
Married: BEF. 1858 in White Co., Tn
Children
- Sadie CLOUSE
- John Newton "Newt" CLOUSE b: 19 NOV 1858
- William Jasper "Jas" CLOUSE b: 19 NOV 1858 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Crockett Simpson "Simp" CLOUSE b: 29 OCT 1861 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Lenard Winchester "Ches" CLOUSE b: 22 SEP 1864 in Board Valley, Putnam Co., Tn
- Amanda E. CLOUSE b: 15 DEC 1867 in Dry Valley, Tn
- Mary Magdalene CLOUSE b: MAY 1870
- Sarah Elzadie "Zada" CLOUSE b: 9 JUL 1872
- Thomas F. CLOUSE b: ABT. 1875 in Putnam Co., Tn
- Robert Lee CLOUSE b: 31 JUL 1878 in White Co., Tn
- James Garfield "Gar" CLOUSE b: FEB 1881
- Isaac Winfield CLOUSE b: 29 AUG 1883
- Wynne F. CLOUSE b: ABT. 1884
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Children of Thomas Jefferson Clouse and Unetta Zin Bumbalough are
Wynne F. Clouse b. 1884 (married Linnie Shine Dowel on Dec. 23, 1907 in TN) d. 1944 in Franklin, Williamson Co., TN, buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. Occupation was US Congressman. Elected to represent Tennessee's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923., 1921
Sadie Clouse, married S. L. Hudgens
William Jasper Clouse b. Nov. 19, 1858 in Putnam
John Newton Clouse b. Nov. 19, 1858 (married Mary Sehon July 8, 1900) d. Apr. 4, 1935 in Putnam Co. TN, buried at Whittaker Cemetery in Putnam, Grandchildren from marriage are
- Fred Clouse
- Hattie Bell Clouse b. May 2, 1886
- Grace Clouse b. 1889
- Sallie Lea Clouse b. 1891
- John Edburn Clouse b. May 16, 1892
- Ola C. Clouse b. 1895
- Franklin Sehon Clouse b. Jul. 8, 1900, d. Aug. 24, 1961, Putnum Co., buried at Whitaker Cemetery
Crockett Simpson Clouse b. Oct. 29, 1861 (married Famey Catherine Long in 1884 in TN) d. Mar. 19, 1939 in Board Valley, Grandchildren of marriage are
- Ella Nora Clouse b. Dec. 4, 1884
- Charles Clouse b. Mar. 31, 1886
- Isaac Alonzo Clouse b. Sept. 5, 1888
- Thomas H. Clouse b. Feb. 20, 1890
- Dora Clouse b. Feb. 3, 1893
- John Lester Clouse b. Oct. 13, 1894
- Flora Eunetta Clouse b. Jul. 14, 1896
- Annie M. Clouse b. May 9, 1898
- Sadie Clouse b. Feb. 12, 1900
- Bertha Clouse b. May 11, 1903
Leonard Chester Clouse b. Sept. 22, 1864 (married Mattie Finley) d. Nov. 25 1919 in Board Valley, Grandchildren from marriage are
- Claude Lee Clouse b. 1902 d. 1961
- Ethel May Clouse b. 1904 d. 1986
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Amanda E. Clouse b. Dec. 15, 1867 d. Nov. 2, 1947 in TN (married Joseph C. Lee), Grandchildren from marriage are
- Ester Lee
Mary Magdalene Clouse b. May 1870 in Jackson, TN d. 1935 in Fla., (married Isaac Daniel Jaquess)
- Margaret Flossie Jaquess
- Mary Jaquess
- Leonard Fred Jaquess
Sarah Elzadie Clouse b. July 9, 1871 (married Seth Hudgens about 1888)
Thomas F. Clouse b. 1875 (married Pearl Ewing in 1901 in Davidson Co. TN) d. 1930, Granchildren of marriage are
- Ewing Clouse
Robert Lee Clouse b. July 31, 1878 (married Bertha Jane Brown on Jan. 28, 1905 in TN) d. May 3, 1939, Putnam ,TN, buried at Alice Clouse Stone Seminary: Putnam #10388
James Garfield Clouse b. Feb. 1881 (married Della E. Swift in Putnam Co. TN Della was born in 1886 in TN and died in Hardee Co., FL.)
He and Della Emily Swift had 7 children. They are:
1 b-1909 Alberta d-at birth
2 b-Jun 24 1910 James Earl d-1964
3 b-Nov 19 1912 Loretta Jewell d-1992
4 b-Oct 27 1916 Ivor Jareline (Jerry)
5 b-Jan 7 1920 Eschol Wynn d-2008
6 b-June 6 1922 Valeria Pearl d-June 21, 2011
7 b-Feb 7 1926 Edward Ray d-1946
Isaac Winfield Clouse b. Aug. 29, 1883
Note:
From the book "A Book of Remembrance of The Clouse Family Descendants of George Clouse, I" Compiled and Edited by Prietta Clouse Franklin, Cookeville, Tennessee 38501:
"Thomas, Jr.'s father moved from the Cedar Creek area when Thomas was a very small boy, and settled in the 11th District on a land entry on the mountain between the Little Caney Fork and the Calfkiller Rivers. This land was entered October 16, 1839. He lived there when the census of 1840 of White County was taken.
Little Thomas' mother died when he was ten years old. His oldest half-brother Charles Lee was born March 16, 1848, when Thomas was eleven years old. His step-mother was Euphanna (Isom) Long, a widow with two small sons. George who was born about 1840 and Lewis "Tip" who was born about 1843. These children grew up together in the same household, and it is interesting to note that many years later Thomas's son Simp married a daughter of Tip Long. Her name was Fanie Catherine Long.
Thomas was married to Eunetta "Una" Bumbalough, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Bumbalough. She was born March 18, 1839. She was of a large family. It may be good to include other members of her family at this time due to the fact that there are so many connections with the Bumbalough and Clouse families. Rhoda Jane born c1837 and married Benjamin Weaver. Lee Ann born c1840 who married Freelin Roberson. William J. born c1843 and married Mary Holman. Levi S. born c1848 and married Betsy Clouse who was a niece of Thomas Clouse. Jesse Sewell born Feb. 22, 1850 married Eliza ????. Elijah W. born December 10, 1852 who married Rachel Pennington a daughter of Emery and Juliann Pennington. James Wesley "Jim" born March 21, 1859 and married Tabitha Kinnard. Norman and Dona who married Arollas Randolph.
Thomas was ordained to preach in White County, Tennessee when a young man, and his life was spent as a Baptist Minister. Then came the Civil War. He was strongly opposed to slavery and often preached openly against it. In late December 1862, Thomas was holding a revival on the Calfkiller River. He was in the pulpit when the Guerillas came into the church and took him. They took him to Murfreesboro, arriving there December 31, 1862 at the Battle of the Stones River. He somehow managed to escape and made his way to the Union forces where he joined them. He worked in the hospitals and served as Union Army Chaplain throughout Kentucky and Ohio until the end of the war.
He left three small Sons when he was taken away to the war. Twin sons, John Newton and William Jasper were born November 19, 1859 and Crockett Simpson "Simp" was born October 29, 1861. Thomas arrived at Stones River on the day before his twenty-sixth birthday. He only made one trip home during the time of the war. he came home and Aunt Una was cooking a meal for him. She became scared that he might be found, so she asked him to find a cave in which to hide out and she would carry his food to him. He hid out there for about two weeks and returned to the Union Army. Only a few minutes after he had left the guerillas came looking for him. He barely escaped. Ne never returned home again until the end of the war.
As the war raged throughout the Southland, the enemy soldiers and guerillas were a constant threat to the families the men had left behind. One night while Thomas was away and his wife was all alone with her three small sons, suddenly there was a big lumbering noise on the front porch of her home. Of course she was sure that she was being invaded by the plundering soldiers. She called "Who is there?". No one answered, but the noise continued. So she quickly took the long fire poker and stuck it into the huge fireplace letting it become red hot. She then quietly slipped to the door, threw open the door and rammed the red hot poker at the first thing that moved. Her milk cow bawled and bellowed and scrambled off the porch.
Thomas Clouse's home was in the upper end of the Board Valley in Putnam County. He built his home there from one huge tree. It was not uncommon to see trees nine feet in diameter in that country at that time. It is said that Thomas and Greene Selby cut the tree and rolled the log to the sawmill. This house is still standing and is in fair condition. It is my hope it will be restored and kept in its original style. Many fond memories are enjoyed by descendants of his as they remember grandfather and grandmother. Three generations have lived their lives in this house. The few of his grandchildren whose are still living tell of how there was a grist mill there at the big spring that flowed out of the mountain side where the people in the area carried their corn to the mill. He also ran a blacksmith shop and a store. It was a lively place in those days. Kelly Hall, who is now 89 years old and who married the oldest daughter of Thomas's son Simp tells how he remembers how he used to carry a turn of corn on his back to Tom Clouse's mill when he was a small boy.
He also continued his preaching after he returned from the War. He rode horseback and preached throughout the Cumberland area. He at one time owned a large farm in the Dry Valley which is now the Clarence Bartlett place and lived there for a few years. The community was called Goffton at the time. He rode horseback from the Dry Valley and held a meeting at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He also rode a horse and pastored a church in Nashville, Tennessee according his grandson Beecher Lee.
On July 18, 1872 his father died. He was buried in the old cemetery that was on his farm at what was known as Possum Trot. On February 3, 1879 his sons made a deed to their step-mother Margaret (Eller) Clouse Bumbalough for their interest of their father's estate. She had remarried to Francis Marion Bumbalough. He was Unetta's Uncle. Three years later Thomas bought the 371 acres of land formerly owned by his father. Deed dated February 20, 1882. On October 26, 1889 Thomas sold the 371 acres to W. J. Bumbalough, who was Eunett's brother. He exempted two acres for the cemetery and a right-of-way thereto. The original deed was burned in the courthouse fire and a new deed was issued by the heirs of Thomas J. Clouse, Jr. on May 13, 1889.
One Sunday morning in November 1895 he filled his regular appointment at the Farley's Seminary and walked home with the Joseph Dowell family for lunch. (His youngest son Wynne later married a daughter of Joseph Dowell). Linnie Dowell Clouse told me the story of the way she remembered it. She remembered as they walked home that he picked up some hickory nuts and ate a few while dinner was being prepared. Very soon he became seriously ill and fast riders were sent to bring his family and one went to Sparta to get a doctor. The doctor arrived the next morning, but as the doctor asked him where his pain was, he raised his hand to show him, it fell to his chest, and he was gone. Thomas Clouse had gone at not quite 59 years. He died November 11, 1895. He was buried in what was to become the Clouse Cemetery. He had just a short time before given a tract of land to be used as a cemetery. He was the second person to be buried there.
Aunt Eunetta died August 6, 1918, having survived her husband by twenty-three years. She was seventy-nine years old. Her son Lee Clouse, who purchased the old homeplace of his father, continued to live there until March 10, 1924. He then sold the land to Alonzo Clouse who was a son of Simp Clouse son of Thomas. He then lived there the remainder of his life and died there July 18, 1941 at the age of fifty-three. His widow, known as "Aunt Fannie" continued to live there and reared her large family and died at the age of sixty-seven. After her death, her son James Edward "Edd" purchased the land from the other heirs and the old homeplace so fondly remembered is still owned by a descendant of Thomas Clouse, Jr. This farm has now been in the family for over one hundred years.
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I have seen some family trees that show Thomas's mother to be Thaney. This conflicts with information that I have found in other places. Just to note one source, The TN Genealogical Magazine "Ansearchin" News Vol. 30 Fall 1983 Issue #3, in the Article on the Families of White Co. TN in 1860, page 135, Thomas Clouse's family is listed under property 1206-1191. Thomas Clouse is listed as 22 years old and married to Unita. In the note that was added by the contributor, it says that Thomas Jr. was the son of Thomas Sr. and Thaney Clouse. This url can be found at
http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1983-3.pdf
1206-1191 Thomas CLOUSE 22 TN. farmer. Unita
[b 13 Mar 1839]. Wm J. 1. John A. 1. (They also
had Crockett Simpson b 29 Oct 1861. Thomas
J. was a son of Thomas & Thaney Clouse &
Unita was a dau of Isaac BRUMBALOUGH & Margaret
JACKSON.)
Inscription
T.J. CLOUSE
BORN JAN 1, 1837
DIED NOV 11, 1895
Back
"Since thou canst no longer stay,
To cheer me with thy love,
I hope to meet with thee again,
In yon bright world above."
Family Members
Siblings
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Patsy Clouse
1821–1869
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Rev Benjamin "Ben" Clouse
1824–1896
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John Wesley "Jobe" Clouse
1827–1897
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Francis Marion Clouse
1828–1892
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Nancy Ann Clouse
1832–1869
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William Riley "Bill" Clouse
1835–1888
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Elijah Crockett Clouse
1838–1908
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J. W. Clouse
1842–1842
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Charles Lee "CL" Clouse
1848–1917
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William Charles "Mack" Clouse
1850–1934
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James Kelley "Jim" Clouse
1853–1921
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Simpson "Simp" Clouse
1854–1913
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Andrew Jackson "Jack" Clouse
1857–1913
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William Allen "Willis" Clouse
1862–1935
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Eli Slyvestor Clouse
1864–1944
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Dillard Martin Clouse
1866–1954
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Sarah Unicy Ellen "Nicie" Clouse Campbell
1869–1940
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Rachel Francis Clouse Jeffers
1872–1931
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Infant Clouse
Children
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William Jasper "Jas" Clouse
1858–1937
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John Newton "Newt" Clouse
1859–1934
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Crocket Simpson Clouse
1861–1939
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Leonard Winchester "Ches" Clouse
1864–1919
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Amanda Clouse Lee
1867–1947
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Sadie Clouse Hudgens
1872–1941
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Thomas Franklin Clouse
1874–1930
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Lee Clouse
1878–1945
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James A. Garfield "Gar" Clouse
1881–1929
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Wynne F. Clouse
1883–1944
