Child of Gardner Spaulding Clough and Laura Hemingway Joslin and husband of Alma L. Gates.
Married on November 19, 1871 in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa.
Children: Adelbert Eugene, George Leroy and Alice Mae
Obituary from the Howard Courant Citizen newspaper dated Thursday, November 16, 1939:
Fernando Eugene Clough, eldest son of Gardner S. and Laura Joscelyn [Joslin] Clough, was born in St. Johnsbury [Concord], Vermont, March 20, 1947. At the age of eight, he moved with his family into the n.w. state of Iowa, where he grew to manhood and enlisted on October 14, 1863 in Company E, 9th Iowa Calvary and served in Missouri and Arkansas in the Department of the Southwest during the remainder of the war, and was honorably discharged at Little Rock on February 3, 1866. After being discharged, he returned to Iowa, where he became a farmer, and on November 19 he was married to Miss Alma L. Gates of Sioux Rapids. They came to Kansas and settled in Elk Falls in 1877.
They bought their present home in 1884 and there they have since lived and raised their family of three children. He joined a number of ex-soldiers, and they organized Rawlins Post No. 26 of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a membership of 90. He is the last to go. After the disbandment of Rawlins Post, he transferred to E. M. Stanton Post of Howard, Kansas. He is also the last member of that post. In 1921 he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, surrounded by their children, their families, and a number of Close friends.
Mrs. Clough preceded him in death on January 14, 1929. He leaves two sons, A. E. Clough of Elk Falls and G. L. Clough of Cherokee, Iowa; and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Roberts of the home; two granddaughters, Mrs. L. J. Spinharney of Cherokee, Iowa, and Mrs. W. F. Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri; three great-grandchildren, Joan and Ann Spinharney, and Gene Harrington. He has one brother, William Clough of Des Moines, Iowa; a number of nieces and nephews, one niece being Mrs. S. W. Ritchards of Elk Falls.
Funeral services at Elk Falls Methodist church by the pastor, Reverend C. M. Orr, Sunday, November 12th, 1939. Burial in Elk Falls cemetery in charge of the American Legion. A male quartette, Fred Finley, Roy Williams, W. M. Burnett and I. L. Lyons, accompanied by Mrs. Pete McDiarmid of Tulsa, furnished the music.
Death resulted from a fall occurring a few days previously. Acquainted with Mr. Clough since early life, we desire to say he was a man who made his way by hard work. He was honest, loyal to family, friends, and country, to an unusual degree. His death removed the last Civil War soldier of Elk County. He commanded the respect of his children, his widowed daughter making a home for him to the last; his son, A. E. Clough attending to his need of later life unfailingly. His funeral is pronounced the largest ever held at Elk Falls.
Married on November 19, 1871 in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa.
Children: Adelbert Eugene, George Leroy and Alice Mae
Obituary from the Howard Courant Citizen newspaper dated Thursday, November 16, 1939:
Fernando Eugene Clough, eldest son of Gardner S. and Laura Joscelyn [Joslin] Clough, was born in St. Johnsbury [Concord], Vermont, March 20, 1947. At the age of eight, he moved with his family into the n.w. state of Iowa, where he grew to manhood and enlisted on October 14, 1863 in Company E, 9th Iowa Calvary and served in Missouri and Arkansas in the Department of the Southwest during the remainder of the war, and was honorably discharged at Little Rock on February 3, 1866. After being discharged, he returned to Iowa, where he became a farmer, and on November 19 he was married to Miss Alma L. Gates of Sioux Rapids. They came to Kansas and settled in Elk Falls in 1877.
They bought their present home in 1884 and there they have since lived and raised their family of three children. He joined a number of ex-soldiers, and they organized Rawlins Post No. 26 of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a membership of 90. He is the last to go. After the disbandment of Rawlins Post, he transferred to E. M. Stanton Post of Howard, Kansas. He is also the last member of that post. In 1921 he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, surrounded by their children, their families, and a number of Close friends.
Mrs. Clough preceded him in death on January 14, 1929. He leaves two sons, A. E. Clough of Elk Falls and G. L. Clough of Cherokee, Iowa; and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Roberts of the home; two granddaughters, Mrs. L. J. Spinharney of Cherokee, Iowa, and Mrs. W. F. Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri; three great-grandchildren, Joan and Ann Spinharney, and Gene Harrington. He has one brother, William Clough of Des Moines, Iowa; a number of nieces and nephews, one niece being Mrs. S. W. Ritchards of Elk Falls.
Funeral services at Elk Falls Methodist church by the pastor, Reverend C. M. Orr, Sunday, November 12th, 1939. Burial in Elk Falls cemetery in charge of the American Legion. A male quartette, Fred Finley, Roy Williams, W. M. Burnett and I. L. Lyons, accompanied by Mrs. Pete McDiarmid of Tulsa, furnished the music.
Death resulted from a fall occurring a few days previously. Acquainted with Mr. Clough since early life, we desire to say he was a man who made his way by hard work. He was honest, loyal to family, friends, and country, to an unusual degree. His death removed the last Civil War soldier of Elk County. He commanded the respect of his children, his widowed daughter making a home for him to the last; his son, A. E. Clough attending to his need of later life unfailingly. His funeral is pronounced the largest ever held at Elk Falls.
Child of Gardner Spaulding Clough and Laura Hemingway Joslin and husband of Alma L. Gates.
Married on November 19, 1871 in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa.
Children: Adelbert Eugene, George Leroy and Alice Mae
Obituary from the Howard Courant Citizen newspaper dated Thursday, November 16, 1939:
Fernando Eugene Clough, eldest son of Gardner S. and Laura Joscelyn [Joslin] Clough, was born in St. Johnsbury [Concord], Vermont, March 20, 1947. At the age of eight, he moved with his family into the n.w. state of Iowa, where he grew to manhood and enlisted on October 14, 1863 in Company E, 9th Iowa Calvary and served in Missouri and Arkansas in the Department of the Southwest during the remainder of the war, and was honorably discharged at Little Rock on February 3, 1866. After being discharged, he returned to Iowa, where he became a farmer, and on November 19 he was married to Miss Alma L. Gates of Sioux Rapids. They came to Kansas and settled in Elk Falls in 1877.
They bought their present home in 1884 and there they have since lived and raised their family of three children. He joined a number of ex-soldiers, and they organized Rawlins Post No. 26 of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a membership of 90. He is the last to go. After the disbandment of Rawlins Post, he transferred to E. M. Stanton Post of Howard, Kansas. He is also the last member of that post. In 1921 he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, surrounded by their children, their families, and a number of Close friends.
Mrs. Clough preceded him in death on January 14, 1929. He leaves two sons, A. E. Clough of Elk Falls and G. L. Clough of Cherokee, Iowa; and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Roberts of the home; two granddaughters, Mrs. L. J. Spinharney of Cherokee, Iowa, and Mrs. W. F. Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri; three great-grandchildren, Joan and Ann Spinharney, and Gene Harrington. He has one brother, William Clough of Des Moines, Iowa; a number of nieces and nephews, one niece being Mrs. S. W. Ritchards of Elk Falls.
Funeral services at Elk Falls Methodist church by the pastor, Reverend C. M. Orr, Sunday, November 12th, 1939. Burial in Elk Falls cemetery in charge of the American Legion. A male quartette, Fred Finley, Roy Williams, W. M. Burnett and I. L. Lyons, accompanied by Mrs. Pete McDiarmid of Tulsa, furnished the music.
Death resulted from a fall occurring a few days previously. Acquainted with Mr. Clough since early life, we desire to say he was a man who made his way by hard work. He was honest, loyal to family, friends, and country, to an unusual degree. His death removed the last Civil War soldier of Elk County. He commanded the respect of his children, his widowed daughter making a home for him to the last; his son, A. E. Clough attending to his need of later life unfailingly. His funeral is pronounced the largest ever held at Elk Falls.
Married on November 19, 1871 in Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista County, Iowa.
Children: Adelbert Eugene, George Leroy and Alice Mae
Obituary from the Howard Courant Citizen newspaper dated Thursday, November 16, 1939:
Fernando Eugene Clough, eldest son of Gardner S. and Laura Joscelyn [Joslin] Clough, was born in St. Johnsbury [Concord], Vermont, March 20, 1947. At the age of eight, he moved with his family into the n.w. state of Iowa, where he grew to manhood and enlisted on October 14, 1863 in Company E, 9th Iowa Calvary and served in Missouri and Arkansas in the Department of the Southwest during the remainder of the war, and was honorably discharged at Little Rock on February 3, 1866. After being discharged, he returned to Iowa, where he became a farmer, and on November 19 he was married to Miss Alma L. Gates of Sioux Rapids. They came to Kansas and settled in Elk Falls in 1877.
They bought their present home in 1884 and there they have since lived and raised their family of three children. He joined a number of ex-soldiers, and they organized Rawlins Post No. 26 of the Grand Army of the Republic, with a membership of 90. He is the last to go. After the disbandment of Rawlins Post, he transferred to E. M. Stanton Post of Howard, Kansas. He is also the last member of that post. In 1921 he and his wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, surrounded by their children, their families, and a number of Close friends.
Mrs. Clough preceded him in death on January 14, 1929. He leaves two sons, A. E. Clough of Elk Falls and G. L. Clough of Cherokee, Iowa; and one daughter, Mrs. Alice Roberts of the home; two granddaughters, Mrs. L. J. Spinharney of Cherokee, Iowa, and Mrs. W. F. Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri; three great-grandchildren, Joan and Ann Spinharney, and Gene Harrington. He has one brother, William Clough of Des Moines, Iowa; a number of nieces and nephews, one niece being Mrs. S. W. Ritchards of Elk Falls.
Funeral services at Elk Falls Methodist church by the pastor, Reverend C. M. Orr, Sunday, November 12th, 1939. Burial in Elk Falls cemetery in charge of the American Legion. A male quartette, Fred Finley, Roy Williams, W. M. Burnett and I. L. Lyons, accompanied by Mrs. Pete McDiarmid of Tulsa, furnished the music.
Death resulted from a fall occurring a few days previously. Acquainted with Mr. Clough since early life, we desire to say he was a man who made his way by hard work. He was honest, loyal to family, friends, and country, to an unusual degree. His death removed the last Civil War soldier of Elk County. He commanded the respect of his children, his widowed daughter making a home for him to the last; his son, A. E. Clough attending to his need of later life unfailingly. His funeral is pronounced the largest ever held at Elk Falls.
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