Susannah Mendenhall

• Daughter of Thomas Mendenhall, Sr. and Mary Ann Sinex
• Birth: September 20, 1834 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
• Death: May 04, 1909 (74) in Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah, United States
• Place of Burial: Moroni City Cemetery, Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah, United States
• Susannah Mendenhall’s Find A Grave Memorial

Married

• Married: Jacob Cloward, Jr on Dec 5 1848 in Bucks, Pennsylvania USA -

Children

Susannah and Jacob settled near Spanish Fork, Utah and then later moved to Moroni, Utah where they had a large farm and became a prominent farming family in Sanpete County. Susannah and Jacob had nine children:

• Jacob Albert, born 6 Jun 18547, died Feb 1913
• Mary Catherine, born May 23 1856, died Mar 25 1915
• Thomas James, born Dec 21 1859, died Sep 24 1917
• Lewis, born March 21 1862, died Oct 28 1943
• Louisa Ann, born Aug 16 1864, died Dec 28 1921
• George Delbert, born May 23 1867, died Feb 15 1936
• Eleanor Marie, born Apr 16 187, died Oct 5 1928
• Edmund, born Mar 12 1873, died Mar 10 1874
• Joseph Willis, born Dec 1878, died Nov 25 1944

History

SUSANNAH MENDENHALL CLOWARD 20 September 1834 – 4 May 1909 (Written by Colleen Goodman, 2nd great-grand daughter)

Contributed By: betsygoodman1 · 22 November 2015 ·

Susannah Mendenhall was born 20 September 1834 in New Castle, Delaware to Thomas Mendenhall (b. 10 Mar 1806, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; m.5 Sep 1883, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; d. 2 Sep 1888, Dayton, Franklin, Idaho) and Mary Ann Sinex (b. 16 Sep 1812, Christiana, New Castle, Delaware; d. 27 Apr 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa). She was the first child of six children. The Mormon missionaries visited their community where their family listened to their message. Susannah was baptized and confirmed the same day by David Jorley in 28 Nov 1846. She was twelve years old. Her father, Thomas, joined in 1843 but her mother, Mary Ann, joined the same year as Susannah on 7 January 1846. Now that the Mendenhalls had joined the Church, Susannah's family had a great desire to join with the other saints in Nauvoo, Illinois so they moved there. As a young girl, Susannah grew up amid the trials of the saints but also had the great privilege of seeing the Nauvoo Temple built and was well acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith. (Ed. note: Since Susannah was baptized at age 12 in the year 1846, the Prophet would have already been dead. Her husband, Jacob Cloward, and his family did know the Prophet so the historian must have assumed that Susannah did, also.) Susannah's younger brother, Edmond, died at four years old while they were still in Nauvoo. The family, along with the other saints, gathered their belongings and prepared for the move westward. Susannah's mother was expecting her sixth baby at the time of the move. The baby, named Elizabeth, was born in February 1847 but she died two months later. The family moved on and arrived at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Susannah's mother, Mary Ann, became very ill and died on 27 April 1848. The family buried her at Council Bluffs by wrapping her in a blanket and placing her in an old hollow tree for a casket. This left Susannah, 13 years old, responsible for her three younger brothers while her father gathered supplies and prepared for the long journey to Salt Lake Valley. Two years later, while still in Council Bluffs, Susannah's father married Catherine Barton in March 1850.

Susannah met Jacob Cloward, Jr., fell in love, and was married on 5 December 1851. She was seventeen years old. They left for Utah with Jacob's brother, William's family, in 1852 as listed in an Unidentified Company:

• Cloward, Jacob, Jr. (24)
• Cloward, Lenora Maria (2)
• Cloward, Rebecca Ann Searles (22)
• Cloward, Susannah Mendenhall (18)
• Cloward William (30)

Her husband, Jacob, died 17 July 1883. Susannah's youngest child, Joseph, was only four years old at the time. Susannah and her family carried on with the farm in Moroni. Susannah lived seventeen years as a widow and died in Moroni, Utah on 4 May 1909. She was buried in the Moroni Cemetery.

• Information for this history came from DUP histories, wagon train records, and census records.

Sources

Susannah Mendenhall in the Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view?album_type=photos_of_me&id=6000000001219962806&photo_id=6000000171733627873&position=0

Grave stone of Susannah Mendenhall Cloward - Inscription: Lead Kindly Light, Susannah M. Cloward, born Sept. 20, 1834 in New Castle Co. Delaware. Died May 4, 1909 in Moroni, Utah. -https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001219962806?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081856128045

Susan Mandanhall in entry for Jacob Albert Cloward Jr. Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964 - Name: Susan Mandanhall, Sex: Female, Husband: Jacob Cloward, Son: Jacob Albert Cloward, Other information in the record of Jacob Albert Cloward, from Utah Death Certificates, Name: Jacob Albert Cloward, Event Type: Death, Event Date 07 Feb 1913, Event Place: Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States, Gender: Male, Father's Name: Jacob Cloward Mother's Name: Susan Mandanhall, Source Reference Cloward, Jacob Albert, 1913, Citation, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGH-Z66 : 11 September 2015), Susan Mandanhall in entry for Jacob Albert Cloward, 1913 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000019467516232?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081024837808&position=0

Jacob Cloward & Susannah Mendenhall in LDS Pioneer & Handcart Companies 1847 - 1856 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001126481906?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081879061906&position=0

Susan Cloward in household of Jacob Cloward in United States Census, 1880 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001126481906?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081856453106&position=0

Obituary of Susannah Cloward Born Mendenhall listed in the Deseret Evening News - May 10 1909 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001219962806?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081856209200

Susannah Mendenhall listed In Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830 - 1848 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001219962806?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081856452977&position=0

Father Thomas Mendenhall In Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830 - 1848-' Source: Family Group Sheet-Self Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Esshom, Frank. 1913, Page 1032, Utah Federal Census; Year: 1860, 1870, Gender: Male, Birth: Mar 10 1806, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA, Source: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Esshom, Frank. 1913. Page 1032, Father: Abraham Mendenhall Mother: Elizabeth Wells, Source: Family Group Sheet-Self, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Esshom, Frank. 1913, Page 1032, Wife: Mary Ann Synix, Other: Children, Family Group Sheet-Self, Children's- Data:Child-Number 1, Mendenhall, Susannah, Birth-, Date,: September 20, 1834,Birth-,Place,: New Castle County, DE, USA,PS:"Children Data" Name: Birthdate: Place:PS:"Children Data"1. Mendenhall, Susannah September 20, 1834 New Castle County, DE, USA,PS:"Children Data" 2. Mendenhall, George Madison September 29, 1836 Wilmington, New Castle, DE, USA PS:"Children Data" 3. Mendenhall, Lewis Henry December 26, 1838, PS:"Children Data" 4. Mendenhall, Edmund September 29, 1841, PS:"Children Data" 5. Mendenhall, Thomas Jr. February 18, 1844 PS:"Children Data"6. Mendenhall, Elizabeth February 1847, Marriage Number 2, Spose, Barton, Catharine Family Group Sheet-Self, Marriage Number, Spouse: Nielsen, Margaretta, Family Group Sheet-Self, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Esshom, Frank. 1913, Page:1032,Temple Ordinance: Baptism Family Group Sheet-Self, Date: October 31, 1967, Endowment Family Group Sheet-Self, Date: October 26, 1861, Sealed to Spouse Family Group Sheet-Self, Date: November 17, 1854 Temple: Endowment House, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Places of Residence: Spanish Fork, Utah, UT, USA, Franklin County, ID, USA Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Esshom, Frank. 1913, Page: 1032, Cache County, UT, USA; 1860, Oxford County, ID, USA; 1870 Utah Federal Census;:Year: - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001219962775?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081855338099&position=0

Susannah Mendenhall in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935- Name: Susannah Mendenhall, Residence Place: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Event Type: Admittance, Monthly Meeting: Concord Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index', Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Meeting State: Pennsylvania, Meeting County: Delaware - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001219962806?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081875843254

Jacob Cloward & Susannah Mendenhall mentioned in a Death Certificate for Daughter Eleanor Marie Cloward- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001126459789?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081876414257&position=0

Susan Cloward in the 1870 United States Federal Census- https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001219962806?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081876063371&position=0