Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Clover, Amos 1822 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Amos Clover, stock-dealer, Gardner, was born November 25, 1822, in Hamilton 
County, Ohio; is a son of John M. and Mary (Williams) Clover, natives of 
Pennsylvania. The mother was of German and Welsh descent, and died about 1840; 
she was the mother of eleven children. When our subject was an infant, his 
parents removed to Vermillion County, Ind., where he attended school and 
worked on the farm until twenty-one years of age. In 1843, he came to Grundy 
County, where he now owns about 600 acres of farm land. Subject was married, 
in 1848, in Grundy County, to Martha J. Fayler, who was born in 1832, in 
McLean County, Ill., and died August 15, 1878; she was the daughter of John 
and Cynthia (Smith) Fayler, and left four children - Emma J., John L., Flora 
C. and Mary B. Mr. Clover has retired from active labor; he represented Grundy 
County in the Thirtieth General Assembly of Illinois; has held the offices of 
Justices of the Peace and Supervisor; he is a member of the A., F. & A. M., 
and of the National Greenback party.

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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p86

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