Isaac Cleveland

Brief Life History of Isaac

When Isaac Cleveland was born on 12 March 1798, in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Josiah Cleveland, was 45 and his mother, Abigail Fox, was 35.

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Josiah Cleveland
1753–1843
Abigail Fox
1762–
Josiah Cleaveland
1796–
Isaac Cleveland
1798–
James Cleveland
1801–1867
Horace Cleveland
1803–1874

Sources (2)

  • Isaac Cleveland, "Early Mormon Missionaries"
  • Isaac Cleveland, "Early Mormon Missionaries"

World Events (3)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1802 · Brass is Discovered

"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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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