Biographical Sketch of E. R. Clough, Laclede County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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E. R. Clough, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Laclede county,
Mo., was born in Summit county, Ohio, and is the son of Jeremiah and
Susan (Simpson) Clough, natives of Vermont and Pennsylvania, respect-
ively.  The Clough family were early settlers of Vermont, and Jeremiah
Clough moved from that State to Summit county, Ohio, at quite an early
date.  Here both parents passed the remainder of their days.  Of their
seven children, three sons and four daughters, five are now living:
Celestia, wife of H. E. Meriner; Jane, wife of T. E. Robinson; Edwin R.,
Walter W., and Charles.  E. R. Clough attained his growth and was edu-
cated in Summit county, Ohio.  He remained and assisted his father on 
the farm until 1862, when he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and
Fourth Ohio Infantry, and served until the close of the war.  He was at
the battle of Knoxville, battle of Atlanta, Franklin, and crossed the
mountains to the capture of Fort Fisher.  Then his regiment took charge
of the surrender of Johnston's army.  After his discharge Mr. Clough 
returned to Ohio, and remained in that State until the latter part of
1865, when he came to St. Louis, thence to Salt Lake City and other
cities, prospecting for a location.  He visited Old Mexico and Texas,
but returned to St. Louis in the latter part of 1866.  He was then
employed on the now St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, and remained in
the employ of this comopany until 1869, as railroad conductor on pass-
enger trains.  In 1869 he located at Lebanon and engaged in general
merchandising, the firm being known as Clough & Lindsay.  This partner-
ship was dissolved in 1872, and afterward Mr. Clough engaged in the
drug business, which he continued until the spring of 1887, when he 
moved his stock of drugs to Akron, Ohio.  Since that time he has turned
his attention to stock raising.  He owns over 3,000 acres of land in 
Laclede county, with several hundred acres under cultivation.  He owns
one of the finest farms in Laclede county, consisting of 325 acres, all
under cultivation, and joining the city of Lebanon.  Two hundred acres
of this are in meadow land, and on the same he has the fair ground, 
where he built the race track at his own expense.  He has abundance of
water on this farm, it being piped 2,500 feet from a magnificent well.
Mr. Clough was general superintendent of the Fair the last season, and
he is also superintendent of the Lebanon Water Works.  He is one of the
leading and purshing men of Laclede county, and is a valuable citizen.
He owns land in Dakota, Tennessee, Ohio, and has mining interest in 
Utah.  He also has property in Kansas and several other states.  He is
a member of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge and Chapter, and is a
Republican in his political views.

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