History of New Hackensack, (Dutchess County) New York United States of America

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Lewis Peter Clover, painter, was born in New York city, Feb. 20, 1819; son of Lewis P. and Bridgette (Murphy) Clover; grandson of Peter and Martha (Cooper) Clover; and a descendant of Peter Clover of Salisbury, England, and of Ashley Cooper. He was educated in his native city and at the College of St. James near Hagerstown, Md., studied painting with William Page and Asher B. Durand and established studios in New York city and Baltimore, Md. He was married Sept. 7, 1840, to Sarah Ann, daughter of Matthew Van Benschoten Ackerman. He was elected an associate National academician in 1840. He exhibited at the Academy "The Rejected Picture," "The Idle Man," "Repose by Moonlight," and "The Phrenologist." He entered the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church at the suggestion of Chief Justice Taney, in 1850, and was rector of Grace memorial church, Lexington, Va., 1851-63; of St. John's church, Johnston, N.Y., 1855-57; of St. Paul's church, Springfield, Ill., 1857-65, and of St. Stephen's church, Milburn, N. J., 1873-81. He edited a reprint of Burnet's Practical Hints on Composition in Painting (1853) and furnished etchings to illustrate the work. He delivered a notable address on the death of Chief Justice Taney which was published in 1864. He received the honorary degree of D.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1858. He died at New Hackensack, N.Y., Nov. 11, 1896.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of New Hackensack, (Dutchess County) New York

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