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submitted by Conley Wolterman A highly respected citizen, resided on a farm in Coon Valley Township, Sac County, Iowa, dates his birth in Otsego County, New York, in 1814. His father, Benjamin Cleveland, Sr., had a brother in the War of 1812, and their father, Joseph Cleveland, was a Revolutionary War soldier. The Clevelands were descended from English ancestry. The subject's mother was, before her marriage, Miss Lydia Cooper. She was born in Rhode Island and was a daughter of Joseph Cooper. They had nine children, 6 sons and 3 daughters: Stephen, Joseph, Benjamin, George, Lafayette, Christopher, Laura, Lydia, and Percilla. When Benjamin was 16 years old, in 1828, the family moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania. From there they moved to Huron County, Ohio, thence to Miami County, Ohio, thence to South Bend, Indiana, afterward to St. Joseph County, Michigan, and then to Dane County, Wisconsin. Near Madison, in Dane County, the father died, aged 70 years. The mother died in Marion County, Iowa, at the age of 85 years. Previous to his coming to Sac County, in 1880, Mr. Cleveland had lived in Marion County, Iowa. Upon his arrival in Sac County, he bought 560 acres of land, all in one body, a portion of which he divided among his children, giving to each of them a farm. He kept 160 acres for himself, located in Section 17. In 1843, Mr. Cleveland married Miss Matilda Hayden, a native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, born near Mentor, Garfield's old home. Her parents, John and Louisa (Babcock) Hayden, were natives respectively of Vermont and Grand Island, in Lake Champlain. Her father died in Michigan, at the age of 54 years; and her mother, in Jones County, Iowa, aged 91. They had a family of 13 children. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cleveland had six children: C. C. Cleveland, Auditor of Sac County; Benjamin F. of Coon Valley Township; E. V. Cleveland of Coon Valley Township; Emily, wife of James Neal; and Electa, wife of N. S. Lyon. They lost their first born, Louis, at the age of 13 months. |
Created on ... August 20, 2003