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 1895 - 1943 (47 years)
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| Name |
Harold Herndon Cleveland |
| Birth |
18 Dec 1895 |
Hale, MO  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
16 Jun 1943 |
Burlington, IA |
| Person ID |
I7457 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Arlie E. Cleveland, b. 25 Oct 1870 d. 1953, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, KS (Age 82 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Julia Emmory Otey, b. 15 Dec 1871, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA d. 17 Mar 1929 (Age 57 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
24 Sep 1891 |
Carrollton, Carroll County, MO |
| Family ID |
F2871 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- As reported by his son Harold W.:
Following his graduation from the Hale MO High School, Harold enrolled in the Chillicothe Business College - an advanced educational move for his time and place. After graduation, he was employed by the Brown Shoe Factory in Brookfield, MO. While in Brookfield he married Elaine Julia Irvin of Chillicothe, MO ca Fall or Winter of 1916-17. He was inducted into the army at Linneus, MO October 3rd, 1917 as part of the 3rd division of the first draft. He served in France with the AEF, first as a Field Clerk, but was promoted to the rank of Battalion Sergeant Major of company "C", Headquarters Battalion, GHQ, in France on the 20th of February, 1919. He was proud of the fact that he was for a time personal chauffeur to General "Black Jack" Pershing. His service number was: 2311903. He once told about standing in line in France for his turn to ride in an "aeroplane" a new and daring form of transportation in those days. As the aircraft was trying to land, the pilot lost control and it crashed and burned, killing both the pilot and his passenger. As he put it, I (his son) came that close to never being born; had he been one person sooner in the line, he would have been the one killed.
After the war (WWI) he was employed as a shipping clerk by the Burlington Railroad, until ca 1930 when he passed the required state board examination, and became one of the first male beauticians in MO (if not the first).
After my mother's death he continued operating the shop. Ca Fall of 1936 he married my mother's last apprentice, Susan Maples, who had stayed onto help.
At the onset of WWII they moved to Burlington, Iowa where Susie continued to operate the shop while he went back to the railroad as an "IOP division clerk". In Burlington, they resided at 2617 Columbia St, Flint Hills Manor.
He suffered a fatal heart attack over his lunch while at work on June 16, 1943. He was rarely ill, not even susceptible to the common cold.
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