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 1870 - 1953 (82 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  Arlie E. Cleveland was born on 25 Oct 1870; died in 1953 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, KS. 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.
Arlie married Julia Emmory Otey on 24 Sep 1891 in Carrollton, Carroll County, MO. Julia (daughter of Virginius Blackburn Otey and Mary Emma Cooper) was born on 15 Dec 1871 in Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, USA; died on 17 Mar 1929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Harold Herndon Cleveland  (1.Arlie1) was born on 18 Dec 1895 in Hale, MO; died on 16 Jun 1943 in Burlington, IA. 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.
Harold married Elaine Julia Irvin in 1916 in Chillicothe, MO. Elaine was born on 17 Apr 1892 in Chillicothe, MO; died on 13 Jan 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Harold married Susanne Maple [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 4. | Otey Fairbank Cleveland (1.Arlie1) was born in 1893; died in 1896. Notes:
The obituary of Otey reads:
Otey Fairbank Cleveland, aged 2 years and 10 months, the oldest son of Arlie Cleveland died this morning at the residence of his grandmother, Mrs. Cooper (sic) on South Locust street. Mrs. Cleveland and her children had been visiting her mother (sic) for several days. The little boy has been complaining since Monday, but not until Wednesday evening was he taken violently sick with inflammation of the bowels, hence his death this morning was an unexpected and severe blow to his mother. Arlie is out at the farm near Bridge Creek, and didn't even know the child was sick. A messenger was sent out for him this morning to tell him of his son's serious illness. Soon after the messenger left the little fellow died. No arrangements for the burial will be made until Mr. Cleveland arrives tonight. In this sudden affliction the father and mother have the sincere sympathy of the community.
The foregoing is from a newspaper clipping which unfortunately was undated and gives no hint as to its source.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
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