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 1870 - 1953 (82 years)
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| Name |
Arlie E. Cleveland |
| Birth |
25 Oct 1870 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1953 |
Fort Scott, Bourbon County, KS  |
| Person ID |
I7459 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family |
Julia Emmory Otey, b. 15 Dec 1871, Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA d. 17 Mar 1929 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Sep 1891 |
Carrollton, Carroll County, MO |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F2871 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- Notes by his grandson Harold W. Cleveland:
Granddad had been a playboy in his youth and I suppose he never entirely recovered. .(The last time I saw him he was in his 90's and still enjoyed a good time.) His father had owned THE Livery Stable in Carrollton, MO. This might compare roughly to owning the only rental car service at Lambert Field in St. Louis in the 90's. He was always wonderful in my eyes- even after I was old enough to realize that he was pretty much of a reprobate (but what a loveable reprobate). I recall our time together in his hotel room in Hannibal when both of us had come for my dad's funeral. I was a shiny new Ensign, and as soon as we got to his room the old man asked me, with a twinkle in his eye; (he always had a twinkle in his eye)"Boy, have you learned to take a drink yet?" I had, and we did! I used to wonder when I was small why granddad would always invite dad out to the barn to "show him something" as soon as we would arrive for a visit. Later I found out that the old rascal had put more energy into his grape arbor than into his corn crop. There was always a batch of grape juice on its way to becoming wine, and what wine it was! Granddad was the extrovert of the family. He always enjoyed people and a good time, and was always on the lookout for the latter - the former gravitated to him naturally. This, according to one Farrin Moore of Hale, MO. one contempory with my dad. "Despite the age difference, when the boys (dad's age) wanted to go down to the river for a few days, or sit in a duck blind for a weekend, they always invited Arlie (granddad). Harold was alright, but Arlie was more fun to be with".
Notes reported by his granddaughter Barbara Schweppe Hanes:
"Because Grandpa lived with us all of my life, I never had a baby sitter other than he or Kay.(her brother John K). I learned to play all kinds of card games, I received a lot of love from him and adored him. He loved to read magazines and I always walked to town with him to get the Saturday Evening Post. Life, Colliers and others. He also took me to see all the Disney films after Kay went in the Army. He loved radio and the shows on it. On Kentucky Derby Day, no one bothered him. He did drink, but mother (Vera Cleveland Schweppe) never really said this. Grandpa used to go in the taverns in downtown Fort Scott and when he received Welfare, she was really upset. She did look after him with clothes and attention. He died in a nursing home in 1955 in the next block from our house during my college years in California. Mother had his body returned to MO. Grandpa had a brother Burt Cleveland who was born in Missouri and died in Bozeman, Montana. Somehow I remember Grandpa had gone west to either Oregon or Hawaii at one time. He loved books about the West and Mysteries."
End Hanes report.
A note penciled in 1888 in the front of a book once owned by Julia Otey makes the following observation; "A C is the cutest boy in the United States". Inasmuch as there are other annotations in that same book referring fondly to Arlie Cleveland, it would seem safe to assume the initials AC to be a reference to Arlie, by the love-lorn Julia to whom he was later married.
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