Christopher CLOUSE

  General Notes:

The HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Boyd Crumrine provides a glimpse into the life of Christopher Clouse.




BOOK: HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Boyd Crumrine, Philadelphia, L. H. Everts & Co., 1882, page 973:

"On Nov. 9, 1802, Christopher Clouse bought one hundred acres of land of Noah and Thomas D. Summers, heirs of Benjamin Summers. This land was on Pigeon Creek, near the town of Hillsborough, where Mr. Clouse settled in 1812, when he came from Lancaster County to West Bethlehem township, and purchased more land of Stephen Hill. Christopher Clouse was a blacksmith, and when the National Road was built he had a shop on the road, where he worked his trade until 1824. From that place he removed to Martinsville, and lived there until 1835, then went to West Finley to reside with his son Daniel Clouse, where he died in 1854 [Christopher is found in the 1860 census]. Christopher Clouse had ten children of which Daniel was the eldest, being born the year his father came to this township. Two of his daughters are still living--Mary Clouse of Burnsville, West Finley township, and Mrs. Eli Horace of Martinsville."



1810 CENSUS, Speculation: Pennsylvania, Washington County, East Bethlehem Township ("Christopher Clouse" is head of a household in which a male and female are in the age category "26-44," appropriate to Christopher and his wife Mary)

1820 CENSUS, Speculation: Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Bethlehem Township ("Christopher Clouse" is designated as the male "45 and up"; the eldest female is "26-44")

1830 CENSUS, Speculation: Pennsylvania, Washington County (The household of Christian Clouse includes a male "50-60" and a female "40-50" that could represent Christopher Clouse and his wife Mary)

1840 CENSUS, Speculation: Pennsylvania, Washington County, Chartiers Township ("Christopher Clouse" heads a household in which the eldest male is "50-60," likewise the eldest female; if his age of 73 is accurate in the 1850 census, Christopher would actually have been in the "60-70" category in 1840. Therefore, it is speculated that this household in Chartiers Township represents the Christopher who is the subject of this page)

1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Canton Township ("Christopher," age 73, "Blacksmith") (wife "Mary," age 66)

1860 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Finley Township, P. O. West Finley ("Christopher," age 84, "Blacksmith") (wife "Mary," age 77)

1864 DEATH, Speculation: Christopher Clouse, Jr.

The brief bio of Christopher at the top of this page states he died in 1854 yet he is found in the 1860 census. Perhaps his year of death was 1864 instead.

Christopher married Mary BURT. (Mary BURT was born in 1784 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.)