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• Birth	11 Oct 1836	Wilmington, New Castle Co, Delaware, USA
  Gender	Female
  AFN	1MFJ-L0
  Residence	20 Nov 1850	Pottawattamie Co, Iowa, USA
  Residence	10 Sep 1860	Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA
  Occupation	19 Aug 1870	Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA
  	Keeping House
  Died	31 Jan 1920	Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA
  Buried	3 Feb 1920	City Cemetery, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA
  Person ID	I1415	Nichols-Wilson
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2008
  Father	Jacob Cloward, Sr.,   b. 17 May 1790, North Milford Hnd, Cecil Co, Maryland, USA ,   d. 26 Dec 1851, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA
  Mother	Catherine Ann Pluck,   b. 19 Jun 1795, Montgomery, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 5 May 1878, Salem, Utah Co, Utah, USA
  Married	Feb 1815	Pottstown, Chester Co, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F586	Group Sheet
  Family	William Oscar Sperry, Sr.,   b. 27 Nov 1831, of Bucks Co, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 25 Apr 1911, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA
  Married	3 May 1855	Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA
  Children	1. Eliza Ann Sperry,   b. 8 Feb 1856, Provo, Utah Co, Utah Territory, USA ,   d. 20 Feb 1856   2. Mary Elizabeth Sperry,   b. 23 Apr 1857, Provo, Utah Co, Utah Territory, USA ,   d. 30 Sep 1867, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA   3. William Oscar Sperry, Jr.,   b. 11 Nov 1859, Provo, Utah Co, Utah Territory, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1880, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA > 4. Martha Lorette Sperry,   b. 9 Jan 1863, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA ,   d. 13 Jun 1940, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, Utah, USA   5. Hannah Melissa Sperry,   b. 2 Dec 1866, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA ,   d. 24 Jan 1884, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA > 6. Hepsybeth Estella Sperry,   b. 21 Jul 1869, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1946, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA > 7. Charlotte Bertha Sperry,   b. 23 Nov 1870, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA ,   d. 7 Jan 1915, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA   8. Willis Elbert Sperry,   b. 16 Jun 1874, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1922, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA   9. Vienna Sperry,   b. 8 Jul 1878, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA ,   d. 7 Oct 1878, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA   10. Willamette Sperry,   b. 10 Jun 1880, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA ,   d. 5 Oct 1929, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA   11. Whitmer Orel Sperry,   b. 8 Feb 1885, Provo, Utah Co, Utah, USA ,   d. 3 May 1887
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2007
  Family ID	F621	Group Sheet

• Documents		1860 U.S. Census Status: Located. Provo, Utah, Utah: "Geo Baum" family; also listed in the household is "Catharine Cloward" & "Ann Cloward" (George's mother-in-law); Two homes down is the "Wm O Sperry" family, the son-in-law to Catherine Ann PLUCK Cloward
  		1870 U.S. Census [19 Aug 1870] Status: Located. Provo, Utah, Utah: "William Sperry" family; listed in the household is "Ann Cloward," William's mother-in-law
  		1850 U.S. Census [20 Nov 1850, p 1] Status: Located. District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa: Four Cloward families listed as immediate neighbors, "William Cloward," Jacob Cloward (Sr)," "Daniel Cloward," & "Thomas Cloward"; 1st page lists William, Jacob, and Daniel's families
  		Death Certificate Utah death certificate of Eliza Ann CLOWARD Sperry, research by Chad G. Nichols
  Headstones		Headstone [11 Apr 2005] Status: . Headstone of William Oscar Sperry, Sr. & Eliza Ann CLOWARD Sperry

• Sources

  [S847] Nichols Online Library, Digital Documents Researched and Scanned by Chad Nichols & Relatives, Nichols, Chad G., (Chad Nichols has catalogued over 40,000 relatives, with over 5,000 of them having documentation to support their place in the family tree. Recent generation surnames (great grandparents) in his tree include Anderson, Campbell, Dutson, Kump, Kylen, Nichols, O'Donnell, Roberts, Stone, and Walker. One generation further back adds Broman, Cloward, Conder, Ericksen, Farmer, Holyoak, Nielson, Richardson, and Shelley. Most ancestors are from England, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. [online] www.nicholslibrary.org (801) 280-9590 7783 S 4950 W West Jordan, UT 84081 USA). 1850 U.S. Census - 001253 1860 U.S. Census - 000591 1870 U.S. Census - 001245 Death certificate - 004864 Grave Marker - 001351 [S476] 1850 United States Federal Census, United States. Bureau of the Census. 7th Census, 1850, (Washington [District of Columbia] : National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm of original records in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.). District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa: "Jacob Cloward," age 60, Farmer, birthplace Maryland; "Ann," age 50, birthplace Pennsylvania; "James," age 24, Farmer, birthplace Pennsylvania; "Jacob," age 22, Farmer, birthplace Pennsylvania; "Hannah," age 16, birthplace Pennsylvania; "Eliza," age 13, birthplace Pennsylvania; next-door neighbors are Jacob's sons, "William Cloward" and "Daniel Cloward" [S465] 1860 United States Federal Census, United States. Census Office. 8th Census, 1860, (Washington [District of Columbia] : The National Archives, [19--] Microfilm of original records in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.). Provo, Utah, Utah: "Wm O Sperry," age 24, Farmer, value of real estate 200, value of personal estate 400, birthplace Connecticut; "Eliza A," age 22, birthplace Delaware; "Mary E," age 3, birthplace Utah Territory; "Wm O," age 10 mos, birthplace Utah Territory [S3] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States. Bureau of the Census. 9th Census, 1870, (Washington [District of Columbia] : The National Archives, [19--] Microfilm of original records in the National Archives, Washington, D.C.), p 15 (Reliability: 3). Provo City 3rd Ward, Utah, Utah: "William Sperry," age 30, Farmer, value of real estate 350, value of personal estate 300, birthplace Connecticut, male citizen of the U.S.; "Eliza," age 29, Keeping House, birthplace Delaware; "William," age 10, At home, birthplace Utah; "Martha," age 8, At home, birthplace Utah; "Hannah," age 4, At home, birthplace Utah; "Estella," age 1, at home, birthplace Utah; "Ann Cloward," age 70, no occupation, birthplace Massachusetts [S228] Utah Cemeteries and Burials Database, Utah Department of Community and Economic Development, (Salt Lake City, UT : [2003--, online] http://history.utah.gov/utah_history_research_center/cemetery_burials/), Block 3, Lot 4 (Reliability: 3). Lists "Elizabeth A. Sperry," born 1836, died 31 Jan 1920, birthplace Pennsylvania, deathplace Provo, Utah [S470] City Cemetery Burial Records, Provo City Parks & Recreation, (Provo, Utah : [Online]). [S440] Grave Marker. SPERRY WILLIAM O. SPERRY BORN NOV. 27, 1831 DIED APRIL 25, 1911 --- HIS WIFE ELIZA A. SPERRY BORN OCT. 11, 1836 DIED JAN. 31, 1920 Photo & transcription by Chad G. Nichols [S471] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).

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