Brief Life History of John
When John Cleveland was born on 1 August 1858, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Alexander Dennison Cleveland, was 25 and his mother, Amanda Jane Spiver, was 23. He married Martha Alnora Castor on 12 February 1878, in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Simms, Cascade, Montana, United States in 1930 and School District 39 Simms, Cascade, Montana, United States for about 5 years. He died on 8 December 1943, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Sun River Cemetery, Sun River, Cascade, Montana, United States.
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- John Cleavland in household of Alexander Cleavland, "United States Census, 1860"
- John Cleveland, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- John Cleveland, "BillionGraves Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: William Price BIRTH unknown DEATH 20 Sep 1863 BURIAL Sun River Cemetery Sun River, Cascade County, Montana, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 41965677
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places in Devon, Essex, or the North Yorkshire, formed from the genitive plural (clifa) of Old English clif ‘bank, slope’ + land ‘land’.
Americanized form (and a rare Norwegian variant) of Norwegian Kleveland or its variant Kleiveland, and also of Kleven or its variant Kleiven.
History: Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th president of the US, was the fifth child of a country Presbyterian clergyman. His father, Richard Falley Cleveland, a graduate of Yale College and of the theological seminary at Princeton, was descended from Moses Cleaveland who arrived in MA in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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