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Lewis Cass Cleveland

Male 1848 - 1924  (75 years)


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  • Name Lewis Cass Cleveland 
    Born 20 Aug 1848  Fairview, Randolph County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 May 1924  Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2864  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Morgan Holmes Cleveland,   b. 12 Jul 1809, Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1869, Johnson, St. Clair County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Lucinda Cleveland,   b. 25 Jul 1817, Jackson, Ripley County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1861, Fairview, Randolph County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F1694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Irene Attebury Cleveland,   b. 10 Aug 1858, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1949  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 3 Sep 1876 
    Children 
     1. Grace Cleveland,   b. 23 Jan 1878, Detroit, Dickinson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1878, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 10 May 2018 14:27:21 
    Family ID F1693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Cleveland, Lewis
    Obituary- Cleveland, Lewis
    LEWIS C. CLEVELAND

    Lewis C. Cleveland, aged 75 years, 9 months and 5 days died at his home in Osceola, Mo., Sunday evening, May 25, 1924, after an illness of several weeks. The body was brought to Topeka Monday and from their brought in the Conwell funeral car to Rossville for interment Tuesday afternoon.

    The deceased gentleman was a native of Fairview, Randolph county, Indiana, where he was born August 20, 1848.

    He enlisted when a very young boy at the beginning of the last year of civil war.

    After coming to Kansas he entered the employ of the Union Pacific and for 30 years worked as agent and operator, retiring in 1905. At the time he retired he was agent at Silver Lake where he worked continuously for 26 year, except for a few months as operator at Rossville. After leaving Silver Lake he moved to Osceola, Mo.

    Mr. Cleveland was a member of the Methodist church. He is survived by his wife and one brother, Mr. A. A. Cleveland, of Kansas City, Mo. One child is buried in the Rossville cemetery.

  • Notes 
    • Found out more information from relative about Lewis Cleveland, his parents, and brother. She provided middle name as Cass.

      Rossville Library
      July 2016