Bios.Tulsa,OK CLOVER, John M.
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Posted by Vickie Neill Taylor on Sat, 06 Mar 1999
Surname: CLOVER, NEELEY, RANSBOTTOM
JOHN M. CLOVER
Vol. 3, p. 959 
Pennsylvania may consistently be termed the mother state of the petroleum industry and within the borders of that historic old commonwealth have been trained many of the men who have become prominent and influential in connection with the development of the oil and gas fields in the newer fields. In Pennsylvania Mr. CLOVER gained his initial experience in the oil industry when a mere lad, and he has put this experience into effective use in the Tulsa oil fields of Oklahoma, to which district he came while this section was still part of Indian Territory. He maintains his residence in the City of Tulsa, with business offices at 301-303 Unity Building, and is successfully concerned with contracting and producing operations in the Tulsa oil fields, the while he stands forth also as one of the liberal and progressive citizens of the favored section of the state. 
Mr. Clover was born at Venango County, Pennsylvania, on the 11th, of October, 1874, and is a son of Henry B. and Agnes E. (NEELEY) Clover, the former of whom was born in Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1830 and the latter in Clarion County, that state, in 1843. The father died in 1904, and the mother still maintains her home in Ohio. Of the seven children all but one still survive. 
The public schools of Mountainville, Venango County, Pennsylvania, afford to John M. Clover the advantages through which he laid the foundation for the board and practical education which he has since rounded out in connection with his association with men and affairs. When but thirteen years of age he found employment in the operation of pumping machinery at the oil wells of Pennsylvania, and later he was engaged in drilling wells. In his native state he finally became superintendent of oil leases at the age of twenty-six he engaged in contracting in the Pennsylvania oil fields. In 1901 he became of the organizers of the Iona Drilling Company, and of the same he has been president from the time of its incorporation. This company initiated operations in the oil fields of Kansas and Oklahoma, and in 1903 Mr. Clover removed from Ohio to Independence, Kansas, where he was engaged in oil producing until 1907, when he sold his business in that state and established his residence in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has come to the Tulsa oil fields in 1904 and instituted operations. Upon locating at Tulsa in 1907, he organized the Iron Mountain Oil Company, of which he has since been president and which has developed a substantial business in producing oil. Mr. Clover is an adept in all details of the oil industry and his long varied experience make his dictum authoritative in this connection. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio and was identified with oil operations in that state prior to his removal to the West. 
Mr. Clover is independent in politics and gives his support to men and measures meeting the approval of his judgment. At St. Mary's, Ohio, he still retains affiliation with Mercer Lodge NO. 121, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons; at Independence, Kansas, he holds membership in Independence Chapter, Royal Arch, Masons, and Independence Commandery, Knights Templars and at Fort Scott, that state, he is affiliated with and has received the thirty-second degree in the consistory of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. At Tulsa he is a member of Akdar Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and Tulsa Lodge No. 946, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, besides which he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. 
On the 11th of April, 1903, Mr. Clover wedded Miss Golda RANSBOTTOM, who was born in Allen County, Ohio, and they have three sons -- Jack, Edward and Harold. 
Transcribed by: Vickie Neill Taylor, January 8, 1999