Transcription: The Collver-Culver Genealogy, 1630 to 1916

Editorial note: This is a verbatim transcription of the family's copy of The Collver-Culver Genealogy, 1630 to 1916 (privately printed, c. 1916), preserving the original spelling and punctuation throughout. Bracketed text is editorial. The scanned original, and the story of this copy, are presented in the companion post, "The Family Pamphlet." Transcribed July 2026.

The Collver-Culver Genealogy

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THE history of the COLLVERS dates back in line to John Collver, who lived in England, but I do not know where in England. He had three sons, John, Edward and Joseph. John inherited the estate in England. Joseph went to Ireland, where he settled and reared a family. Edward with his two sons came to America and settled in New London, Connecticut, 1630, and he was in Boston, Massachusetts, as early as 1635.

He was the Puritan ancestor of all the Collvers, and Culvers, now in America so far as known. This old family played a notable part in Colonial and Revolutionary times. One of Edward Collver's sons was killed by the Indians; the other son, John, had a son named John, who married Sarah Winthrop, a Granddaughter of Governor Winthrop, of Boston, Massachusetts, and came with his family and located on Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey. The farm upon which they settled remained the homestead of the family for many generations. He died in 1760, aged 90 years. His wife died in 1766, aged 83 years. Both were buried in a private burying ground near Pleasant Grove Church, New Jersey.

Thomas Collver, his son (who was my Great Great Grandfather), purchased 200 acres of land on Schooley's' Mountain in 1749, and his son, Simon Collver (who was my Great Grandfather), was born April 7, 1745; married Jemima Tuttle [worn type; the ink can be read “Turtle”], who was born June 30, 1752, and died November 2, 1843.

Simon Collver was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He died July 11, 1828.

Collver's Gap, or Pass, is at the foot of Schooley's Mountain.

A nephew of Thomas Collver was Reverend Jabez Collver, who was the second pastor of the only Congregational Church ever organized in the northern part of Sussex County, New Jersey, on or near Lake Collver, about seven miles north of Lafayette, Sussex Co., N. J.

In 1793, at the solicitation of Governor Simcoe, he went to Canada and settled in Norfolk County upon a tract of land of 1,000 acres given him by the Governor, in the neighborhood where Simcoe now is situated. There he organized a church and continued preaching for twenty-five (25) years. He died in 1818 at an advanced age.

Simon Collver's children were: George, Amos, David, Jayne, Irene, Lydia, Sarah and Elizabeth.

George and Amos, one or both, settled at Culver's Point, on Lake Scipio, second lake east of Seneca Lake, New York.

Irene married Jacob Gest! I do not know what became of them.

Lydia married Jonathan Drake. They lived at Dunkirk, New York, on Lake Erie. Sarah married John Bacon, but I do not know what became of them.

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Elizabeth married Jacob Teeple, and at one time lived in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. Her son, Doctor Teeple, lived and died in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, and was buried at the same place. Dr. Teeple had children living in Delta. He and his son were in the banking business. Elizabeth Teeple's daughter. Mrs. Patterson, do not know where she lives.

DAVID JAYNE COLLVER, son of Simon Collver, born January 16, 1787, at the old homestead, Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey, was my Grandfather. He was named for a Doctor Jayne, and had a family of thirteen children, eight boys and five girls—Amos, Simon, Bar Jonas, Jacob Myer's, Edward, John, Nathan, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Clarissa, Jemima, Catherine, Polly and Elizabeth. He moved to Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1844. He had three sons and 14 grandsons that he knew of in the Union Army during the Civil War. On his 90th birthday he composed the song, "The Republican Victory," and afterward sang it at a celebration at Newton, New Jersey. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and in 1818 organized the first Baptist Sunday School on Schooley's Mountain, New Jersey. He died at the home of his son, George W. Collver, in Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey, December 13, 1878, aged nearly 92 years. He was buried at Baleville, Sussex County, New Jersey.

He married, April 8, 1809, Margaret Myers (daughter of Jacob Myers). She was born May 14, 1792, and died January 6, 1866. She was buried at Baleville. Margaret Myers was born at Germantown, German Valley, Morris County, New Jersey. Her parents came from Holland and her relatives, after she was married, went to Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada, 80 miles from Buffalo, New York. W. C. Myers and Mrs. Leslie Myers were still living there at the time of the Buffalo Exposition.

Names are handed down from one generation to another.

GEORGE WASHINGTON COLLVER; son of David Jayne Collver, born at Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey, February 4, 1810, died November 24, 1890, at Lafayette. He was buried at Baleville, Sussex County, New Jersey. His first wife was Mary S. Kays, born April 12, 1816, at Lafayette, and died at the same place July 4, 1842. His second wife was a sister to his first wife, Dorcas P. Kays, born February 5, 1820. She died May 28, 1897.

His children were: Hannah C. Collver, born September 29, 1834; died June 11, 1863, at Lafayette. She married Edward A. Couse, November [4?], 1857, at Lafayette. They had one child, Lillian Couse, born December 29, 1861, at Lafayette, and died October 21, 1889.

Margaret Collver, born February 16, 1836, at Lafayette, died September 23, 1909.

Gabriel Collver, born August 26, 1837, at Lafayette. He

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died August 3, 1887, and was buried at Newton. He was a merchant in Lafayette. He was married to Gussie D. Osborn. She died at Lafayette and was buried at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey.

Henry Kays Collver, born December 7, 1838, at Lafayette, died April 27, 1840.

George H. Collver, born March 7, 1841, at Lafayette, died May 10, 1860. They are all buried at Baleville, Sussex County, New Jersey, except Gabriel,

Mary E. Collver, born October 27, 1843, at Lafayette, was married to Henry Couse November 26, 1874, at Lafayette. They lived on a farm near Lafayette and had one child, Annie Couse, born April 15, 1884. Annie Couse married Frank Mabee at Lafayette, October 11, 1905. They have three children, Allen Couse Mabee, born at Lafayette, July 30, 1906. Harold Francis Mabee, born August 30, 1909. Martin F. Mabee, born November 28, 1914, at Lafayette.

Mary E. Collver Couse and Henry Couse, her husband, live at Warbasse, Sussex County, New Jersey, near Lafayette, on a farm.

George W. Collver at the age of seventeen years went to learn the trade of Millwright. When he became of age he worked as Journeyman for one year, and then carried on his own business at Allamuchy for one year, for two years at Huntsville, he resided at Sparta for six years, where he built a mill, and was engaged in the manufacture of wrought iron, and carried on mercantile business. In the spring of 1843, he settled in Lower Lafayette in partnership with Henry B. Kays. They built a grist and sawmill and carried on a foundry business. During the two years after Mr. Kays' death, he carried on the business alone. But in 1857 formed a partnership with Judge James B. Huston, which existed until his death. He had held the most important office of his township and in 1851 was a member of the legislature. He had always been interested in every good work, was a strong Temperance man, and organized the Sons of Temperance in Lafayette. He was afterwards District Deputy for Sussex County, New Jersey. He was an active supporter of the Christian Church at Baleville.

SIMON BAR JONAS COLLVER was born October 5, 1811, at Schooley's Mountain, at the old homestead. He married Eliza Finley Brown July 22, 1835, at Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey. She was born at Newark, New Jersey, July 6, 1814. Eliza Finley Brown Collver died December 3, 1897, in Cleveland, Ohio. He died in Clyde March 9, 1875; both are buried in McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.

Simon B. Collver, with his family, moved from New Jersey to Ohio in May 1849, by way of New York City, Hudson River, Erie Canal and Lake Erie, to Sandusky City. He moved to Milan, Erie County, Ohio, remained there until February, then located at Hamer's Corners, now Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, where he lived with his family until his death.

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The children born to them were: Mary Elizabeth Collver, John Brown Collver, George Washington Collver, Julia Ann Onsted Collver, Caroline Louisa Collver, David Jayne Collver and Selina Margaret Collver. Mary Elizabeth Collver, born May 15, 1836, at Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, died December 27, 1840, at Andover, Sussex County, New Jersey. She was buried at Newton, New Jersey.

John Brown Collver, born December 28, 1837, at Andover, Sussex County, New Jersey, died July 23, 1838, at Andover, and was buried at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey.

George Washington Collver, son of Simon Bar Jonas Collver, was born May 13, 1839, at Andover, Sussex County, New Jersey. He died August 20, 1907, at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, and was buried in McPherson Cemetery.

He was a private in Co. B, 169th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and Second Lieutenant in Company B, 197th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War.

George Washington Collver married Mary Minagh, October 11, 1865, near Milan, Erie County, Ohio. Mary Menagh was born April 8, 1838, near Huron, Erie County, Ohio. Their children are: Minnie May Collver, Joseph Kent Collver, Myrtle Maria Collver, Minnie May Collver, born May 1, 1870, at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. She married Seymore Gurst of Fremont, Ohio, May 27, 1890, at Clyde, Ohio. Their children are George Collver Gurst, born at Clyde. Ohio; May 12, 1891; died May 14, 1891, and is buried at Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Harold Seymour Gurst, born April 30, 1892, at Fremont, Ohio. Helen Elizabeth Gurst, born June 26, 1899, at Atlanta, Indiana. The Gurst family live in Cleveland, Ohio.

Joseph Kent Collver, born November 5, 1872, on a farm near Milan, Erie County, Ohio, at his grandfather's, Joseph Menagh. Miss Myrtle Maria Collver, born August 11, 1874, at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. Myrtle and brother, Joseph Kent Collver. reside with their mother at their home in Clyde, Ohio.

JULIA ANN ONSTED COLLVER, daughter of Simon B. Collver, was born September 5, 1842, at Andover, Sussex County, New Jersey. She married Charles Rodney Mason, October 12, 1865, at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio.

Charles Rodney Mason was born June 20, 1842, at East Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. He died October 5, 1880, at Clyde, Ohio, and is buried in McPherson Cemetery. He was in Company I, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, four years during the Civil War.

Their children are:

Frank Rodney Mason, born January 31, 1869, at Clyde, O. He died June 12, 1870, at Clyde and is buried in McPherson Cemetery.

Frank Charles Mason was born October 31, 1872, at Clyde,

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Ohio. He married Ida Williamson of Cleveland, O., April 8, 1901. She is dead, and is buried in Cleveland.

Frank Charles Mason married Minnie E. Eckert of Cleveland, November 8, 1911. She was born October 31, 1884, in Columbus, Ohio.

Julia A. Collver Mason and son, Frank C. Mason, moved from Clyde, Ohio, to Cleveland, Ohio, over twenty years ago.

CAROLINE LOUISA COLLVER, daughter of Simon B. Collver, was born August 2, 1844, at Stanhope, Sussex County, New Jersey. She died December 2, 1846, at Stanhope and is buried at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey.

DAVID JAYNE COLLVER, son of Simon B. Collver, was born August 20, 1846, at Stanhope, Sussex County, New Jersey. He married Isabel Russell August 20, 1866, at Clyde, Ohio. She was born near Clyde on a farm July 25, 1846. She died January, 1911, at Brookline, Boston, Massachusetts, and is buried in Clyde, Ohio, in McPherson Cemetery. She was a cousin of General James B. McPherson, who was born, raised and buried in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio.

David Jayne Collver married Frances Harris of Cleveland, Ohio, who was born in Seville, Medina County, Ohio. He enlisted in the Union Army, Civil War, in Company A, 72nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at the age of fourteen years.

He was chief clerk at General Durey's headquarters in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, in 1864 and 1865. He was a merchant in Clyde, Ohio, for several years. He then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was in the employ of the Big Four Railroad Company. He was the originator of long distance tours and tour business in the United States when the Buffalo and Antelope were in big herds and the Indian camps were many. He also conducts tours to Florida, West Indies, Panama and South America and the most important places in Europe, Asia and Africa. His first tour was nearly forty years ago. He is District Passenger Agent of the New York Central Line in Cleveland, Ohio.

Their children are: Leon L. Collver, and Miss Harriet Russell Collver, born in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. She resides in Portland, Maine.

David Jayne Collver and wife reside at Harcourt Drive, Cleveland, Ohio.

LEON L. COLLVER was born November 9, 1867, at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. He married Jean Tucker, July 25, 1901, of Elkhart, Indiana. Jean Tucker Collver died July 16, 1904, at Boston. Brookline, Mass. She is buried at Elkhart, Indiana. Born to them: Macpherson Tucker Russell Collver, born August 20, 1902, at Boston, Brookline, Massachusetts. Leon L. Collver, married Ethel Blanchard February 27, 1906, at Boston, Mass. Born to them: Caroline Blanchard Collver, born December 30, 1913, at Boston, Mass.

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Leon L. Collver, son of David Jayne Collver, with his parents, moved to Cleveland, O., when seven years old. In 1890 he moved east and was agent of Thomas Cook & Son, tourist agents of London, at their branch offices in Boston and New York, for several years. He is now vice president of the Raymond & Whitcomb Co., tourist agents, in Boston. He has traveled around the world several times, both by way of Japan, India and Egypt and via Siberia in every part of Europe, America, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Leon L. Collver with his wife and children reside at 1213 Beacon street, Boston, Brookline, Mass., in the winter. Their summer home is at Marblehead.

SELINA MARGARET COLLVER. daughter of Simon B. Collver was born March 14, 1849, at Stanhope, Sussex County, New Jersey. She died August 24, 1900, and is buried at Clyde, Sandusky County, O., in McPherson Cemetery.

Selina M. Collver married Hugh Menagh at Clyde, Ohio, November 21, 1867. They were married the morning that the great walker, "Weston," passed through Clyde. He was walking from New York City to Chicago.

Selina Margaret Collver Menagh's children were:

Miss Maud Eliza Menagh, born October 18, 1868, on a farm near Green Springs, Seneca County, Ohio., about six miles southwest of Clyde, and is at the present time living on a farm at Turkey Creek, Stuben County, Indiana.

Frank Joseph Menagh, born June 10, 1870, at Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. Frank Joseph Menagh married Louretta Kirlin of Turkey Creek, Stuben County, Indiana at Salem Center. Their children are: Pauline, born in Alpena, Jerald County, South Dakota; Ester, born in Alpena, Jerald County, South Dakota; Virginia, born in Alpena; Jerald County, South Dakota; Daisy, born near Chicago, Illinois; May, born in St. Anthony, Idaho.

Frank Joseph Menagh lived near Turkey Creek, Stuben County, Indiana, on a farm for several years. After he married they moved to Alpena, South Dakota, by wagon train and was there for several years and then returned to Kendleville, Indiana, by wagon train. He then moved to St. Anthony, Idaho, where they now reside.

Harriet Rockefeller Menagh was born March 2, 1873, at Turkey Creek, Stuben County, Indiana. Harriet R. Menagh married William A. Baker, August 24, 1897, at Clyde, Ohio. William A. Baker was born December 10, 1874, at Green Creek, near Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, about five miles west of Clyde. They have one child, Marguerite Baker, born September 3, 1898, at Toledo, Ohio. Harriet Baker and family reside in Cleveland, Ohio.

Selina Isabel Menagh and two others died in infancy at Turkey Creek, Stuben County, Indiana, and are buried at Turkey Creek.

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JACOB MYERS COLLVER was born at Schooley's Mountain, February 23, 1813, Morris County, New Jersey. He was married to Selina Taylor in 1834 at Schooley's Mountain. He died in April 1886, at Detroit, Michigan, and is buried in McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio. Selina Taylor Collver was born in 1821 in New Jersey. Selina T. Collver died in June, 1894, at Lansing, Michigan, and is buried at Lansing, Michigan.

Jacob M. Collver moved from New Jersey to Ohio in 1847 or 1848 by way of New York city, by water to Sandusky City and located at Spears' Corners. now Avery, Erie County, Ohio. About 1857 he, with his family, moved to Illinois, but was not suited with the country and returned and located at Clyde, O., and later moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1884. Their children were: Anthony Atwood Collver, Frank Taylor Coliver [sic] and Euphema Collver.

Anthony A. Collver was born in 1835; at Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey, and died in 1908; he is buried at DeWitt, Michigan. Anthony A. Collver was in the Civil War, in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment; he transferred to the 6th U. S. Cavalry.

Euphema Collver was born in 1837 at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, and died and is buried at Newton.

Anthony A. Collver married Mary Peck of Maumee, or South Toledo, Ohio, and they lived in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. Their children are: Charles Collver, born January, 1867, at Clyde, Ohio; Frank Taylor Collver, born in February, 1869, at Clyde; Grace Collver, born in 1871, at Clyde; Luella Collver, born at Marion, Grant County, Indiana (no date).

Anthony A. Collver's son, Frank T. Collver, lives at Lansing, Michigan. He is married. He was in the Spanish-American war in some Michigan regiment.

FRANK TAYLOR COLLVER, son of Jacob M. Collver, was born December 15, 1839, at Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. He was in the Civil War, 1st U. S. Chasseurs (65th New York Regiment). He married Mary E. Bartlett on January 25, 1864, at Clyde, Ohio. She was born July 21, 1845, near Green Springs, Seneca County, Ohio. Their children were: Francis Gertrude Collver, William J. Collver, Burton Milville Collver.

Francis Gertrude Collver, born November [4?], 1864, at Clyde, Ohio, was married to William A. McMahon at Detroit, Mich. Her daughter, Winifred McMahon, was born April 20, 1881, at Detroit, Mich., married Dr. Charles Burbridge, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 28, 1908. Frank Eugene McMahon, born November 6, 1882, at Detroit, Michigan; died at Grand Rapids, Mich., January 7, 1903. Hazel G. McMahon, born December 23, [1884?], at Kalamazoo, Mich., married Clifford Walker, February 28, 1911, at Grand Rapids, Mich. William A. McMahon, Jr., born at Grand Rapids, September 7, 1893. Mary Ethel McMahon, born August, 1887, at Grand Rapids, Mich., died in March, 1899.

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Great Grand Children of Frank Taylor Collver are:

Margaret Eugenia Burbridge—Born June 28, 1909.

James William Walker—Born October 17, 1912.

William J. Collver, son of Frank T. Collver, was born March 16, 1867, and died March 24, 1888, at Detroit, Michigan. He is buried at Clyde, Ohio, in McPherson Cemetery.

Berton Milville Collver, son of Frank T. Collver, was born January 17, 1871.

Lillian Inez Collver, daughter of Berton M. Collver, was born June 14, 1899. He was married.

Frank Taylor Collver and wife reside in New York City.

Amos Collver, born on Schooley's Mountain May 26, 1814, son of David Jayne Collver, went away from home when a young man. His brother, Simon B. Collver, heard there was a man by that name years ago living at Upper Sandusky, but we do not know whether it was so or not.

Edward Collver, born January 3, 1816, at Schooley's Mountain, died February 28, 1902, aged 86 years, and was buried in Newark, N. J. He married Catherine Sanderson in February, 1841. She died November 21, 1849. She had three children—Edward Augustus, Charles H. and Orlando. Edward Collver later married Mary E. Sanderson, a sister of his first wife, in September, 1851; she died January 2, 1854. There were no children by this union. March 1, 1856, he married Anna Wilkinson, who died March 1, 1862. Three children were born of this union all of whom are dead. He married for his fourth wife Sarah A. Ross Hagaman of Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey, in 1864, who died in June, 1912, and was buried at Lafayette. They had no children.

Edward A. Collver, son of Edward Collver, was born December 14, 1841. He married Laura J. Marshall, who was born April 10, 1844. They were married February 28, 1864, at Baltimore, Maryland. Both are living and had ten children. Curtis O. Coliver [sic] had two children; Charles E. Collver, married a southern woman, Marshall by name, of Baltimore and had nine children. Catherine L., William, D. J. Collver, Nellie, Lenora, Jennie, Laura A. Collver, married, one child living; Robert, died and left two children; Emma, married William Heppenhimer; they had one son living in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio.

Charles H. Collver, son of Edward Collver, was born February 5, 1844. He married Sarah E. Hunten July 4, 1868. She died November 14, 1912, and was buried in Newark, New Jersey. They had nine children.

Catherine married Mark Coats. Their son is George L. Coats.

Edward married Emma Eaton. One son, Harry Collver.

Lillian married Adolph Volkner; three children—Hazel, Alice and Charles Volkner.

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Annie May married John Danbert. They had four children, John, George, Edward and Bessie Danbert.

Charles H. Collver, Jr., never married. Four died young.

Charles H. Collver was in the Civil War in Co. M, 1st New Jersey Cavalry. He lives in Newark or West Orange, New Jersey.

Orlando Collver, son of Edward Collver, was born May 18, 1846. Married Mary Casterline, who died in 1876. They had three children—Frank C., Julia and Lydia. Orlando Collver was in the Civil War, in Co. D. 39th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.

Edward A. Collver, son of Edward Collver, was in the Civil War, 2nd New York Cavalry; he was wounded and captured; was in Libby prison.

John Miller Collver was born at Schooley's Mountain November 4, 1818. He was in the Civil War in a New York Regiment. He married Hulda Overton of Riverhead, Long Island. He then moved to Brantford, Ontario, Canada, where his mother's people lived (Margaret Myer Collver). His children were: Mary Elizabeth Collver and Elgin, or Eugene, Collver. They were both born at Brantford, Canada. He then moved back to Green Point, Brooklyn, Long Island, N. Y., and both died at that place and were buried at Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y. His daughter, Mary Elizabeth Collver, married R. Clegg at Green Point and lived there for several years. She died August 11, 1912, and was buried at Riverhead, Long Island, New York.

Clarissa Collver, born February 13, 1820, at Schooley's Mountain, married Morrison Peer in New Jersey. She had ten children. David, Daniel and Amos were in the Civil War. They moved from New Jersey to West Morland County, Pennsylvania, where he died. Clarissa Collver Peer married Elias Cover for her second husband at West Moreland County, Pa., and they moved to Burbank, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1853. She had four children by her second husband—Isabell, Alice, John and Elias Cover. Her children are all dead but Deborah, Elizabeth, James Peer and John Cover.

Deborah Peer was born September 24, 1846, in New Jersey. She married Edward Mosgrove April 20, 1865, at West Moreland County, Pennsylvania. She had ten children, but two are living. John Cover Mosgrove, born 1883; Albert, born July 18, 1885. Albert Mosgrove is married and has one son. Her husband is dead.

Elizabeth Peer, born in New Jersey, married Harrison Buttolph and had a large family of children, grand children and great grand children. She has two sons and one grandson living in Cleveland, South Brooklyn—Clarence, Clyde and Leo Buttolph.

James Peer, born in 1850, at West Moreland County, Pennsylvania, married Harriet Hockam, born in Lorain County, Ohio. Died January 23, 1889. Had nine children, only two are living,

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Melvill and Cassie May Peer of Cleveland. James Peer and son Melville Peer live in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio.

John Cover, born at Burbank, Wayne County, Ohio. He has three children and two grand-children. Deborah Peer Mosgrove, Elizabeth Peer Buttolph and John C. Cover, live in Medina, Medina County, Ohio.

Elias Cover and Clarissa Collver Peer Cover, both died at Golden Corners and are buried at Beach Grove, Wayne County, Ohio.

Polly Vannosdoll Hedden Collver was born April 21, 1821, at Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey. She married Robert Burris; both are dead and buried at Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey. Children are—Theodore, John and James. Theodore married Martha Hunton; no children. Theodore Burris was in the Civil War in the 2nd New Jersey Cavalry and 8th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Theodore and wife are both dead. James is dead.

John E. Burris' first wife is dead; no children. His second wife had one daughter. John E. Burris was in the Civil War in Company K, 39th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. He was also a very prominent doctor in New York City. He died September 13, 1914.

Jemima Collver was born August 19, 1823, at Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey, and married Mr. Sharp in New Jersey and from there moved to Chicago, Illinois. She died and is buried there.

Nathan Collver, born December 15, 1824, at Schooley's Mountain, and served in the Civil War in a New Jersey Regiment. His children were: John, Frank and David. David died young. Nathan Collver married Julia Snavel. He died at Chatham, New Jersey, June 1, 1885. She died at Lafayette and both are buried at Lafayette, New Jersey. Nathan's son, John, born in Lafayette. John's children are: Julia, Lizzie, Jennie, Frank and Rilla. He lives with his family at Madison, New Jersey. Married, Matilda Smith. Nathan Collver's son, Frank Collver, lives at Barnardsville, New York. Jennie married Frank Allen and has one daughter.

Elizabeth T. Collver, born November 22, 1827, at Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey. She married William Williams at Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey. She had three children—Annie C., Louisa and Fredrick. Annie C. Williams married Edward Wood. She is dead. Catherine Louisa married W. H. Poor. He died. She was matron at the Boys' Orphan Home at Hastings, New York, until her death. Her daughter, Louisa Poor, was a teacher in the military school, New York City, for a number of years. She married W. J. Ustick and went to Chicago, Illinois, to live. Elizabeth Williams' son, Frederick Williams, is married and lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Elizabeth T. Collver Williams and husband went to Vermont when they were married. They are both dead and they are buried at Poultney, Vermont.

Catherine Collver. born June 1, 1830, at Schooley's' Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey. She married William Hunton at Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey. They had nine children. Sarah E. married Charles H. Collver (as to her children, look to Charles H. Collver's record). She died November 14, 1912. Martha Hunton married Theodore Burris. She died September 24, 1913. He died about July 19, 1911. Both are buried in Hackettstown, New Jersey. No children.

Margaret Hunton married Stephen Effnor. They had two children. John Hunton, not married. George and Lillian both died young. Martin Hunton married and had two children.

Flora Hunton, Catherine Collver Hunton's daughter, married Arthur Anthony and had three children: Rhoda, Arthur and William Anthony, all living.

Mary Hunton married William T. Williams; had three children: Thomas, married, had one child; Jennie and William are dead.

Lucy Hunton married William Littell. Had four children.

Nellie Littell married and had three children. Lillian May Littell married and had one child. Jessie Littell married and had one child; William Littell, not married; William Hunton, not married.

Catherine Collver Hunton, died November 14, 1906, and is buried in Newark, New Jersey. Her husband died in 1884.

Andrew Jackson Collver, born February 20, 1833, at Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey. He was the youngest of the family of 13 children. He left home when he was 18 or 20 years of age. We heard years ago that a man by that name was in a school in Illinois or Indiana (I have forgotten which state).

A relative in eastern New Jersey heard some few years ago of an Andrew J. Collver in San Francisco, California, and they lost track of him and did not hear from him again.

Collver is pronounced Culver, and some spell it that way.

[Pasted clipping: Bay City newspaper obituary, October 1976]

Collver, Gertrude Alice
909 N. Farragut

Mrs. Collver, age 83 years, passed away October 17, 1976 at Samaritan Hospital following a several month illness. She was born in Copmanthorph [sic], England on March 30, 1893 and came to America in 1910. Her maiden name was Gertrude Anderson. She married Daniel Collver. He preceded her in death in 1955. She is survived by 2 sons John W. Collver of Climax, Mich., and Albert Collver Sr. of Munger, a brother Chris Anderson of Saginaw, Mich., 13 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren. She is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, and a member and past treasurer of the Bay City Garden Club. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church. The Rev. Fr. Herbert H. Catlin will officiate with interment at Floral Gardens Cemetery. Memorial tributes may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church or the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Collver will be in state at the Penzien funeral Home, Inc. until 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday and in state at the Church from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Friends may call at the Penzien Funeral Home, Inc. after 7:00 p.m. Monday. Chapel hours are 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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