Peter Cleaver & Sarah Crews, married in yr 1819, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio. Ref: Ohio Records & Pioneer Families, Quarterly", Oct- Dec. 1975, Vol. XVI, No. 4, page 187.∼Peter married Sarah (Crew) Cleaver on May 5, 1819; he is a native of Pennsylvania, and she of North Carolina. Peter's paternal parents, Ezekiel and Abigail Cleaver, were natives of Pennsylvania, and emigrated from there to Ohio, and located in Warren County, Ohio, near the mouth of Caesars Creek in 1805. Being among the early settlers of that section of the County, opening out right in the woods, and enduring the hardships of the true pioneers of the county, and here they lived and died. They had four sons; Ezekiel, Peter, David and Nathan and three daughters; Mary, Abigail and Lydia. Peter's father Ezekiel Cleaver first bought 240 acres, where he located, and which constituted the homestead farm; after which he purchased 500 acres about three miles east of his home farm, in what is now the southern portion of Massie Township in Warren County, Ohio.
This last purchase he apportioned to his children, settling his eldest son, Ezekiel the first or western 100 acres, and the second son, Peter on the next 100 acres, and so proceeded till five children were settled; the youngest two children to have the homestead place; thus providing all with a farm. Peter was the fourth child of his parents, married Sarah Crew and settled on the 100 acres given him by his father—it then being all in the green limber, and here he began to make a home and a farm, erected a cabin and commenced to transform the vast forests into cultivated fields. But Peter was not permitted to carry out his full plans, as the messenger death came early and cut short his career; he died in 1832, aged 35 years, just in the prime of life. His widow Sarah lived a life of widowhood of almost half a century, and continued her residence on the old home place. They had four sons, John D., Nathan and William Harley, and Levi L(deceased). John D. Cleaver was 12 years of age when his father Peter died, and the other children still younger, which brought a great care upon the mother Sarah, but she faithfully discharged her duties and raised them all to manhood.
Source: The History of Warren County Ohio, Part V. Biographical Sketches, Massie Township,(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
This last purchase he apportioned to his children, settling his eldest son, Ezekiel the first or western 100 acres, and the second son, Peter on the next 100 acres, and so proceeded till five children were settled; the youngest two children to have the homestead place; thus providing all with a farm. Peter was the fourth child of his parents, married Sarah Crew and settled on the 100 acres given him by his father—it then being all in the green limber, and here he began to make a home and a farm, erected a cabin and commenced to transform the vast forests into cultivated fields. But Peter was not permitted to carry out his full plans, as the messenger death came early and cut short his career; he died in 1832, aged 35 years, just in the prime of life. His widow Sarah lived a life of widowhood of almost half a century, and continued her residence on the old home place. They had four sons, John D., Nathan and William Harley, and Levi L(deceased). John D. Cleaver was 12 years of age when his father Peter died, and the other children still younger, which brought a great care upon the mother Sarah, but she faithfully discharged her duties and raised them all to manhood.
Source: The History of Warren County Ohio, Part V. Biographical Sketches, Massie Township,(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
Peter Cleaver & Sarah Crews, married in yr 1819, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio. Ref: Ohio Records & Pioneer Families, Quarterly", Oct- Dec. 1975, Vol. XVI, No. 4, page 187.∼Peter married Sarah (Crew) Cleaver on May 5, 1819; he is a native of Pennsylvania, and she of North Carolina. Peter's paternal parents, Ezekiel and Abigail Cleaver, were natives of Pennsylvania, and emigrated from there to Ohio, and located in Warren County, Ohio, near the mouth of Caesars Creek in 1805. Being among the early settlers of that section of the County, opening out right in the woods, and enduring the hardships of the true pioneers of the county, and here they lived and died. They had four sons; Ezekiel, Peter, David and Nathan and three daughters; Mary, Abigail and Lydia. Peter's father Ezekiel Cleaver first bought 240 acres, where he located, and which constituted the homestead farm; after which he purchased 500 acres about three miles east of his home farm, in what is now the southern portion of Massie Township in Warren County, Ohio.
This last purchase he apportioned to his children, settling his eldest son, Ezekiel the first or western 100 acres, and the second son, Peter on the next 100 acres, and so proceeded till five children were settled; the youngest two children to have the homestead place; thus providing all with a farm. Peter was the fourth child of his parents, married Sarah Crew and settled on the 100 acres given him by his father—it then being all in the green limber, and here he began to make a home and a farm, erected a cabin and commenced to transform the vast forests into cultivated fields. But Peter was not permitted to carry out his full plans, as the messenger death came early and cut short his career; he died in 1832, aged 35 years, just in the prime of life. His widow Sarah lived a life of widowhood of almost half a century, and continued her residence on the old home place. They had four sons, John D., Nathan and William Harley, and Levi L(deceased). John D. Cleaver was 12 years of age when his father Peter died, and the other children still younger, which brought a great care upon the mother Sarah, but she faithfully discharged her duties and raised them all to manhood.
Source: The History of Warren County Ohio, Part V. Biographical Sketches, Massie Township,(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
This last purchase he apportioned to his children, settling his eldest son, Ezekiel the first or western 100 acres, and the second son, Peter on the next 100 acres, and so proceeded till five children were settled; the youngest two children to have the homestead place; thus providing all with a farm. Peter was the fourth child of his parents, married Sarah Crew and settled on the 100 acres given him by his father—it then being all in the green limber, and here he began to make a home and a farm, erected a cabin and commenced to transform the vast forests into cultivated fields. But Peter was not permitted to carry out his full plans, as the messenger death came early and cut short his career; he died in 1832, aged 35 years, just in the prime of life. His widow Sarah lived a life of widowhood of almost half a century, and continued her residence on the old home place. They had four sons, John D., Nathan and William Harley, and Levi L(deceased). John D. Cleaver was 12 years of age when his father Peter died, and the other children still younger, which brought a great care upon the mother Sarah, but she faithfully discharged her duties and raised them all to manhood.
Source: The History of Warren County Ohio, Part V. Biographical Sketches, Massie Township,(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
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