Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Clever (and variant spellings) families who came probably from Germany, Holland, Poland, Prussia, and Russia. Some focus is on descendants of Michael Kleber or Clever (d. 1757) and his wife, Ann Elisabeth (d. 1757) who settled in the Bethel area ca. 1730, along Swatara Creek, Lancaster County now known as Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Three of their children were Heinrich, John...

"If the first volume of "The Pioneers and their Sons" deals more with the pioneers themselves, rather than their sons, this one will speak more of their sons than their fathers. The former covered the period of settlement of the prairies of North Dakota within the limits of a few southwestern counties, especially Stark County, around Dickinson, their hardships and endurance, their success and failure."-- foreward.

William Kenneth Adams was born 27 May 1916 in Cutbank, Montana. His parents were Frederick Henry Adams (1880-1963) and Luella M. Christopherson. He married Rosemary Slavens, daughter of Joseph Rountree Slavens (1879-1950) and Gertrude McCaslin (1883-1975). Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Idaho, Montana, Kentucky, Virginia, Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, England, Ireland and Germany.