In the 1860 US Federal Census for Jasper, Taney, Missouri, 37-year-old Tennessee-born farmer Joshua Clevenger owns $328 worth of personal property, but no land. He and his 37-year-old Kentucky-born wife Polly [Mary Davis] Clevenger have in their household their Missouri-born children, 15-year-old Sally, 13-year-old Anna, 11-year-old Marian [sic Francis Marian], 8-year-old Betsey, 5-year-old Amanda, 3-year-old Jackson and one-year-old Jasper. Mary Davis Clevenger is illiterate. Sally, Anna, Francis Marian and Betsey have attended school in the past year.