Family Remembrance:1612 "Harrison Clevenstine was born Oct. 16, 1821 in Derstown, now Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Christian and Mary Williams Clevenstine. I believe there were at least two siblings, Elizabeth and Jackson Clevenstine. Harrison left Pennsylvania in 1854 and roamed between southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois before settling in Stevenson County, Illinois in the late 1860s."

Biographical Sketch (1880):1855 "H. Clevenstine, merchant, Rock Grove; born Oct. 16, 1821, in Union Co., Penn., and was raised in Center Co.; lived in Pennsylvania till the spring of 1857, when he came to Stephenson Co., Ill.; after a few months here, he took a trip through Iowa, and in the fall of 1858, went to Wisconsin, where he lived for ten years; returned to Stephenson Co. in the fall of 1868, and has since resided in this county; was in the mercantile business for some years before coming here in 1868, and for all of the time since that date; has been Postmaster of Rock Grove since the spring of 1873 or 1874, and has been School Trustee two or three terms; politics, Democratic. He was married, in October, 1869, to Miss Lettice Williams, a native of Pennsylvania; their children living are Hiram Albert, Cyrus Sterling and Emmert Christian; one child, John Henry, died April 8, 1880, aged 7 months."

1821 Birth:1864 "Harrison Clevenstine born October 16th 1821."

1847 Sons of Temperance:1859, p. 88. "The Hublersburg Division of the Sons of temperance was formed May 25, 1847: W. P., W. P. Harris; W. A., Henry McEwen; R. S., David McCalmont; A. R. S., James W. Gamble; F. S., Harrison Clevenstone; T., Daniel T. McKean;, C., John Divens; A. C., W. McKean, Jr.; I. S., Robert Williams; O. S., John Thompson."

1849 Tax Assessment, Walker Township, Centre County:1921 "Clevenstine, Harrison, age 28."

1850 U.S. Census:1849 Harrison enumerated in the household of his father Christian Clevenstine in Walker Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania as a male, age 29, farmer.

1857 Relocation to Illinois:1455 In 1857 Harrison Clevenstine, son of Christian Clevenstine and Mary Williams, transported a family Bible to Illinois.

1870 U.S. Census:2752
Stephenson County, Illinois (Rock Grove Township)
Enumeration date not given
Harrison Clebenster •• 48, male, white, general merchant, real estate value $700, personal property value $2,500, born in Pennsylvania, male over the age of 21
L. •• 27, female, white, keeping house, born in Pennsylvania

1880 U.S. Census:2750
Stephenson County, Illinois (Rock Grove)
Enumerated 14 June 1880
Har[rison] Clivenstein •• white, male, 58, married, store keeper, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania
Littise •• white, female, 37, wife, married, keeping house, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania
Albert H. •• white, male, 9, son, single, at school, born in Illinois, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania
Cirus S. •• white, male, 5, son, single, at school, born in Illinois, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania
Emmert C. •• white, male, 4, son, single, at home, born in Illinois, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania
Alonso Emmerich •• white, male, 22, servant, single, clerk at store, born in Illinois, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Son Cyrus Clevenstine:2831 Cyrus Sterling Clevenstine, was married to Emma Ann Orendorf, by the
Methodist Minister of Monroe, Wisconsin on January 21, 1897.