BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Pages 499-500.


ISAAC CLEVENGER was born in Maryland, about the year 1791, moving to Ohio 
with his father's family when a young man. In 1818 he was married to Rachel 
Howell, by whom he had the following children: Thomas, Elizabeth, wife of 
George Latham; Catharine, deceased; James A., deceased, and Isaac M., 
deceased. Isaac was in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth regiment 
Ohio volunteer infantry serving with the true devotion of a patriot. In 
1845 Mrs. Clevenger died, and some time after Mr. Clevenger espoused Miss 
Catharine Smith. Their one child is Galen S., who is a Baptist minister, 
now located in South Dakota. Thomas Clevenger, the subject of this sketch, 
was born in Belmont county, where he obtained a fair education, working on 
his father's farm during the summer, and attending school in the winter 
season. When twenty-eight years of age he was married to Miss Isabel 
Morrison, the ceremony taking place December 25, 1867. Mrs. Clevenger is a 
daughter of Joseph and Martha (Chambers) Morrison. The former was born in 
Ohio, about the year 1825, son of Alexander Morrison, an American by birth, 
but of Scotch descent. Martha Chambers was born in Ohio, daughter of
Alexander Chambers, but like her husband, she was of Scotch parentage.
Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clevenger: Ora V., born
October 11, 1868; Eva L., born October 30, 1872, and Wilfred M., born
January 24, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Clevenger and their two daughters are
members of the Nottingham Presbyterian church. Mr. Clevenger has
178 acres of very fine farming land, situated on what is known
as the "Trail Fork, in a very beautiful and fertile valley. He does a 
general farming business, and besides is a most successful stock-raiser, 
having some very fine breeds. The family has been prominently Identified 
with the settlement and growth of Belmont county, and its different members 
are among the most prominent citizens of the county.