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From: Gerald Pierce <>
Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Jane Cleveland (d. 1895)
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:13:11 -0500


Loretta Harris asked for information about Jane Cleveland. I suppose
that she was Jane E. Cleveland of the family of W. Cleveland, listed in
the 1850 census (Randolph Co., Mo., Salt Spring township, pp. 223-224).
W. Cleveland was a 48-year-old farmer, born in Virginia, owner of
$4,000 worth of real estate. Jane E. Cleveland was 40, also born in
Virginia. Children in the home Were Sarah J., 19; John D., 18; Mary
S., 17; Charles B., 9; Benjamin, 7; and Alexander, 3. The three oldest
children, born about 1830 to 1832, were born in Virginia. The three
youngest, born about 1840 and after, were born in Missouri.

In the 1840 census of Randolph County, p. 295, are William Cleveland and
his family. The ages appear to correspond (approximately) to those of
the husband and wife and the older group of children, so I suppose they
refer to the one who appears as W. Cleveland in the next census. There
were four boys and four girls in the home then.

No Clevelands were found in the 1830 census for Randolph and Howard
counties.

What follows is guesswork: Jane's husband, William Cleveland, who named
one child Alexander, may have been a descendant (grandson?) of Alexander
Cleveland, Jr., and his wife, Mary Doolittle Cleveland. The elder
Clevelands lived in the Virginia Piedmont, in Orange and Albemarle
counties, from the 1730s. They had several sons (Eli, John, Alexander,
Oliver, James, and William have been listed), born between about 1730
and about 1757. Any one of them could have been this W. Cleveland's
father. I know that a daughter of Alexander Cleveland and Mary
Doolittle Cleveland, Martha (Patsy) Cleveland, married Bernard Franklin.
After his death in Kentucky in the 1830s, moved out to Howard County,
Missouri. The Franklins' son, George W. Franklin, also moved there
about 1840; his mother, Martha Cleveland Franklin, may have gone out
with him and his family.

These notes may give you some leads to follow up on. I'm afraid that
there is nothing I can add to this skeletal factual outline and a little
speculation. Good luck.

Gerald Pierce






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