Reverend Mace Richard Clough (M)
b. August 1817, d. 18 February 1875
Relationship=Grandfather of John Casper Clough.
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Clough Family Timeline
Ancestors of John Casper Clough
Descendants of Reverend Mace Richard Clough

     Reverend Mace Richard Clough was probably born in August 1817 in New Hampshire.^1,2 He was also reported to have been born about 1812 in Maine.³ Marriage intentions for Reverend Mace Richard Clough were recorded on 16 May 1835 at Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.⁴ He married Caroline True Harmon, daughter of Robert Harmon and Eunice Gould, on 2 June 1835 at Portland.^5,6 Reverend Mace Richard Clough was a Methodist Minister from 1839 to 1855 in Maine.^7,8 He appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Trenton, Hancock County, Maine.⁹ Mace and Caroline appeared on the 1850 Federal Census, of Woolwich, Lincoln County, Maine, enumerated 29 August 1850. Their children Wilbur Fiske, Caroline L., Mary Ella and Ada M. were listed as living with them.¹⁰ Mace Clough lived on 4 July 1857 at Wakarusa Township, Douglas County, Kansas.¹¹ He officiated at the marriage of his daughter Louise Cora Clough and William B. Walling on 22 November 1857 at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.¹² Mace Clough was a farmer on 5 July 1860 at Wakarusa Township, Dauglas County, Kansas.¹³ Mace and Caroline appeared on the 1860 Federal Census, of Wakarusa Township enumerated 5 July 1860. Their children Wilbur Fiske, Caroline L., Mary Ella and Ada M. were listed as living with them, as well as H. D. Akers who was probably a boarder.¹⁴ Mace and Caroline appeared on the 1865 Kansas State Census, of Gardner, Johnson County, Kansas, enumerated 17 July 1865, where Mace was a Methodist Episcopal preacher. Their children Mary Ella and Ada M. were listed as living with them.¹⁵ Reverend Mace Richard Clough died on 18 February 1875 at Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, at age 57.^2,16,17 He was buried at Mt. Calvary/Prairie City Cemetery, Baldwin, Douglas County, Kansas.^18,16

Children of Reverend Mace Richard Clough and Caroline True Harmon

Wilbur Fiske Clough b. c 1836, d. 1896
Louise Cora Clough b. c 1838, d. 9 Sep 1896
Caroline L. Clough b. c 1839, d. b 1919
Mary Ella Clough b. 14 Feb 1846, d. 26 Sep 1932
Ada M. Clough b. c 1848

Notes and Citations:

1. [S59] Mace R. Clough household, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas County, Kansas, population schedule, Wakarusa Township, enumeration date 5 July 1860, page 60, line 1, dwelling 433, family 408 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 60 of 240, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M653_349), accessed 30 November 2001, , birthplace listed as N.H. and age as 45.
2. [S134] Republican Daily Journal, Lawrence, Kansas, 11 Mar 1875, page 3, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, micropublication L707.
3. [S48] Mace R. Clough household, 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Lincoln County, Maine, population schedule, Woolwich, enumeration date 29 Aug 1850, page 498/246B, line 2, dwelling 221, family 275 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 34 of 34, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M432_261), accessed 19 November 2001, , age listed as 38 and birthplace as Maine. Based on other records, there is no reason to believe that the age and birthplace reported on this census are correct. It is simply listed here as recorded by the enumerator..
4. [S495] Mace R. Clough and Caroline Harmon, Marriage Intention ( 16 May 1835) , microfilm no. 12021, Family History Library (FHL), Salt Lake City, Utah. Page 250.
5. [S495] Mace R. Clough and Caroline Harmon, Marriage Intention ( 16 May 1835) , microfilm no. 12021, Family History Library (FHL), Salt Lake City, Utah. Returns, page 52.
6. [S15] Artemas C. Harmon, The Harmon Genealogy Comprising All Branches in New England (Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., Inc, 1920; reprint 19 Gallant Drive, Saco, MAine 04072: Historical & Genealogical Books On CD, 2000). The CD version used consistes of digitized images of the printed book., page 41.
7. [S53] Rev. Stephen Allen, D.D. and Rev. W.H. Pilsbury, History of Methodism in Maine: 1793 - 1886 / History of Methodism in East Maine: From the Date of It's Coming in 1793 to 1886, 2 vols. (Augusta, Maine: Press of Charles E. Nash, 1887). both volumes bound in one book, As a Methodist Minister in Maine, Mace served the following charges:
   Maine Conference: 1839 - Surry; '40-41 - Steuben; '42 - Penobscot; '43 - Columbia; '44-45 - Brooksville; '46 - Lincolnville; '47 - E. Pittston; '48-53 - E. Me. Conf; '54 - Strong; '55 - expelled
   East Maine Conference: 1839-'47 - Maine Conf; '48 - Vassalboro; '49-'50 - Woolwich; '51 - Winslow; '52 - Unity; '53 - Maine Conf.
8. [S264] Compilers Note: Minutes from the ME Church conference meeting which expelled Mace Clough from the conference report the following:
   
   "Saturday, May 26, 1855.
   
   Took up the case of Mace R. Clough which was the order of the day.
   Br. Copeland presented the case, as the representative of the church.
   Br. J. C. Aspenwal was assigned as the counsel for the accused, as he was not present.
   The charge and specifications were then read.
   The testimony of Mrs. Wright was then read to sustain the first specification.
   The testimony of Mrs. Wright was read to sustain the second specification.
   The affidavit of Mrs. Wright to sustain the third specification was then read.
   
   Br. D. B. Randall testified-
   At the first quarterly meeting for the present year in August last, Br. Clough was called out
   of the Quarterly Conference. He was absent about half an hour, when he came back, and we finished the
   business of the conference. At the close of the Qu. Conference, he took his traveling bag and went, as
   I supposed, to his lodgings. Not being at the Love Feast the next morning, inquiry was made, and we
   were informed, he had gone to East Strong, stating that he expected to hear from his family that they
   were sick, and if so, he should go home that night. As he was not present during the Sabbath, I stated
   the facts as I understood them. He lived at Fayette, some 30 miles from New Vineyard, where the Quarterly
   Meeting was held. On Monday, just at evening, I called at his house in Fayette, to sympathize with him
   in his supposed affliction. I learned from his wife that he came home on Saturday night, and had kept
   his house all day not permitting his horse to be lead to watering. On Monday, he went to Hallowell, sold
   his horse and wagon, and took the Steamboat for Boston. I have not seen him since, but I have no doubt
   he was at home after being gone two or three months. He came in the night, kept himself for a fortnight
   or more secreted, and went away in the night, after making arrangements for his family to follow him.
   He has since been heard of at Parkville, Missouri.
   
   Question by D. Copeland: What was the appearance of Mrs. Wright when she gave her testimony in the case?
   Answer: She had every appearance of a woman telling the truth, and deeply penitent for the crime she had
   committed.
   
   D. Copeland testified---
   I conversed with Sr. Clough. She said she had urged her husband with tears to stay and meet the
   matter and he refused. I was fully convinced of the honesty of Mrs. Wright and the truth of her
   statements.
   
   The affidavit of Mrs. Wright was presented and read.
   Br. J. C. Aspenwal spoke for the accused.
   Br. D. Copeland made some remarks upon the evidence presented and the pleadings were closed.
   The 1st specification was read and it was sustained by a unanimous vote in the affirmative.
   The 2nd specification was read and sustained by a unanimous vote in the affirmative.
   The 3rd specification was read and sustained by a unanimous vote in the affirmative.
   The charge was then read and sustained by a unanimous vote in the affirmative.
   Voted that Mace R. Clough having been convicted of the crimes alleged against him, be and hereby is
   expelled from the Church."
9. [S47] M. R. Clough household, 1840 U.S. Census U.S. Federal Census, Hancock County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Trenton (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 1 of 12, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M704_141), accessed 21 November 2001, .
10. [S48] Mace R. Clough household, 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Lincoln County, Maine, population schedule, Woolwich, enumeration date 29 Aug 1850, page 498/246B, line 2, dwelling 221, family 275 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 34 of 34, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M432_261), accessed 19 November 2001, .
11. [S13] John V. Banta, compiler, Douglas County, Kansas Territory Land owners of record on 4 July 1857 with legal description of parcel owned (taken from Landplat map) (P.O. Box 3664, Lawernce, Kansas 66044: Douglas County Genealogical Society, 1985), page 3, "Clough, M.R. - NW 1/4 Sec. of Sec. 9, Range 13, Township 19."
12. [S156] "Marriages", Lawrence Republican, Lawrence, Kansas Territory, 17 Dec 1857, page 2, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, micropublication L697.
13. [S59] Mace R. Clough household, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas County, Kansas, population schedule, Wakarusa Township, enumeration date 5 July 1860, page 60, line 1, dwelling 433, family 408 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 60 of 240, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M653_349), accessed 30 November 2001, , occupation farmer, real estate valued at $2300 and personal property at $375.
14. [S59] Mace R. Clough household, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Douglas County, Kansas, population schedule, Wakarusa Township, enumeration date 5 July 1860, page 60, line 1, dwelling 433, family 408 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 60 of 240, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M653_349), accessed 30 November 2001, .
15. [S598] Mace R. Clough household, 1865 Kansas State Census Kansas State Census, Johnson County, Kansas, population schedule, Gardner City, enumeration date 17 Jul 1865, line 1, dwelling 388, family 418 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 2 of 13, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records from the Kansas State Historical Society, micropublication ks1865_4), accessed 25 August 2007.
16. [S460] Rev. Mace Clough Cemetery Marker, Mt. Calvary/Prairie City Cemetery, Baldwin, Douglas County, Kansas; read by Harold Blackwell, 2 September 2004,
    Rev. Mace Clough
    Typhoid Pneumonia
    Feb. 18, 1875
    Age 57 yrs
    5 Mos
    A Minister of the Gospel for
    35 years. He rests from his labor [rest obscured].
17. [S66] Letter from Tina Dunn (New York, New York) to Thomas Clough, 23 May 2000. Enclosure: photocopy of a clipping from an unknown newspaper.
18. [S274] B. Jean Snedeger, Complete Tombstone Census of Douglas County, Kansas (P.O. Box 3664, Lawernce, Kansas 66044: Douglas County Genealogical Society, 1989), page 252.