Elwood was born at
Indiana on 16 December 1847. He was the son of
Joseph H. Cluckner and
Sarah (?). He married
Minerva George on 21 April 1870. Elwood was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at
Arcadia, Hamilton Co., Indiana. Elwood died on 19 March 1908 at
Indiana at age 60. He was New Tag Obituary for Elwood Cluckner:
"E.M. Cluckner died suddenly Tuesday at 10:20. He went to bed Monday night feeling as well as ever having been to K of P Lodge and taken part in the work. His wife woke up at three o'clock and found him unconscious. All possible means of reviving him him failed and death claimed at 10:20. He was 60 years, 3 months and 3 days old. He leaves a wife, three children, Emerson, Mrs. John Harris and Mrs. Herman Bardonner and three sisters two brothers having preceded him. His father and one brother died suddenly and in a manner very similar. He also leaves six grand-children. Funeral today at the house at 2:30. The K of P Lodge will take charge of the burial at the Dunkard Cemetery. In March 1908. His body was interred in March 1908 at
Arcadia, Hamilton Co., Indiana, at Dunkard Cemetery at the Church of the Brethren.