Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 763
CHARLES CLEVELAND

Charles CLEVELAND, a resident of section 15, Lincoln Township, came to Harrison County in the spring of 1885 and bought the place on which he now lives. At the time there was but eleven acres of breaking on the place, the land costing $18 per acre. He at once commenced breaking, built a barn, outbuildings, etc., and he now has it all enclosed and one hundred acres under the plow. His farm is provided with on hundred and sixty fruit trees, and the whole premises have a home-like look. The second year after he moved here he lost eighty-seven head of hogs and nine cattle, besides one horse, making a total loss of $1,900 in one year.

He was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1836 (August 16). He is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (McFARLAND) CLEAVELAND, natives of Scotland and America respectively. They were the parents of fourteen children, the following nine of whom are living: John, George, Charles, Henry, Mary, Hellener, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Catherine.

Our subject lived in Maryland until he was of age, and worked out at odd jobs in the shops, and finally learned the boiler-maker's trade. He enlisted in the navy sloop of war "Dakota," under Capt. SANDS, and was taken sick in Hong Kong, China. He was with the navy about three years, receiving his discharge in 1863., and then went to railroading in Delaware. He also worked at the paper-making trade, and in 1869 came to Council Bluffs, where he railroaded for the Rock Island Company two years and then worked thirteen years as foreman of the boiler works at that place. After leaving the shops he bought forty acres of land in Pottawattamie County, near Council Bluffs, which he traded for the one he now lives upon.

He was married October 20, 1863, to Mary A. McLAIN, daughter of John and Elizabeth (CARSON)McLAIN, natives of Ireland, who had two children. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland are the parents of one child---Charles H., born October 22, 1864, in Wilmington, Del. He is now married. Politically, our subject is identified with the Republican party.

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