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From: Lynne Johnston Westra <>
Subject: Re: Jesse & Mahala Clevelands
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 16:55:56 -0600


Hello everyone and Happy New Year.

I'll 2nd (or is it 3rd or 4th?) the motion that Jesse and Mahala (and
probably Andrew) were siblings from TN. Jesse Sr had a dau by his 2nd wife
Alsie WHITTINGHAM (sis to Lewis WHITTINGHAM) named for her Aunt Mahala (I
believe niece Mahala married Augustus DANIEL in 1868).

Also Nat. JONES and Jesse CLEVELAND's wives (Elizabeth SUMMERS and Malinda
SUMMERS, respectively) were kin.

~Lynne

At 02:31 PM 1/2/99 EST, you wrote:
>Boy... I am getting a lot of milage out of repsonding to one e-mail... :-)
>
>The part I'd like to understand now is the Jesse & Mahala Clevelands.
>
>In the 1860 census page 369 I have ....
>
>Cleveland, Jesse50MFarmer
>Alcy J.35FWeaver
>Jesse B.16MFarming Domestic
>Malinda12F
>James K. P.11M
>Mahala 9F
>Elender 8F
>Margarett A. 7F
>Thomas J. 4M
>Walter C.6/12M
>
>There are two Jesse's (b:1815 and b:1844) and a Mahala (b:1851).
>
>If the Jesse b:1815 married Malinda Summers in 1835 and then married Aelsiani
>J Whittington September 10, 1846 then I reason that Jesse b:1844 is the half-
>brother of Mahala.
>
>So when I read ...
>
>> OK, I believe the Nathaniel JONES is a generation earlier - Rick
>> suspects Mahala Cleveland JONES was sister to Jesse CLEVELAND
>> mentioned above...
>>
>> Nathanial JONES & Mahala CLEVELAND had their first (?) abt 1836 (Mary
>JONES).
>
>
>The seems to be a good chance that both Sheldon and Rick are right if there
>was another Mahala Cleveland of mothering age abt 1836.
>
>Lets ASSUME (yah... I know what they say about assuming) that Mahala
CLEVELAND
>JONES, the mother of Mary Jones was about 20 when Mary was born. That would
>put her birthday abt 1816 right?
>
>If that holds then:
>There was a Jesse Cleveland b:1815 and a Mahala Cleveland b: 1816
>
>and
>
>A Jesse Cleveland b:1844 who had a half sister Mahala b:1851
>
>PUNT!!!!!
>knee Norm
>

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